(The chastisement for our peace was upon Him.. )
I was busy enjoying my peaceful moment while playing my favorite king solitaire when the inevitable happened! My boss walked in without knocking and came straight to my desk. He leaned towards me and I immediately knew my fortieth day had arrived. Time wasting is never my thing really but this particular day I told myself let me just play a very tiny solitaire game then I’d completely stop with time wasting habits!
Little did I know that honey is sweet and that’s why it’s never enough to taste it just with one lick! My boss leaned over and I swung my chair to face him just in time for him to summon me to sit down and that he had something to show me!
Not again! I could hear my brain scream at me! “You mean your boss is that idle?”
I don’t know why my boss is not like other CE Officers that I read about everywhere. When I’m expecting my boss to always have this demarcation line between him and his employees, mine is different. He invites his employees for lunch at his villa every weekend and as if this is not enough, he allows us to borrow his personal things including cash and vice versa! My boss borrows from me cash then pays back triple the amount! He’s so different in a positive way rather.
So, this particular day though I knew I was breaking company’s rules, I was some calm with his coming!
He leaned over then pulled out his iPhone and showed me some pictures. I was still trying to get what the pictures were about when he quickly gave me a disturbing statement that slightly sounded offensive.
“See, I told you. The virus is still killing people especially from your country!” I was like, “what? What has that to do with me? You should know better sir, that’s the last thing I need to hear especially you sir. My faith was being tasted and my “every nerve” was equally being weighed here! I could hear my blood running through my vein at a sprint speed, totally different from the usual speed! But save for The Holy Spirit Who reminded me the power of wisdom, I gathered courage and decided to approach it in wiser way!
I was still pretending to be looking at the pictures not hearing what he was telling me when he repeated himself, “this virus is mean, see it’s killing your countrymen!”
Alright, I smiled at his beautiful iPhone one more time, looked at the pictures then with some mysterious let’s-do-this courage I faced him. “I see, but sir I am aware that all this is because of too much Television and too much online! I also have the same problem sir. I am sometimes carried away with too much watching of news and there’s always fake news being aired somewhere sir. This is one of the many fabricated lies you can find online about some place!” I kept his iPhone on the desk then faced him and with one look at his face, I realized there’s still room for more.
“Have you ever been to my country sir? I mean, have you ever travelled outside of your continent? It’s the same with me, I always see videos ads of how explosions are taking place in your own country and yet I’ve lived and worked here as a foreigner for a decade and I have never witnessed a single explosion sir!” I went on. By this time I couldn’t help but notice that his smile length was reducing and I knew it’s about time!
So I quickly picked up his iPhone looking for an escape then with a less friendly tone, he asked me why I was touching his iPhone! The atmosphere had changed but I knew The Holy Spirit was in the office and gathered more confidence and as I was handing him his iPhone, I mentioned to him that I was checking the iPhone because I thought I saw something like his wife’s miss call!
I must say I thank GOD our boss because our relationship with the boss is always healthy and secure because not many employers are comfortable around their own employees.
THE CHASTISEMENT FOR OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM.. our peace with God The Father depends upon Jesus.
Question!
How’s your relationship with Jesus Christ!