I Don't Want to Live up to 120 Years, Says Pastor Adeboye

 

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, shocked a large congregation in Minna, Niger State on Mondaywhen he told the gathering that he does not want to live up to 120 years on earth.

Adeboye also said he did not think he would preside over the 80th birthday service of the celebrant, Pastor Yerima El-Samaila of the Faith Foundation Church who turned 70 today and for whom the event was organised.

"It is not how long you live but how well you spend your life. I don't want to be 120 years old; longevity is good but there is a limit," the cleric declared while delivering the message at the birthday service held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre in Minna.

He said: "People don't want to die because they don't know where they are going, but I know where I am going, I have seen heaven; I have seen my house in heaven; I know what is waiting for me there; heaven is beautiful, and I can't wait to go

"I want to finish what I have to do here and finish it well. Any of us can go at any moment, so we have to get ready for home."

He therefore challenged Christians to be "committed to God more than ever before," saying: "Many Christians are getting distracted from God.

“Christians should not forget the most important reason why they are here,” he said, adding that it was to show Gods glory.

He advised other clerics to "stop playing church and become committed to Almighty God and do your best so that when you are leaving, you can say you have fulfilled your purpose."

Adeboye thanked God for the life of the celebrant, his family and his ministry "and commitment to God."

According to him, "It takes a man like you to bring me to Minna at a time like this, and I rejoice that I could come."

The clergyman and his wife later joined Pastor El- Samaila in the cutting of the 70th birthday cake which he (Adeboye) presented to the celebrant.

Among those who attended the ceremony were Niger State Governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Jonathan Tsado Vatsa; Former Information Minister, Professor Jerry Gana, clergymen from different denominations.