Great Peace

I love this portion of scripture. Another version states Nothing shall offend them. It’s 4th December. Time check midday, and we are done with our theory exams. We have another to go. Due 11th December.

It’s required of us to draw on piles of sheets of paper, architectural plans of a nursery school. Sections, elevations, site plans and all else must be presented . . . and then INKED!

I wanted to say arrrghh but ‘Great Peace have they’ resonated in my mind…

The weekend of 7th & 8th, both afternoons had major prayer meetings that were scheduled for 2pm onward. I forced myself to work extra hours on my work, and even if I dozed off most times,‘Great Peace have they’ danced ballet across the floor of my mind.

On 7th, I lied my family I was going to School to finish school work. As I prepared to leave, one of my she-cousins received asthma related attacks. She began to wheeze exaggeratedly.

Everyone ran up & down. I knew if I over engaged myself, I’d run late for the prayer meeting! The condemnation of not giving a hand exacerbated the drama at home even though she had 4 others helping her out…

As I ran to the meeting venue, Great Peace I could see, waving ahead towards me.

A friend had given me his JBL speaker. Its charging port was faulty, and so it had completely become useless. In the midst of my temporary financial shortage, I managed to find some cash to fix it after weeks & weeks of it lying useless in my bedroom.

But as soon as it’d been fixed, and I had used it once, the owner was in my inbox asking for it! Really? Is this when his mind chose to remind him? My conscience pinched me & told me, ‘The gadget was never yours!’

I got so angry, but somehow, ‘Great Peace have they…’ is all that seems to have replaced the words on the road posts of my contest!

It’s Thursday 12th. The timetable had been changed twice now. The presentation had been postponed to the following week since graduation was happening. Yesterday we’d had a special dinner, of which my entire day had sort of gone AWOL.

I didn’t have progress towards the school work. As soon as I had woken up. I received a call, just like the day before. Someone had been in need of my art services. Today this one needed an express artpiece.

Chei! I clapped my hands! I just knew this was going to be another day without the school work progress but Great Peace have they… kept guard my mind!

I delivered the masterpiece. The client loved it!

I delivered the JBL speaker. The owner thanked me for fixing it!

The presentation was now postponed to January! We’d relax and enjoy Christmas! But 4 weeks later, I wasn’t finished. The traveling…to the villages chewed the time. Anyway around 4th February, a lecturer threatened us that we were to present in 2 days. “Great Peace have they…” jumped back onto the scene.

The day came. I wasn’t ready. Students slept in class attempting to accomplish the work in vain. The lecturer then called and said, the presentation has been pushed to two weeks from then.

That verse preserved me. As others panicked, The word had already been to my future. I took my time and had awesome work on 21st February.

What’s my point in all this; Meditate on God’s word like never before. Be diligent when memorizing it. That word can save you sleepless nights. It can save you kilometres of vain-ness.

When I did meditate on Psalm 119:165, it presented itself in the time of my need. And the Great Peace jumped out of those bible pages and governed me!

God’s word is not just a letter! It’s alive! And it’ll save you headaches in this long life of yours! Mind you, that peace was indeed Great. Why? It was able to tie me down when everyone around me was panicking! The Word says nothing shall offend me when I have it!

When I spent on the repairing of the speaker, and my friend remembered it and took it, did not hurt me. Why? The Great Peace was on guard! It made void all manner of offence!

May you experience the Word Of God just like I have expressed in this portion of testimony. Take care!