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That was my reaction when God did what I never thought was possible... đ
After that incidence, I threw my weight into work as usual. I wasnât bitter. That was the amazing part. My heart was free of anger towards them. I remember calling for a brainstorming session and only 4 of them showed up. I was ecstatic at their turnout. I wasnât expecting to see any of them. Yeah, that bad. But I kept my head high with confidence. After that brainstorming session, we launched a new campaign on social media; sensitizing the public on voters registration, as well as enlightening the people on the kind of leaders to vote for. 90% of the work I did myself⌠as usual.
Two weeks later, exactly 15 days after the ambush, my boss would send for me. âBukkie, why are your guys not sharing the posts?⌠Iâm going to dismiss them! I will send all of them awayâŚ.â You can imagine my reaction. I was in shock of course. And then I had mixed feelings; first I was like oh dear, once this gets to their ears, they will definitely eat me raw. They would think I was behind this. But again, I was like, âsend them away?!â, I wish! In your dreams Bukkie. As good as it sounds, it would all soon fizzle away and its back to business as usual.
It is exactly one month today (coincidentallyâŚ) since my boss made the too-good-to-be-true announcement. And hereâs what has happened: He called for a meeting the following day, disbanded the unit, asked me to recruit new talents and then asked all those interested to submit their application to me. Before the close of business that day, they all submitted their handwritten applications. However, I announced to the recruitment committee, which I headed, that their applications would be reviewed based on consideration as I do not intend to have them pass through the job interview process.Â
By the following week, the 3oth of July to be precise, we had interviews for all new applicants at a separate venue and when I returned to the office, I was informed that the guys had been paid their salaries and finally disengaged. As in, sacked. Discharged. Dismissed. Terminated. At this point, I was still in crazy awe of all God was doing. Still overwhelmed by His mindfulness of me. Insignificant me. Abbaâs cry baby. Every day for the last 10 months since I got this job, Iâve had a new matter to report to Him. Iâm sure the angels would be like, âBaba, its Bukkie again o. Today, she said they ambushed her⌠in their office.â âThen God will be like⌠âhmmm ambush kè⌠thatâs a first. Toh! Let us hear itâŚâ That God took all my palaver seriously still makes my heart swell. God truly HEARS and He truly SEES. Nothing is hid from Him. Nothing is hard for Him.
After their dismissal, my boss decided that they too should be interviewed and given the benefit of doubt⌠an opportunity try again. So the following day, during our second assessment of the new applicants, we did their interviews.Â
I think the most beautiful thing about how I grew in this whole process is how BOLD I became. Bold. Fearless. Firm. Focused. Courageous. And principled. In the end, we recruited 5 new talents. 3 brand new intakes and 2 former members. My PA thankfully scaled through (his questions were toughest), he and one of the former lot who was immensely sober and repentant, and was vouched for by other members of the committee. But the brutes among them were cut off! Â
I got their employment letters ready, had an orientation training, laid the ground rules and started afresh on a clean slate. Now, I can dream on my job. I can invent, and create and mastermind new processes. Something that seemed like a mirage before. My new team is one week and 3 days old today and we will be concluding another set of training by close of today. Theyâve been amazing. âIâm in workplace-fulfillment-heaven right now!â I havenât had very satisfying work experience here like this before not like Iâve had it this past week. There is a whole lot of difference between talent and thug. Polish and crass. Structure and chaos. Only God could have done this. He is truly mindful of us.
I hope these series have opened you to new possibilities with God. Fear God and keep His commandments. This is the whole duty of man. If we fear Him, He will take care of the rest. He will shut the mouth of Lions. And those who plotted to have you thrown into the den would be fed to the lions in the end. Yes, He did it in the days of Daniel. But I can boldly tell you, that He is still doing it today. I am a witness. Nothing is too hard for God.Â
Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; Quarrels and insults are ended.
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