06/29/2025
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐!
Lian rubbed his forehead with his palm. He was troubled.
"What will happen tomorrow? Where will I get the money? How do I even begin to get the money? Oh God!"
He fell back on the bed and stared at the ceiling, like someone expecting a miracle, someone hoping someone would walk in and hand him a bundle of dollars. But no one came.
He stood up and walked out to the sitting room, where he met his wife, Chioma, sitting on a chair, crying. Swallowing his own tears and trying to act strong like a man, he walked over, sat beside her, and held her hands.
"Are we going to sleep on the street tomorrow, dear? He said we have until tomorrow. What are we going to do?" Chioma asked through her sobs.
"God will do it," Lian replied.
"How? How, Lian? Tell me how? Weโve tried everything, yet the money is not coming. Loan, friends... everything! What are we going to do?" Chioma said in frustration.
Lian picked up the Bible from the table and opened it. He read aloud:
"๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ." โ ๐๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ 46:1
My love," he said, "God is not a distant helper. He is very present... even in our times of crisis."
Chioma sighed, exhausted. "But this crisis is overwhelming. River Jordan will swallow us."
"It won't swallow us, instead we will walk on it. Chioma, We have to keep trusting," Lian said, with all the strength he could muster. "God is our Father, and He will surely come through for us. Please, letโs trust Him with everything within us. You remember Abraham didnโt consider the deadness of Sarahโs womb. He still believed in God, even when it seemed impossible and God did it. Do you believe?"
"I do," Chioma nodded.
"Then letโs pray."
They joined hands and knelt down to pray.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐
There was a knock. The door swung open and the landlord stormed in with two soldiers.
"Shameless people!" he shouted. "Leave my house!"
Lian walked out of the room, stunned and speechless.
Good morn-"
"Donโt even go there! Debtor!" the landlord snapped. "I want you both out!"
One of the soldiers suddenly paused, eyes widening.
"Lian!" he called. "Itโs him. Yes, Lian!"
"Danladi?" Lian exclaimed in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I, Iโฆ" Lian stammered.
"Letโs leave that for now," Danladi interrupted, then turned to the landlord. "Iโll pay for their rent."
The landlord raised a brow.
Lian here was my very good neighbor when he came to serve as a youth corper in the North," Danladi explained. "He led me to Christ and thatโs the greatest gift I ever received. All his bills are on me."
The landlord scoffed. "Wellโฆ God saved you today. I was ready to disgrace you. But truly, God really saved you."He turned and walked out the other soldier followed.
Lian turned to Danladi, overwhelmed. "Thank you for coming through."
"No," Danladi said, smiling. "Thank you for bringing Jesus to me."
"How are you?" he asked.
"Iโm fine," Lian replied.
Danladi smiled again. "I rememberโฆ Youโre an architect, right?"
"Yes, I am," Lian nodded.
"Then God must have orchestrated this moment. I have a big contract for you."
Lian smiled, tears streaming down his face.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด โ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต!
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฉรฉ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต โ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
