Pilot Fish 2

Pilot fishes are always swimming 
around a shark, feeding off the 
crumbs of the shark's meal
Some pilot fishes eat so much that 
they grow large enough in size for 
the shark to notice them, once this 
happens, that pilot feet becomes 
the next meal of the shark
That is nature for you 
In ministry, there are many people 
who will be drawn to you as 
co-labourers
Some of them are attracted to your 
anointing
Some are drawn to your result
Some are drawn to the money they 
can get off you
You would invite some yourself, at 
the beginning when you're still 
trying to get on your feet
Some of these people will be pilot 
fishes, they may wear suits and ties 
and carry the Bible in their hands or 
on their head
They are not really looking unto Jesus
You are their focus
No matter how much they pray or 
preach, you are the one they try to 
impress and they expect you to notice 
and repay their loyalty in cash and kind
You will notice that when they are 
preaching they are calling your name 
in sixes and in sevens
"Brother G said that...
"Apostle Q said..."
or "Pastor Chris said that...
Or Daddy G. O said...
They have not developed a 
personal relationship with the 
Holy Spirit
They have not really met the Lord 
as they ought to
You must not encourage your 
people to grow up this way
Raise Sharks, not pilot fishes
Encourage them to grow in fellowship 
until they know the Lord and are led 
by the Holy Spirit
Pay attention to their growth, evolution, 
testimony and language
The language of a baby Christian is 
always different from the language of 
the matured ones
Don't mistake loyalty and ass-kissing 
for maturity
That a guy or lady is always kneeling 
and bowing to you does not mean 
he is ready to be trusted with a position 
of authority
Learn from the mistakes of those who 
have gone ahead of you
I made a man a leader too soon some 
years ago, his reality nose-dived from 
that point
He began to manufacture miracles just 
to impress me and his standing with me
We had a serious case
He came to me and the team and 
announced that he had handled it and 
the blind man whom he prayed with 
had regained his sight
Then he maliciously blocked this man 
and his mother from having access to 
me so that nobody will discover this lie
Some months later I met 
The mother of this blind man and she 
had quite a lot to say
I was disappointed
By this time, everybody in the group 
he was leading had one thing or the 
other to say about him and his 
testimonies were always manufactured 
and conjured
It was obvious he was just posting 
falsehood 
and had convinced himself that was 
the way to go
So I removed him from the group he 
was leading and he suddenly came up 
with the "God has called me to start 
my own ministry line"
What option then did I have?
He left and I moved on but he couldn't 
move on
Till today, he goes about 
telling anyone with two ears how i was 
intimidated by his testimonies and 
progress
How I threw him out of the ministry out 
of jealousy or whatever
He has been at it for many months, the 
ministry was dead on arrival
His ego won't let him come back and 
learn and he hangs around one 
the ministries i laboured to start for 
relevance
He is a pilot fish, he can only find 
relevance in the accomplishments 
of a shark
Even where he is, all he still does 
was cause trouble
I get reports every other week from 
their ministers and members of so 
many unchristlike conducts #
and erratic behaviour
If you call him to a meeting, he will 
immediately start the "I am loyal sir", 
"I love you sir", "I will do the right thing sir" 
but once you turn your back he goes 
"Who is he? What has he done? 
I am full of the Holy Spirit too" etc
Like I said "A pilot fish" 
David's mighty men were pilot fishes 
who through training and maturity 
grew into sharks
Absalom was a pilot fish that gobbled 
too much off David (The shark) and 
suddenly convinced itself it has become 
a shark
He never was one
Adonijah was a pilot fish
These guys would be nobodies 
if David didn't rise
He was the shark and they 
acknowledged it
If you are presently in ministry or 
political office or career in any 
capacity but you know you wouldn't 
have been where you are if not because 
God raised somebody through whom 
you gained relevance, don't start acting 
as if you rose by yourself
That's the undoing of most pilot fishes 
and that is why some of them end up 
unable to attain the level of greatness 
preordained for them
If you notice a spirit of error in you, 
eschew it
If in your conversation with the brethren 
all you do is gossip 
backbite, label and spew words from a 
bitter source, watch it!
Every man's work will be tested by the 
fire of the gospel, remember this.
Every motive will be judged
Every action will pass through divine 
scrutiny
It is better to walk away from a self 
call than claim it is of God 
If it is of God, the fruits must show it.
We were ministering in Kwara once and 
the power of the Holy Spirit was 
present to heal the sick
We got to one man, he was on a 
wheelchair but he shook his head and 
refused to be prayed for
Everybody was shocked
He blatantly said he does 
not want to be healed
I have come across several cases like 
that, people who believe they deserved 
the sickness God gave to them and 
therefore didn't want to be healed
People who said the sickness was a gift 
from God to them put their bodies under
People holding on to ideologies 
and doctrines or belief systems that are 
quite funny
A man had whitlow, he refused to use 
any medication until his thumb started 
to rot
His children couldn't bear the smell and 
his pain again, they rushed him to the 
hospital and the thumb had to be 
amputated
This man saw what had 
been done to save his life and he began 
to curse his children one by one by 
desecrating his faith
It was so bad that he refused all further 
treatments, refused food and drink, and 
also refused to see any of his children
The son, a medical doctor came to me 
with the issue and I went to see this man
The man was willing to pray and receive 
divine healing so he gave me an audience
We had a chat and somehow I was to get 
him to see the balm of Gilead, not only 
as the name we gave God (God didn't 
call himself that name) but also as a 
medicine
He said the use of medicine was against 
his church doctrine and belief
I didn't bother arguing with him
I said, "Is unforgiveness, bitterness, and 
anger also part of your church doctrine?"
He shook his head
So I said "They were wrong and they 
have acknowledged that. 
Being a good Christian means 
you forgive them and allow them to 
make things right
He nodded
We began to pray and he cried a lot
What his children did really hurt him 
but the word of God is like a surgical 
blade and it is the only power that 
can divide the soul and the spirit
When we were done praying, he 
invited his family into the room and 
blessed them
He also allowed them to complete the 
treatment and responded very well to 
their care
When he was discharged from the 
hospital, his other son in New Jersey 
arranged for him to visit and recover 
in the USA
This man loves and blesses 
me like a son
Living in America made him see many 
things that arguments would have 
been futile against
He now attends another church and 
enjoys the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 
better
That is a man we all should emulate, 
a man who learned the truth and 
responded to it positively