The General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said he prayed
and fasted 14 days not to be ordained as a pastor.
Adeboye, during the church’s
February Thanksgivng Service focused on his 40th anniversary as General
Overseer of the church, expressed appreciation to the founder of the church,
late Pa Josiah Akindayomi for finding him worthy.
According to Adeboye, he was
elected by grace, stressing that when the quest for the founder’s successor
began, he was the least qualified.
In his words: “I want to thank God for my father in the Lord, Pa Josiah Akindayomi. I want to thank God that He heard from God, of all the people who were qualified to be the General Overseer, l was the least qualified.
“I just came and after two years,
he ordained me a pastor, when he said he will ordain me, my wife and l prayed
and fasted for 14 days so that God will not allow it to happen because in those
days, being a pastor is a sentence to poverty.
“I have seen poverty before, when
l joined the church, my second hand car was the newest car in the Church and
suddenly they want me to be a pastor, we prayed and fasted, thank God He didn’t
answer the prayer.
“When my father in the Lord told
me l will be succeeding him, l told him no, it will not happen. I told him
anyone He (God) chooses for you, l will support him but for me to leave my
comfort to come to one room in Mushin, no, not me.
“He insisted but l wrote him a
letter, he could not read but could read the Bible. I told him in the letter to
choose somebody else. He said l know what God told me, l know what you are
saying, l won’t force you and l love you. I couldn’t forsake someone who loved
me, Papa loved me.
“He was a prayer warrior, He
could hear from God and it is the covenant God gave him that we are operating
now. Once the head is good, all is well with the body. We had a good head that
had a covenant with God”.
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