SPIRITUAL BULLIES AND SPIRITUAL PUSHOVERS: A Funny-unfunny Experience

They came again yesterday. This time, in another form. They tried so hard the first time, they almost won me. They came then as the leadership of the Christian fellowship I identify with. They wanted to put me to shame. My village people.

I said I wasn't doing. They arm-twisted me into acquiescence using statements like "It is not good to turn down a spiritual post", "God is calling you to work for Him as His treasurer".

I said, "How come God is calling me and I don't feel convinced in my spirit?", "How come you're the only ones hearing my calling and I can't hear Him myself?", "How is treasury keeping my talent?", seeing as I don't do well keeping my own personal money, I spend it all if I don't reinvest it in my business immediately.

Eventually, reluctantly, I agreed. I kept their money. No, I spent their money. On my business, on emergency needs, on cool shoes too. They never noticed. I always produced their money whenever they needed it. From my business yields. I knew I wasn't being financially prudent. 

I told them I couldn't cope. They told me His grace was sufficient for me. It was a line I knew so well. It made me feel bad, that I was complaining in my position of service to God. I knew I had willingly walked into financial temptation. I wept everytime. 

Until it hit me. Do you as a weight-watcher continually expose yourself to your favorite junk foods just to prove the sufficiency of God's grace to keep you from relapsing? 

I returned their money, which was in fact a cash gift I had received from my relative (despite their initial unwillingness to acknowledge my resignation). One thing was sure, if I hadn't had their money with me, my business would still have thriven. I would still have been able to manage myself well. I am aware of the fact that money keeping is not a problem for many people. I salute their restraint in the face of sudden needs. However, for people like me who don't do well in such departments, wisdom lies in FIRMLY rejecting such positions. 

Don't be bullied spiritually. Many church branches have been started on faulty foundations, with preachers who have been called into the pastoring ministry, not by God, but by their fathers in the Lord. Many people who themselves need personal financial accountants for their businesses have accepted financial roles they have been unable to execute efficiently, earning bad reputations they could have avoided in the process. 

Is His grace sufficient for you? Yes.

Is wisdom is profitable to direct? Yes Yes Yes! 

Be wise. 

So... when my village people started speaking through my CDS president's lips yesterday that I should use my talent for God, I girded myself with patience and adamantly but respectfully turned him down. They should carry their money elsewhere, I'm not doing. My talents have everything to do with speaking and writing, and nothing to do with money, except to spend it! 😁😁

24.08.18