Help me!
So, if you did not know, I used to be a Yahoo boy.
Yes, I was a fraudster, aka yahoo boy.
In 2019, after graduating from uni, I got interested in getting fast money and, on the low, began to learn how to scam oyinbo people.
2019 was for learning, 2020 was for execution. During Covid, I locked in and became a chief aza man.
I got so good that people were coming to me for guidance and tutorials. I even had an intern😂 The funny thing is that he is going to read this too. I trained him and we were in it together.
However, as with all the gifts of the enemy, greed began to set in and I started scamming the person I was teaching how to scam in large amounts believing I was invisible and invincible at the same time (Coyg!).
Unknown to me, Kasala was just getting fatter and fatter, and one day, it burst.
I did a wrong transaction where I was cheated, and afterwards, I still went ahead to cheat that my former intern, now partner.
He decided that enough was enough and he couldn’t take it anymore. Threats started, real threats o.
To blow my cover, to come to my family house and expose my secrets, to gather boys for me and a whole lot. At first, I was adamant and confident, but somewhere beneath that hard shell, I knew that this was not me. It was so far from me and who I was meant to be. I no too get that kind mind.
Remorse settled in, but it seemed like I had gone way too far to even settle things. I felt so scared for the aftermath, and also, for what would happen when everything “casted” to my parents that I was not who they thought me to be.
Finally, it was time to confront my mistakes, and I had to go to Kubwa from Gwagwalada to settle everything. The guy told me that all was well and he was calm about it but deep down, I knew it was a lie and he wanted to lure me so he could beat the truth out of me or do something harmful. However, I was already too far gone, and that was my only option.
Now, this is the reason I am sharing this whole story.
That day, as I was on a bike close to byazhin police station in Kubwa, I said a prayer. Prior to this time, I do not remember uttering a sincere prayer in a looong while.
I said, “God, have mercy on me. I know that I’m the most undeserving to talk to you right now, but I really need your help. Please, help me.” It sounds crazy now that I think of it, but more crazy was the way things turned out after that prayer.
When I got to the house, things played out exactly how I thought it would. We all went somewhere, and I met two rough looking guys (I got to find out that one was actually nothing like that. He just had the aura. In fact, he is Jesus’s name sake😂).
After explaining everything they threatened and threatened, then I tried my best to be honest and truthful.
I remember us going down to meet the other person who cheated me all the way in Apo and trying to clear things up with them.
It was really crazy but the surprising thing was that all through the whole thing, I was not harmed, and for some weird reason, the person I cheated did not have it in mind to harm me anymore.
I don’t think he could explain it, too, but he came up with a solution with which I would pay him over time and spread it out in the future. My phone, which was seized upon my arrival, was given back to me, and I went home in one piece.
On my journey back home, I remembered the simple prayer I made that morning on the bike that did not feel like prayer.
I knew then, and I know now that things could have turned out worse for me if God’s help did not step in for me.
This act is what opened the door for me, leaving that life behind, and a few months after this, taking the temporarily painful but eternally liberating decision to quit fraud forever.
Why am I sharing this with you?
Your story will not be exactly like mine, but I know as sure as I know my name that there are things in your life that need God’s help.
There are aspects of your life that make you worried in which you feel like your hands are tied. Some may not be your fault, and some, just like me, are a result or repercussion of your own personal choices and decisions.
Whichever it is, I want you to know that God sees you and his help is readily available if only you can ask for it.
If he could help me when I was undeserving, unworthy, out of sync, out of touch, far, sinful, hurting others for personal gain, lying, cheating, stealing, scamming and seeking personal pleasure, I don’t think there is anybody in this world who he will not help.
No, not one. Just ask for his help.
If you are reading up to this point, please ask for help.
Don’t feel too far. Don’t feel too ashamed, too broken or too weak.
Ask for help, and you will be helped because if he did it for me, he go do am for you.
Whenever you feel weary, remember what God's word tells us about our time of need.
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)
Have a great day ahead of you. I love you plenty.
Your brother
-Khalifire
P.S: I urge you to watch this video by Archbishop Benson idahosa. It will help you a whole lot. Ciao.
Indeed he will help, thank you khalifire ❤️
God bless you Khalifa. Thanks for sharing❤️❤️