This incident happened to me a while back and that’s when I realized that Faith can be literally tested. My dear reader, I want to be of great encouragement to you and so I will humbly let you be the judge as to whether I passed or failed my test.

Have you ever taken an exam with such anticipation and enthusiasm only for your results to come back shouting that you have failed?

When I was 26 years old I had the opportunity to grace the halls of School Of Theology and pursue a course in Intercession Ministry.

This was a decision I made after seeking pastoral advice and I knew from that day that I ought to start taking my calling seriously. It was quite an intensive course that needed my absolute commitment. In other words there was no room for any mediocrity. The course was to go for 3 semesters only, after which I would then have to take a one-time practical exam, at the end of my last semester.

I did my course successfully to the glory of God and then it was my time to take my practical exam as was expecting! I was made to understand that I was to be taken to a particular Hospital and pray for total divine healing for a certain patient. The said patient had suffered a stroke some 12years back, and it had interfered with his brain and this made his health to deteriorate by each year.

When I arrived at the hospital I was confident and knew I was going to do exploits. The Word Of God clearly teaches that Those who know their God shall..so great exploits. I knew my God will hear and answer me not only regarding my exam but also completely heal the old man.

The first day I prayed with him for a whole hour and after I assured his family who had come coincidentally come to visit him, that their father was going to be completely healed within a week! After administering my prayer and reading the bible with him, I left knowing that I had done my part and the remaining part was left for God to show up.

The said week passed and I went to check with my patient. To my disappointment, I learnt with sudden shock that my patient whom I had earlier prayed with had passed away the very same night I left the hospital. The family was so grieved and bitter with me that had decided not to inform me about this. I left feeling sad for them. Then I decided to go to my dean’s office and inform the management about my assignee as well as check out my results since they were due on the same day.

As if that day I was meant to endure only sad news, when I arrived at the dean’s office, I was surprised to learn that they were not only aware of the hospital incident but also my results were automatically cancelled and was humbly told that I was not called as an Intercessor.

To say the least this was so heartbreaking. I was sure and confident about my calling. Having received the results, I left for my house to pray about it.

Weeks turned into months and months turned into years and after 2 years I received an unanimous international call from someone whom I later came to learn was related to the late old man whom I had prayed for months back. The caller went on to explain that he was requesting whether I was ready to travel to India and that I go pray for their mother who had surprisingly suffered a stroke also. At first I was reluctant but after much thought and prayer I agreed and left for India.

When I arrived, I went to my assignee’s private wing and when I arrived immediately The Holy Spirit revealed that this was a generational curse.

I there and then knew that this was not just a matter of praying but it needed praying as well as fasting. I asked the family members who were present at the hospital whether they believed in God and realized that none of them was a believer. I prayerfully led all of them into a prayer of repentance.

I later returned home but kept checking on my second assignee as well as advised my newly converted believers to join a local bible preaching church and take water baptism. They gladly obliged to my advice and today as we speak their mother has fully recovered from the store attack she had. It is now over 7years and I am made to understand that she has never taken any medication a week after I left the hospital.

As we speak, she is a business woman as a full time real estate agent and she last I talked with her about a month ago, she was letting me know that there’s a modern house she is working on and supervising and when the construction is fully completed in 2months time she will left me know so I can go and accept my surprise gift of that modern house!

To God be the glory! I never questioned God as to why HE didn’t answer my first prayer and heal the old man but my Faith In God Has grown tremendously since then. I choose to let God be God.

I have come to realize that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. I may not have realized but during my first prayer I was leaning towards my theological knowledge and forgot to depends on The Holy Spirit. I was praying from a heart full of pride instead of asking for divine strength. But God Is all knowing, He knew I needed to repent from within before He could use me again.