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remember a time in 2004, while I was
reading my bible in my bedroom, it was
quiet around me and I wanted to soak in
the words that I was reading in the Book
of Jeremiah.
As I started reading, my eyes stopped at
Jeremiah 1:5
‘Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.’
As I continued to read these verses over and
over again I felt God’s presence in my
bedroom. I knew God was speaking to me
directly, this scripture is saying something to
me, and God is calling me to do something that
I couldn’t understand.

“Before I formed you in
your mother’s womb I knew
you; ….I ordained you a
prophet to the nations.”
As days passed, I kept on hearing the verse
repeatedly in my heart I’ve called you as a
Prophet to the nations.
What or who is a prophet? I thought, what is
the nation? I pondered to myself, I needed
clarity about this verse and how it seemed to be
connected to my purpose.
As I continued church attendance, I got
involved in the Hands of Compassion
Department, a discipleship arm of the church,

where I started discipleship training, visiting
new converts and visiting the sick in the
hospitals at the same time I always had the
scripture in Jeremiah at the back of my mind.
After while my busy routine of work, church,
home took over and I found myself forgetting
the verse in Jeremiah.

6 months later, I was having my daily devotion
and as I open my bible to read a scripture it
opens to 1 Kings 19:19.
The verse narrates the call of Elisha the
prophet.
In this verse, Elijah was directed to go to the
Desert of Damascus to anoint Hazael king over
Aram, Jehu son of Nimshi over Israel and
anoint Elisha son of Shaphat to succeed Elijah
as prophet.
Elijah saw Elisha ploughing with twelve yoke of
oxen and Elisha was riding the twelve pair of
oxen. Elijah goes up to Elisha and throws his
cloak around Elisha.
Elisha then leaves his oxen and runs after Elijah
requesting