In this end time, when many ministers of God and others alike have left the kingdom message for prosperity messages and turned their churches into business centres, a situation that has forced many to shy away from christian ideals . A situation that has caused many to find it difficult to stand with their faith, Nike Adekunle, whom I can describe as an ‘evangelist’ has taken it upon herself to redeem many lost souls through her new book titled, Behind The Scene.
The coming of Behind The Scene, the 111 pages, seven chapters book published by Deo Inspired Media, Lagos , 2013 is timely. In it, the founder of the quarterly women’s meeting, SWIM-Sisters, Wives and Mothers, in this narrative prose tells the story of a young girl, Oluwmadewa whose hope and fears were not all that different from other young girls but was able to deliver her people despite the trials and temptations through her encounter with God.
Exhibiting the quality of a master story teller, the mother of three through her book addresses certain topical issues in modern life, like courtship, premarital sex, inter tribal marriage, abortion and others with the aim of showcasing the real qualities of a child of God who is bent on making it on the last day. To her, there is no need to give up especially during trials and temptation, rather any one that has answered the call should be focused and believe that He, God has the final say.
The story of Oluwamadewa as narrated by the author can be seen as that of a destiny fulfilled through an amazing interplay of characters and divinely staged events. Well, for a women that believed in the supremacy of God, Nike has carved a delightful piece of tale from the story of Made’ as she was called. ‘Made’ as a young girl lived her life until she had a life changing encounter with God. And, in her new life with Christ, she expects everything to work in her favour but unfortunately for her she experiences a twist that seems to be contrary to the new life she imagined. But unknown to her, God was interested in her and was working behind the scene to make all things beautiful for her.
From chapter one to the last chapter, you are drawn to the story of a young courageous girl who was presumed to have lost her father and was brought up by her mother and was determined not to disappoint her but her stand always brings her in one problem or the other. But the saving grace was that each time she finds herself in a problem God always provides solution.
First, it was her clash with her room mates in the campus who saw her as a threat and threw her out of the room and God who has a better plan brought her to Dalopo, who was to play an important role in her life. From there, she met Steve and after graduation, life was sweet and every thing worked well and they were preparing to get married before she had an encounter with God and the story changed. But at the end God whom she followed saved her and brought joy to her and her family.
A beautiful novel with a lot of lessons for all. The information and enlightenment that it provides is one which is not selective to gender, social status etc.
If there are things the reader of Behind The Scene will get is that it is a simple novel that one can finish in a day, written in very simple English for easy readership and rich with a sizzling message of hope for everybody. And I commend her modest effort for joining the few that are still interested in decongesting the kingdom of hell.
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