A heartfelt reflection on transformation, divine direction, and spiritual growth — a journey of being refined by God’s Word and strengthened through the love of a Christ-centred community.
My journey has been about God leading me even when I am totally unaware, this includes the process that led me to receive Christ and my journey in the finishing church. My journey here started after my second year in university. I had come back home for the break when Mr Christian invited me to church. According to him, he wanted me to recharge before I go back to school. Without wasting much time, I jumped at the invite because I trusted him, and I believed that wherever he was inviting me to was where truth was taught. I couldn’t make it to church on my own that day because I didn’t know my way around, so I was asked to ride along with Lady Kitau. As we journeyed to church in her car, she engaged and encouraged me to open up my heart and listen for the voice of God; everything that she said was a needed foundation for the rest of my journey in TFC. Despite all the encouragement I got from her, I still didn’t lose my guard; I was uptight. I came to church very confused that day, I needed to make a decision and as Ladykemz brought us the word of God, light came I got clarity, I remember that she dwelt so much on identity and having knowledge beyond reasonable doubt, I left church knowing what to do I didn’t even know when I let loose and allowed everything she was saying enter my spirit, I couldn’t stop coming to church, the first few Sundays was powerful, I enjoyed every bit of it, from quarry session, to worship, to the word of God, I was filled with so much excitement because I finally found a church that emphasized on Christ Likeness, I was young but Christlikeness was the first thing I got introduced to when I received Christ, I didn’t know so many things, I was therefore unable to cope where Christ wasn’t the emphasis, when I got to the Finishing Church I could not help it, everything in me desired to be here, I also met some of my brothers and sisters, it was more confirmation for me that I was at the right place. My mum however started to question this new church that Mr Christian had invited me too, because I was supposed to attend the Family church whenever I am back home from school, she couldn’t make sense of it, and I also didn’t have the right words to explain what was going on, it caused friction, it was serious but God saw us through, I know that God did something anytime I hear her talk to people about The Finishing Church, she is not a constant member of the community but she serves in Missions team undercover.
Fast forward to my final year in school, it was a new session, and it was such a wonderful season for my family, I couldn’t resume immediately because we were still trying to put resources together to send me back to school, I remembered that after Pastor finished teaching the word on a Sunday he encouraged everyone to come around on Wednesday to give and listen to each other’s feedback because it is always a blessing, and it was how he also got blessed, the Holy Spirit then encouraged and led me to give my feedback, I also saw it as a way of giving back to this community that was feeding me so well, so I came to church on Wednesday with my mind made up to give my feedback, I remember we were going through the series Living with Eternity in view, in all of these, I didn’t know that God had something else in mind, my fees and everything I needed to go back to school was provided by the end of Deep Dive that day, I was in awe of how God could turn things around, and I didn’t only pay my fees and sort the necessary bills, help was also extended to a brother who God had highlighted to me.
My experience in The Finishing church is captured in the book Jeremiah: 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? Saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? I say this because the process has been humbling, God is breaking down all of the wrong structures of Himself that I have erected in my mind, I am being refined, I am joyful even in very uncomfortable circumstances, I smile more, I am now genuinely happy for my brothers and sisters, I see the need for God more than ever before, as I continue to interact with God so many things dropped from my life without my knowledge, freedom became my reality, I lost the capacity to do some of the things I fell prey to in the past. I love to hide, but God has planted me in the midst of a community that calls me forth, and even in my downtimes, someone in the community knows that I am not doing so well; I am never left without encouragement. I see the realities of God so clearly in the lives of my siblings. When I observe the people and families in the community, I am challenged. I see the more that can be in Christ. Whenever I think about the Pastor’s passion for Christ likeness, I am challenged, I see possibilities that I would come into if I keep journeying, Pastor Dimeji’s consistency blows my mind, it led me to pray one time cause I had always desired to be consistent, and I can say that I am coming into that reality, I look at my Pastor, Pastor Uyi and I see how particular God is about his own, during rehearsals one time, we were all singing and in my heart I felt like there was nothing so significant about my voice and after all I wasn’t the only one singing and the instruments were very active, at that same time Pastor Uyi tells the instrumentalists to stop playing, he wanted to hear us sing our parts clearly because you just must sing the right thing, from that experience I could see how particular God is about each of His children, He knows their sound and would give all it takes to make sure they produce the right sound, it showed me significance. Pastor Uyi is a man of excellence and passion. Aside from the fact that I am passionate about worship, his passion excites me and encourages me to do more. I am humbled whenever I think of Pastor Emmanuel’s humility. Whenever I listen to Ladykemz, there’s so much direction that comes to me, there’s so much revelation about identity and how to posture I my relationship with God. Lady B is such an encouragement to my life, The Henshaw’s are the power couple, Miss Habiba Sharon has such a practical walk with the Holy Spirit, her testimony once spurred me up to start tracking my process, I have come to believe that Pastor Tobi is spirit led, she is always on point, Mr Akin shows me devotion to a cause, there’s so much dedication to service, I can go on and on if you allow me because I have seen God in the people of this community, I have a better view of marriage just by observing, listening to testimonies and even riding along with you in your cars, I know that there are functional homes here because of the project heritage children, Ola of the Joseph’s is one of many examples, I am saying thank you to God for ordering my steps and to my siblings for being Christlike, thank you.
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