*He would specially call me out to cut grass till the school closes without committing any offence.
*He never knew I would one day be a Pastor who has the largest Church building that can seat the largest crowd in Western Europe
*He only saw a brilliantly rascal, rascally brilliant boy
“Eye hath not seen” – even your teachers never saw it. That is why some of them mistreated you, called you names: come here, look at you…
When I was in the School in Ibadan, Army Children School, Mokola, Ibadan, I had an impossible Headmaster. I came to school one day, my class was kneeling down in front of the whole school, “me sef, I just do, go join them. I no know wetin the crime be?’ (I just joined them, I didn’t know what was the crime). ‘I come join them’ (I joined them) and said, “what did we do?”
They said, “we stole the teacher’s watch.”
I said: We? ‘How many watch she dey wear?’ (How many watches does she put on?)”
It was a supply teacher who came for only one day. The next day, ‘somebody don steal her watch’ (somebody had stolen her watch). I come kneel down (I knelt down). After all, ‘they come say make we go class’ (we were asked to go back to the classroom).
‘I see say Headmaster come our class’ (The Headmaster came to our class): Mr Akande. ‘E come begin to look around the class, dey look for boys wey look rough and tough’ (He was looking for boys that looked rough and tough); ‘come begin dey pick us one by one’ (he picked us one after the other).
Looked at me and said: What is your name?
Incidentally my name is Biodun Ashimolowo in that School. He said, “Biodun Ashimolowo, get up. You join them, you join them.” ‘Before I know, this man come hate me extra’ (The man hated me more), because he couldn’t figure out. I was leading the whole School. I was appearing on television and radio: Western State Television, Western State Radio. Church Gist. So he couldn’t figure out: rascal, brilliant; brilliant rascal; rascally brilliant. He couldn’t figure it out.
He would show up by 8 in the morning, “Biodun Ashimolowo, come out. Go and cut grass till the School closes.”
‘Wetin I do?’ (What did I do?): Just cut the grass.
If he knew what I carried, I came to preach to someone here today, they didn’t know what you carry.
-You are carrying destiny, you are carrying testimony, you are carrying glory, you are carrying glory, you are carrying favour, you are carrying ministry, you are carrying anointing, you are carrying a calling.
-You are a Nation Shaker. Nation Shaker!!!
If you are the one I am preaching to, shout Amen 3 times.
Mr Akande did not know that I will pioneer the largest Church in Western Europe.
Mr Akande did not know that I will be the Pastor who has the largest Church building that can seat the largest crowd.
Mr Akande did not know that one Pastor, Pastor Kensington will say, “Matthew Ashimolowo has re-defined how Church is done in the United Kingdom.”
He just saw one brilliantly rascal, rascally brilliant. He didn’t know what I carried.
-Today I lay hands on your pregnancy and I say you will birth your miracle. You will birth your testimony. You will birth your glory. You will birth your future. You will not miscarry in the name of Jesus.
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