Pastor E. A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God shared a story of what happened when he became arrogant after becoming the interpreter of his father in the Lord, Late Pa Akindayomi in a sermon he titled, “For Whom The Heavens Open – Part 39” at RCCG Online Sunday Service.
He said,
“When I joined the Redeemed Christian Church of God and I became a worker and I became a worker in a hurry, I became the interpreter, the translator for my Father in the Lord because at that time I was the most educated in the Church not now.”
He added,
“There were many other interpreters, many people who could translate from Yoruba to English and vice versa and because all the pastors realized that the old man had chosen me to be his interpreter, they left me alone to him and whenever any other pastor wanted to preach, he will take another interpreter. Unknown to me, I became arrogant. I’ve become the big man, the interpreter for the General Superintendent.”
“One day, one pastor I don’t know what got into him, came to me and said, “brother you’re interpreting for me today.” I was furious. I didn’t show it but I was – “didn’t he know that I am, as it were, set aside for the General Superintendent?” I interpreted for him because in the Redeemed Christian Church of God a worker doesn’t say, “No Sir” to the Pastor – you don’t dare. But if he knew what was going on in my mind he would have asked me to please go and sit down and he would have taken somebody else.”
Finally he said,
“We finished the sermon and I was on my way to my car when God spoke to me and said, “Son, so you are now too big to interpret for my servant?” From that moment onwards, the Heaven closed.”
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