When I think of my Pastor (Rev Dr Chris Oyakhilome Phd) I cannot help but contemplate how I am a product of the Yes he said to God years before I was even born.
I came to salvation as a product of the Believers Loveworld Campus Ministry the campus arm of Christ embassy. I was born again in a BLW prayer meeting. Now obviously if all those years ago Pastor had not heard from God and said yes to His dream there would have been no BLW and no prayer meeting for me to come to salvation in.
Now I know a lot of people may say that if God wants to happen, it will happen whether men respond or not - but it's not true.
"I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one." Ezekiel 22:30
The reality is, even if God sends another, when his first choice doesn't respond, it may take time before the second option or third or 40th says yes and is fully equipped for the work and in this time, those to whom the person was sent may perish before their solution reaches them.
You see procrastination has consequences that are so far beyond you, deeper and further than you could possibly imagine.
When God speaks to you, you must respond as if you are the last hope, the last chance for this dream, this plan to come to pass because maybe you are. If you respond to God without regarding your individual importance and relevance in God's plan for mankind, you will deprive the world of what God wants to do thinking that someone else will do it. In your interactions with God you must respond as if you are the only one He has.
You see the plan God has for your life has so many interlinking connections, so many that are waiting on your yes and so many that are waiting on their yes. Without you realizing it you may have held back the answer for so many simply because your yes hasn't yet come. You matter. Your yes matters. The world is waiting for your yes.
View yourself in the bigger scheme of things, your destiny affects destinies. There are people out there waiting for you and some of them you will never have direct connection with, but the chain reaction of your yes, suddenly supplied the answer that they needed.
Stop procrastinating, say yes! Yes to the idea, yes to the discipline, yes to the direction, yes to the sacrifice, yes to the counsel in the depth of your heart even though the voice of doubt and fear have tried to dampen it. Say YES to the Word of God, respond to the inner witness, allow yourself to be lead by the Spirit.
It doesn't matter of before now you haven't said yes, you can make a new decision today, or maybe you have said yes with your mouth but your actions haven't lined up, maybe you have only said yes partially, maybe you are not putting your all into what God has asked you do, decide today to do differently, decide to say a yes that will show through all that you do, a yes with your whole heart.
As I said I am a product of my Pastor's yes and when I look at his life and the extraordinary global impact that has resulted from his yes I am simply in awe. When I look at Rhapsody of Realities, The Healing School, The Inner City Mission, The Campus Ministry etc. not to mention the ever increasing spread of the Gospel to every nation of the earth I can't help but wonder what if he never said yes? And then I wonder what will happen in this world because I said yes? And what would I deprive the world of If I don't say yes?
God had invested so much in me and it's my responsibility to make it manifest for the world to see, I must make sure I do all I can do with everything he has given me, I must be the best of me, why? Because necessity is laid on me, truly I am called for such a time as this - my world is waiting for me, how could I be so selfish to say anything other than yes?
What will your yes to mean to the world? It is better to act and see than to remain inactive and wait until the Lord unfolds all your potential impact to you on the day that you meet Him.
Leave this world empty, no stone untouched, no word unspoken, no words unwritten, no idea not worked on, no land uncultivated. Its all inside of you, don't keep it there.
Say yes. The world needs your yes. The Lord needs your yes.
Thank you Pastor Chris for saying yes and making it possible for me to say yes. Thank you for the men and women you have raised who were sent to change my world. Thank you for changing my life, grateful doesn't even cut it. You are a wonder and I am so glad that God called me to this ministry and raised me under your teaching. I am a proud member of Believers Loveworld - God's vision.
I love you deeply Sir.
*Useful links*
Link to my Salvation testimony http://www.wikisozo.com/story/read/21992/index.html
Watch Pastor Chris Teachings http://www.pastorchrisonline.org/
Find out more about the Healing School http://enterthehealingschool.org/
Read Rhapsody of Realities http://www.rhapsodyofrealities.org/index.php/en/
