TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4 (Part 19&20) – Opeyemi Akintunde

Part 19
TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4
Opeyemi Akintunde

I was so right….

The moment we stepped into the hospital, I felt the atmosphere. The satanic current was high… The nurses rushed towards the car and I was immediately placed on a stretcher. One of the nurses kept looking into my eyes with evil intention. I knew she had been contacted…

At that point I began to plead the blood of Jesus Christ over my life…

“ Sir, I think we need to sedate Him…!” I heard the nurse telling the doctor.

I understood the strategy, she must have received the signal of the blood of Jesus Christ I was calling, so she wanted to sedate me as a way of silencing me…

“ I don’t want to be sedated!” I managed to say…

“ Sir it is necessary…” the nurse said with the evil smile she offered me from the corner of her mouth.

“ Favour, please trust me… and get me out of here, I will be killed here.” I said to Favour…

“ The virus has eaten deep into his body, it is beginning to affect his brain.” The doctor said so that Favour would not take my words seriously.

I was wheeled to a private room, and Favour was told I had to be in seclusion so peradventure I had a deadly disease, it could be contained.

Favour signed some papers on my behalf.

The nurse I suspected came into the ward. She was about to inject me , I felt instant strength and encouragement from within to fight the enemy. I jumped from the bed and started racing like a mad man…

“ God get me out of here… I will not die in the camp of the enemies of the Lord. “

Favour who stood at the reception was surprised when she saw the way I dashed out of the hospital. No one was able to hold me down. On getting out, I continued my race away from the hospital.

When I got far away from the hospital, and it felt like I could die any moment from that time If I didn’t look for a vehicle, I stopped a taxi and gave him the address to Lighthouse. I kept telling myself I was going to return to Lighthouse, whether the devil liked it or not. I was not going to be like Samson that died in the camp of His enemies…

I had no money on me to give the taxi driver, I just believed a miracle would happen.

The taxi broke down twice during the trip, but I was less concerned. I knew Tina was throwing different darts at me, but I was unwavering in my determination.

Favour had been calling my number as well but I refused picking up.

On getting to the Lighthouse, I met the teenagers waiting at the gate… They stood like an army waiting for the return of a wounded soldier…I saw Kenneth, Mercy, Ajaara and Tunde standing at the front …

The taxi man was surprised at what he saw ahead…

“ Is it you they are waiting for?”

I nodded because my heart was too heavy to utter any word…

As the taxi parked, the teenagers moved cautiously towards me to see my face.

I wasn’t sure of what to expect. I didn’t know if it was going to be acceptance or rejection… Favour had obviously called them and I wasn’t sure of the instructions she must have given them…

I tried to step out with the intention of explaining myself, but my legs wobbled….

“ He is the one…” I heard Kenneth scream out loud, and suddenly he ran towards me in tears …

“ Uncle Chuks is back…. I told you he would come back…” I broke down in tears…

Tunde, Mercy and few others moved closer to hug me as well, they were in tears as they hugged my frail body…

“ Thank you Jesus! Thank you Jesus!” Tunde said amidst tears….

The first set of teenagers who knew me circled round me. This drew the attention of people in the neighborhood. Some were recording the event on their phones.

Favour met us there, she was surprised at the show of affection I had received…

There was someone missing… Gloria… I particularly wanted to see her as she was my first seed that had given birth to the large Harvest I saw in front of me…

Surprisingly, I suddenly gained strength. The teens now Youths helped me into the Lighthouse and the moment I stepped into the gate, I felt the new atmosphere. I felt I was home. The peace was unexplainable. I felt the presence of God…

Baba Agba and Mrs Uyai Recieved me with open hearts and pure love.

My room was still vacant, no one had occupied it. Favour insisted the youths give me time to rest as they called on the Lighthouse volunteer doctor. He ran his test on me and also confirmed I had prostrate cancer, but I cared less. I was just happy to be back to base.

It took about 3 days for me to be strong and on my feet.

I woke up quite early on Kenneth and Mercy’s Wedding day . I looked around the Lighthouse and I was happy at what God had done with the house. It was well furnished as against what I left initially…

Then it dawned on me….

This facility was used against God in the past, it was used to house prostitutes, but now it was used by God to raise soldiers for Him.

I looked at my frail body that was almost giving up…

“Can God still use this sick and afflicted body for His Glory?” I asked myself…

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Part 20
TEACHER CHUKS; Season 4
Opeyemi Akintunde

I shed a few tears at the wedding. The look of love in Kenneth’s eyes for Mercy was heart wrenching…

I kept asking myself…

“ Doesn’t he feel bad, that he is a v!rg!n and he is about to get married to someone who has been s€xually abused!”

That taught me a whole lot and made me realise, that God’s love is not dependent on how good you are. He is ready to show a wretched me love as long as I came back to Him…

Saturday Morning was for Kenneth and Mercy, while Saturday Evening was for Baba Agba and Mrs Uyai..

Mrs Uyai’s story taught me, it was never late with God. She still enjoyed the joy of marriage in her mature age.

“Isn’t God good?” I heard Favour say to me from behind.

“ Yes He is, even when we are bad…”

“ So where is he?” I asked

“ He?” A blank Favour asked in response

“ A certain gentleman I used to see beside you on your online pictures”

“ Someone has been spying all these years” Favour teased…

“ Where your treasure is , your heart will be “ I said and Favour looked at. I realized she had misinterpreted my statement…

“ What I mean is that, the teenagers and you are my treasures, so all these while I had been following you up online…I don’t mean you directly” I said

And we both laughed…

“ If you missed me, just say it, it is allowed, because I missed you… A sister can miss her brother with no strings attached” Favour said …

“ Yes!, of course I missed you like crazy…”

“ So What next, Anthony Chuks?” Favour said out of the blues and those words struck me because those were her words that brought about the Lighthouse years ago…

“ I don’t know, but since I have few months or years to live, I want to use it to my best,”

“ We should never give up on life until the breath has been taken away. You can live 50 more years if you manage it well with the help of God… Chuks, to get the best out of life, make plans for the next 50 years, because when you are still useful for God, He will keep you alive for His Glory”

“ Really?”

“ Yes! Give God the reason to keep you alive!” Favour said but she knew I still needed better explanation…

“ The psalmist said “ I shall not die but live to declare the works of the Lord”… Chuks, the psalmist was literally saying, God please keep me alive so I can declare your works, so I can evangelize to people”

“ Ok” I understood her point… I had known that scripture since I was a little kid, but I never saw those words in that light. It was used as a confession mostly. Whenever, we were sick, our parents would tell us to confess it, but I never knew it was more of a proposition to God….

“ So it’s like saying “ God keep me alive and I will be useful to you!”… Wow!… Favour you are a Bible breaker, like you break the Scriptures… You make the Bible So easy and understandable….” I said in awe

“ Common … All Glory to God, the Bible is a book of loaded secrets, it is for us to search it out for our good…” Favour said and with that she left me…

“Why do I want God to keep alive? “ I asked myself and I was blank…

Favour was indirectly asking me to tender a proposal to God.

The teenagers were already living out what I had in mind before, so I didn’t know what I was to offer them at that point…

I sat at my office table with no idea on what I wanted to tender to God as my proposal…

Or do you know?

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