General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, has expressed gratitude to God for keeping him alive, saying God is wonderful, while recalling how he once escaped death by the whiskers.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Adeoye disclosed this while speaking at the Redemption Camp, off Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun, on Saturday in commemoration of his 82nd birthday with congregation celebrating him.
The renowned cleric recounted the incident, which many years ago, he said, could have claimed his life, if not for a miraculous intervention of God.
He referred to an earlier narrative by his former driver of several accidents in which the cleric and his wife escaped death in various incidents on the way to Ilorin, Kwara.
Adeboye explained that the most daunting was one in which their vehicle came face to face with a trailer that was coming at full speed on a narrow path, by a bridge which had a river by its side.
“Somehow we passed,” he said, noting that it was a miracle that they escaped unhurt in the incident, which left both him and his driver shaking.
The man of God said the escape amazed his driver, that all the way to Ilorin, all he was repeating was ‘wonderful.’
“That I’m alive today is because His name is called wonderful,” he said, and prayed that God would be wonderful in the lives of the people.
Adeboye thanked the church members for celebrating him, praying that none of them would die young, and that they would be greater than him.
He noted that his 82nd birthday anniversary also marked the 38th anniversary of the monthly Special Holy Ghost Service organised by the church.
Adeboye appreciated God for the lives that had been touched through the programme.
While preaching on the theme of the Holy Ghost Service – On Eagles Wings, the cleric quoted copiously from the Bible but dwelt on the book of Exodus Chapter 19, noting, “When God hears and takes notice of a person, the life of such a person changes for better.
“God can grab you from the lowest point on earth and put you on the throne.”
He said when one’s case is beyond any human assistance, the God who knows will send help.
Adeboye stated that all God required was faith and holiness, and He was able to give sweatless victory.
He prayed that God would hear the cries of the people, carry them on eagle’s wings and deliver them totally like He did for the children of Israel.
