Man of God

"Man of God!" what a title!
He often wondered what it meant 
Weren't all men supposed to be of God?
Was he supposed to be a man or a God
He hated it
The ambiguity of the title
A title of great consequence and honour
But a title he found unnecessary
He was a wildling 
His imagination was borne of thorns 
and thistles
He found the fringes of reality a comfort
He was a good mind and in his own way
he had a good heart
He didn't want to be a "Man of God"
He just wanted to live a simple life 
and die like other mortals
But his journey was set in such a way
That he eventually collided with the
supernatural
He tried very hard to run, to hide
He found himself trapped
Lost ina maze of wonder
The reluctant prophet!
His love for the Lord was real
It was not a question of lack of love
It was a question of will
The Christian life was boring
No matter how many miracles, signs
and wonders he saw
It was always happening through him
to others
He was just a conduit, a channel
He celebrates the miracles and 
rejoice mightily in the wonderful
power of God
He kept his fellowship intact 
He kept the light of the Holy Spirit
burning in his heart
But he was still human
Sometimes the burden to be human
is overwhelming
The burden to do what his mind
desires
Regardless of religion or expectation
Sometimes...
He was  an unusually busy "Man of God"
He barely had time to rest
His phone does not stop ringing 
As miracles were pouring out
So were needs and requests pouring in
He spent his time in prayer
and meditation
He has a great family
A loving wife and godly children
He was flourishing on every side
He had everything God could give a man
He lacked nothing
But it wasn't enough
His year was all about Ministrations,
prayer, sermons, counsel, healing,
teaching, making disciples and so on
He was truly gifted in ministry
He was truly anointed by the Holy Spirit
He was also a man!
Normally, every year, he would take a day
24th December!
People were usually busy with friends
and family that day 
His phone rang but only with wishes
from friends and family members
That was his "Human day"
He usually drove somewhere far away
from his house with a friend
An old friend who was not a believer
They would drink and smoke
the day away
Talk about the past and catch up with
events of the year
It was a yearly ritual for him
That day, he was not a "Man of God"
He was just a man doing what normal
men did!
The ritual worked perfectly because 
it was a secret
His wife and children would have
gone for holidays abroad
He would be alone at home blocking
his calendar and preparing for the
new year
(He usually joined them on the evening
of Christmas day to have dinner with 
the family! 
Then they spend the week with friends
and relatives until the second week of
January when they returned home)
But something happened in 2017
He and his friend went out for their
wild day and he got very drunk
He almost picked up a prostitute
in fact, he was negotiating prices
when he came to his senses
He had told his friend that he wanted
them to spend the time together
Just drink and talk
It was the one day he did such in a year
And they had kept to that for two years
His friend, like other unbelievers, are
prone to do decided to up the game
by setting him up with some high end
prostitutes just for kicks!
To his friend, it was not a big deal
God was not a big deal
His "Man of God" claim was a sham
If he was truly a man of God he 
wouldn't be hanging out with him drinking
He needed the release 
He was in no way different from them
He was no better than those who 
indulged the flesh daily for pleasure
That was what he saw when his friend
started laughing like a jackal
His sheep had gone too far into the dog's
territory
He drove off furiously
He wrecked his car that day
It cost him a lot of money to fix it
He realized it was indeed odd that
he needed to keep the company of
someone, he ought to be showing the
way, just because he wanted to observe
his "wild" day!
in 2018, he drove off to a resort alone
He booked a room so as not to drive
while drunk and proceeded to drink
and dance
He had great fun!
That was what he wanted to do again
in 2019
Set off alone to a nice place and 
just have fun!
Then his phone rang!
The caller at the other end of the line
was his old girlfriend
A lady he dated while he was not
a believer
She relocated to Imo state while
they were dating and he moved on
He had not seen her in five years
She was still single and willing
to roll in the hay with him
She called him to say she had
a business to do in Lagos and 
would like them to spend some time
the following day together!
Her business would be conducted
in the morning
She would be free by 4 pm
They agreed to meet at 6 pm
She suggestively told him to bring
a pack of condom along
He laughed!
She was an unfinished project
And she absolutely had no idea he
was now a "Man of God"
When he met her, he was working
as a marketer for a microfinance bank!
He turned to the Holy Spirit and said
"Please keep away from my day
of fun! You had your 364 days and 
I didn't complain! This is my 1 day!
Please let me have it"
And then he slept
He woke up without any dreams, or warnings
He was glad
He had a nagging feeling that his plan
won't work out
But he had to try
Call it what you may...
He just needed the release!
He dressed up and left his house by 4 pm
He drove slowly through Lagos
There was no traffic 
He got to the hotel with the help
of google map
The journey took him forty-nine 
minutes
He waited at the hotel's bar
Channels Tv was reporting Sowore
and Dasuki's release, another man
came up to talk about Pelosi's
game with impeachment in America!
He called her by 6 pm
She told him she had just finished
having a shower
She didn't want him to come up
to her room in the hotel because
her colleagues were also lodged 
in the same hotel
He should drive out of the hotel and
wait for her
She would be downstairs in
twenty minutes and ready to
go and lodge in another hotel
of his choice with him
He said okay!
He drove out of the hotel premises
to the street
He listened to "My worship"
while waiting for her
She arrived by 6:30 pm
She called and asked him the model
of the car he was driving
She saw him and hopped into the
car
She said "Sir, I am sorry! I am so sorry
I don't know you are a man of God!
I don't know sir! Please forgive me"
He looked at her as if she was crazy
She was shaken, jittery, eyes red
and sunken! She had experienced
something!
What happened? He asked her
Sir, I was dressing up and humming
a song when I suddenly saw an angel
in my mirror!
The angel said if i go anywhere with you
I am dead!
He said I should come and apologize for
tempting you to come and meet me!
I am very sorry sir
I must confess, i didn't make this a habit
I didn't know you are married 
You didn't say so
Not that I cared o
I wanted to do it either way
I knew you were married 
I checked you out on facebook before
i called you
I am sorry for lying
I have slept with another married man
in Imo
I stopped sleeping with him about
a month ago when his wife started
harassing me
I promised myself i won't do it again
That is not the kind of life i desire
to live
I am just too lonely 
But when the opportunity to come to
Lagos for this training came
You came to my mind
I am sorry
I didn't know you are now a Man of God
Please forgive me 
I..ehn... em... hmm, I have to go"
He didn't know what to say
She was seriously disturbed and shaken
He brought out some money
"Do you need some money?"
She jumped out of the car and
ran without looking back!
WOW!
ODD!!!!
But not so odd!
He knew the Holy Spirit's silence
was not an agreement
It was an "I know what to do" silence
He started his car and drove home
He had neither the drink nor the girl
The window of his one day of fun had
closed
He got home around 9 pm
He just slept
He woke up around 3 AM and took
a taxi to the airport
His flight out of Lagos to meet his
family was for 5 AM

PS: I couldn't help but laugh
hysterically as I was being told the
story above
The storyteller is a dear friend of mine
The event happened just a few days
ago!
I understand him totally
I write stories like this to open our
eyes to the struggle many men of God
face!
We are all works in progress!
We win daily
We get better daily
We fall short sometimes
It is not an excuse, it is a fact
I see some expert "Man of God" bashers
on Social Media and I laugh
If only you know what you are toying
with
You will take a step backward and
put off your sandal!

Merry Christmas dear "Man of God"