I SAW A VISION I COULD NOT FORGET - APOSTLE G. D. NUMBERE

                                                           HOW IT BEGAN


I was born again on 11th May 1969 at the University of Ife, Ibadan campus through a sermon given by Rev.(Dr.) Mike Oye.


Shortly after I got converted, the late Pastor S.G. Elton was invited to minister in the campus fellowship. By this time the University had moved to its main campus in Ife. Pastor Elton was an elderly British missionary in Ilesha in the Western Region of Nigeria. He and his wife spent most of their lives serving the Lord in Nigeria. He was a Prophet of God, well known in the Christian circles in Nigeria, and a mentor to virtually all the pioneer Nigerian Pentecostal ministers in the 1970s.


As Pa Elton (as he was fondly called by Christians then) was ministering that night he suddenly paused and pointed at somebody in the congregation, saying,"That boy! That boy there!" Everybody turned in the direction in which his finger was pointing to know who "that boy" could be. I least expected that Pa Elton was pointing at me so I was very relaxed where I was sitted (at the back of the hall-similar location as that of 11th May, 1969). Finally he got to me and said, "YOuuuu!!" I was very frightened when it turned out to be me. I kept saying to myself, "what did I do? What sin have I committed?". This was because Pa Elton was a prophet of God, who could see right through you, and so to be called out by such a man meant something ominous, so I came out trembling. When I did come out, he began to prophesy over me. He said, "You, the hand of God is upon you. God is going to call you and send you to your people. His anointing is upon you, and you shall be a mighty instrument in His Hand." He then asked me to see him after the fellowship.


I was just a very young christian, and had no intentions of going to work for God, so I did not take the prophesy serious. As a matter of fact, I was a very ambitious young man with the intentions of having degrees in many fields of life. Pa Elton's prophecy meant absolutely nothing to me. All I wanted in life was to get my degrees in Geology and Petroleum Engineering, get a good job, and look after my poor mother and my brothers and sisters. I was too engrossed with my academic pursuit to bother myself about anything else.
After the fellowship I went to talk with Pastor Elton. He did not press on me, neither did he threaten, nor cajole me. No!Pa Elton was too much of a man of God to force himself upon anyone. He simply repeated his prophecy and asked me to make out time to come ans see him at his house in Ilesha. He knew I did not believe him but, he left me to God to reveal his plans for my life.


Life continued with me as usual without any incidents until 1970, midway of my third year in the university, something unusual happened to me, which revolutionised my life completely. I received the call to serve God full-time - I SAW A VISION I COULD NOT EVER FORGET..............................

      "Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee"................ Jeremiah  1:5    


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