SUNNY WEDNESDAYS (IVIE)

IV

Ivie Osato came expectant, why bother coming if she was not serious about having an encounter with the God her Personal Assistant, Rita Adedeji, passionately spoke of.

She was led to the third row by a rather bubbly usher and kindly obliged.

Making a mental note to tell Rita that the church was quite decent with its well ventilated tilted concrete on a concave-shaped plan with bare walls and little vases of freshly plucked flowers arrayed each rows.

She was here for God.

^^^^^^

Rita Adedeji could barely contain her joy when she saw her heavily rounded boss walk into her home church, Living Fountain Springs.

The same church she met Tunde, and the same church she chose to be a vessel to be used by God to reach others.

She remembered the day before she went for the interview at Ivie’s Startup company, she knew that she was to be a change in the company somehow but she had not envisioned it being a source of light to her Boss.

Even with the black sequined buba that Ivie wore, and her lightly made up face with the dark shades, Rita knew her boss.

She tugged at Tunde's arm as she signaled him towards the lady who had obliged the usher.

“That's my boss babe,”

Tunde smiled “finally, you will let me rest, I told you to relax, she is here, focus on the service and don't miss out on what God has for you today, I am happy she came,” though he could barely see beyond the back of the lady his wife was pointing at, he was happy for his wife being a source of light to her boss.

Pouting jokingly, Rita drew her focus from Ivie and silently prayed that God would minister to Ivie Thomas like never before.

^^^^^^

The Apostle invited on the pulpit, smiled and went straight into the word.

“God is good, the message given to me by God this beautiful Sunday morning is True Worship, let us turn our bibles to Psalms 22:3.”

“We make room for God and the amount of room we make is the amount of who God is that he will fill into it. 

John 4: 20-24, The kind of worship God desires is True Worship.

There are different types of worship 

1) The Vain Worship: Matt 15:7-9 kind of worship that follows the traditions of men ignoring the will, command and desires of God. Kind of worship not done from the heart. 

2) Ignorant Worship: Acts 17:22-23, Kind of worship an unbeliever gives. You have to be saved to worship God and that is when you know the True God. Kind of worship offered in absence of God's will. 

3) The Will Worship/Self-imposed Worship: Col 2:20-23, kind of worship that says e.g everyone must bow down, everyone must cover their hair, (1Corin 11. Covering of hair in terms of authority.) No one should impose anything on you to worship God. 

4) True Worship: John 4: 20-24 there are true worshippers and false worshippers. Who is a true worshipper and its requirements. 

Vs 21: Worship "The Father" 

Vs 23: "The Father" (2) 

Vs 24: God is a Spirit with a Personality. 

There is a personal understanding and knowledge of God that makes it go beyond the 3 abovementioned worship. 

For you to worship God, you have to be born again and have intimacy with God, true worship is in knowledge of the God you are worshipping. 

Do you know The Father?”

Her heart was struck, I don't know the Father.

She felt the fetal kicks as she stared at the Apostle preaching, I want to know the Father.

She rubbed her protruding belly to calm her babies and reassuredly whispered, “I am here to know the Father.”

She was never one to be considered a Christian or live by the precepts but she knew that God was willing to accept her and she found courage to step out when the Apostle called for the Altar Call.

^^^^^^

She was spoken to by the Head of Altar Call Unit and her details were filled into one of the forms.

She saw Rita, waving at her to get her attention, 

She nodded as a way of letting her know that she was aware of her presence, she briefly noticed the tall figure standing by Rita, 

“Thank you Ma'am, we hope to see you on Wednesday,” the tall skinny light skinned man smiled at her.

She smiled “I hope so too,”

I guess she was deceiving no one with her buba gown as the man offered to help her out of her seat.

“Thank you Sir,”

He smiled, “Happy Sunday Ma,”

She walked up to Rita and smiled “Thank you for inviting me, oh no please don't get teary eyed with me,”

Tears had formed on the lids of Rita's eyes as she tried to swap them away, the tall figure came into view, “I apologise for my wife emotional state, she has been looking forward to having you with us in our home church for the longest, my name is Tunde Adedeji, it is indeed a pleasure to meet you Ma'am,”

She stared at the dark skinned, slightly chubby man in front of her who had stretched out quite a slender hand for her to shake.

“It is lovely to meet you, Mr Tunde, I know how Rita can get, I am happy I came,”

“I hope we can interest you to lunch, we would love to have you in our home if that's not too much to ask,”

Ivie smiled and laughed as she saw Rita really battling to hold in tears, “I would love that, I guess by then Rita will be able to speak,”

Her husband laughed heartily, “I sure hope so too,”

Rita followed behind as her husband led her boss to their car. She was overwhelmed and could only stare at her Boss.

God, thank you.