Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, recently shared how his ambition to lead a paramilitary group resulted in a significant personal loss.
Adeboye recounted an incident from years ago where he was deceived by an individual who falsely claimed to offer him a prestigious position.
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The man, posing as a recruiter for a new paramilitary agency, persuaded Adeboye to invest in the venture.
In a post on his X handle on Monday, Adeboye described this lapse in judgment as influenced by his past fascination with the military. He admitted that his eagerness to fulfill this role led him to act hastily.
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He narrated, “Years ago, I was duped by a man who promised to make me a commandant of a paramilitary group. This man had been sending messages to me through my secretary for a while, and so, one day, I gave him an audience. He explained to me how a Boy-Scouts-like group had evolved into this new agency, and that he was sourcing for who would lead the group spiritually.
“Normally, I ask God before getting involved in anything at all, but this time, my love for the military in my younger days beclouded my best instincts, and I agreed to be their head. He told me that they needed some funding, which I gave as the prospective head. However, I later found out that the man was a fake.”
He noted, however, that this experience led to the creation of the Redemption City corps and a local police post.
“My desire to be part of a paramilitary group made me run ahead of God, but God had already purposed for Redemption City to have its own corps of chaplains as well as a local Police post. He knew the desire of my heart, and He had planned for it to be fulfilled in His own time. I thought that I could bring my desire to fulfilment in my own time, but I was wrong. What I lost in that experience was money, but for someone else, it might have been their life or a loved one.
“However, I later found out that the man was a fake. My desire to be part of a paramilitary group made me run ahead of God, but God had already purposed for Redemption City to have its own corps of chaplains as well as a local Police post. He knew the desire of my heart, and He had planned for it to be fulfilled in His own time. I thought that I could bring my desire to fulfilment in my own time, but I was wrong. What I lost in that experience was money, but for someone else, it might have been their life or a loved one,” he added.
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