Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has described Enoch Adeboye,
general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), as a leader
who has lived an exemplary life and remained humble in spite of his huge
achievements.
In a message to felicitate with Adeboye on his 80th
birthday, Osinbajo said the RCCG leader has impacted many lives and overseen
unprecedented growth of the church, yet these achievements have not affected
his behaviour.
“Dolapo and I are honoured to write this tribute to Daddy on
his 80th Birthday,” Osinbajo said.
“Very few leaders will ever have the geographical and spiritual reach of influence that Pastor E.A. Adeboye has. He is neither the Pope nor the leader of the free world, but he heads a denomination that, since his assumption of office as its General Overseer, has established churches in over 198 countries and territories of the world.
“He was, as early as
2008, listed by Newsweek, as one of the 100 most influential people in the
world. Earlier in 1998, the Holy Ghost Congress of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God in Lekki, Lagos, was reported to be one of the largest Christian
gatherings ever, and every year, the RCCG Conventions and Congresses have live
crowds breaking that record. Through the years, miracles of every kind have
been commonplace in his ministry.
“But the moral of the story is not in these achievements,
but in how his behaviour has remained unaffected by them.
“It was Mummy G.O. who said to us once, ‘see how God uses
your father as a smokescreen to do the miracles He wants to do’.
“This realization,
that ‘apart from Him, you can do nothing’ and that ‘no one can receive anything
that is not given to him by God,’ probably explains why a man so spiritually
and intellectually gifted, so revered, so respected by the high and low alike,
would still be so genuinely humble, so self-effacing and so unfailingly
respectful, even of his subordinates.”
Osinbajo said he is “extremely proud” to call the RCCG
leader “Daddy”, adding that Adeboye’s deep love for God, his achievements
should be seen as evangelical message that believers should live by.
“His impeccable integrity, his measured speech and action at
all times, his life of many challenges, many wars, his courage, his unshaken
faith, his deep love for God, through phenomenal achievements and numbing
personal tragedy, are all together the most persuasive evangelical message to
all, even those of other faiths, of the grace and mercy of God in the life of
the Saved,” Osinbajo said.
“Daddy, Happy 80th Birthday! As your days, so shall your
strength, wisdom and favour with God in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
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