Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has shared how his desire to head a paramilitary organization resulted in a major personal setback.
Adeboye recalled an event from many years ago when he was misled by an individual who falsely promised him a high-ranking position.
He explained that the person, posing as a recruiter for an emerging paramilitary group, persuaded him to invest in the project.
The clergy revealed this in a post on his X handle on Monday.
Describing his decision to trust the man as a lapse in judgment influenced by his past fascination with the military, Adeboye admitted that his desire to fulfil this role led him to act prematurely.
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, however, noted that the experience birthed 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.
