Jesus is coming they said,

But then 2012 passed and it seemed like people forgot

What happened to all the Jesus advocates?

The ones who yelled at the top of their lungs Jesus is alive,

They used to be so passionate.

But I guess the Word no longer thrives

Meaning we have gotten distracted

And our faith has broken into fragments.

You see Jesus only lives when his life benefits the majority

Like when a kid is shot dead in the streets

That’s when you hear people say “Oh yes our God will speak.”

But before the fatalities before the depression before the strife,

Where was our Christ?

We didn’t keep him in our homes,

We didn’t even think to call him on our phones,

See our lines had been disconnected,

And we didn’t even think that we were a bit infected.

What was this disease that so entrapped our souls with ease?

Do I dare say the devil?

No, matter fact let me tell you how he slipped in our lives like a breeze

See first he came as something familiar,

You couldn’t even tell that he was a silent killer

See the devil knows scriptures too,

So when he spoke you thought that sermon seemingly fit you.

Then you befriended him not knowing that everything you were doing was based on a slight whim.

You always thought in the back of your head that you wanted to be spiritually fed.

So when this guy offered for free, you thought well this might definitely benefit me

Like there is nothing suspicious about scripture forming to our worldly lives

It says that the law of the Spirit of life, has set me free in Christ, from the law of sin and death.

So that means that if I sin today, I will not be condemned, because all I have to do each time is ask for forgiveness correct?

And of course you’re new friend didn’t object

Do you know why he was so pleased that you started following his words with ease?

Cause with each verse he twisted your faith, and little by little it was shifted.

You no longer believed in the things of the Lord but loved the things of this world.

Even as you started getting that conviction you buried it so deep as to not cause any friction,

But then Jesus came.

And he brought light into the darkness

His light shined so bright that all you could do was cry and confess.

What you didn’t realize was that it was too late,

And your so called friend was someone filled with pure hate.

He dragged you down and in the process you lost your crown.

The book of life was something you used to long for,

But now it was something you couldn’t even fathom any more.

As your skin began to recede from your bones,

You pleaded with God to be on the right side of his throne.

Its funny how you remembered his name when your body was consumed in flames,

And as your voice began to fade you slowly opened your eyes.

They say God works in mysterious ways because you never thought this was how you’d get saved.

You realized how you almost let the devil win and from that moment on you said no to sin.

I’m here to tell you as long as my God lives,

You will always have that Grace to stand by his side.

And don’t let satan tell you otherwise, because his soul has already been condemned, and the part of him that used to be filled with love has long been dead.

He will do anything in his power to make sure you never see the kingdom of God.

Because what better joy will it be if God’s chosen ones all end up flawed.

~ Olamide Iyaomolere