2020 — God’s Year- My Testimony. I remember sitting on the left side of…
By: Nifemi Aikomo
Tags: Testimony, 2020, Year, Faith, Review

I remember sitting on the left side of Elevation Church mainland on the 31st of December 2019. I was so excited to be in church on this day because 2019 had been a year, a year God used to bring me back to Him completely. I was in tears all through the service and the testimonies made me feel a lot better. I had a testimony that evening but it did not feel enough to share, the mere reason I was alive that evening was a testimony because I had tried suicide in the course of 2019. Silently being grateful to just be in the presence of God, I raised my phone filled with my goals for the year and I cried to God saying I will give a testimony at the end of the year.

2020 Goals

You see, the thing about God is that He takes the thing you have asked and surprises you in ways you could not have even imagined. In the course of the year, I have shared more than one testimony in different ways, so God did not wait till the end of the year to answer me. He gave me different reasons to be thankful, different testimonies and blessed me beyond my wildest imagination. But I promised God to do this at the end of the year so here it is.

2020 has been the best year for me in every way you can think of. Think about it and God came through but for the purpose of this testimony, I want to thank God for his constant presence. 2020 was a year whereby in the midst of all Gods blessings, I craved his constant presence. Be it because I am afraid, confirmation of His word or I feel like I have gone astray, I needed God’s presence in 2020 more than I ever had thought I would. But you see the God we serve, does not leave us stranded. I remember at the beginning of COVID, I was so scared because I am asthmatic and everyone was calling people like us vulnerable, the news did not give us a lot of chance to survive. So I was super scared of contracting the virus. So, I prayed one evening and said, God, please I am scared of this virus. I do not want to have it. That same night, I went to bed, and in between sleep, I woke up to heavy rain, my house was literally shaking, I was scared that the roof might fall off, then a voice spoke to my spirit and said, do not be afraid, I have passed over you and your house. Nothing evil shall come to you. Immediately, I slept back. I woke up the next morning and called everyone I knew if they felt the heavy rainfall and thunder and everything I felt. Literally, everyone said NO. God knew what I needed, and He confirmed with his word. I have not fallen sick since then. My family has not been sick since then.

On another day, I wanted to make a very bad decision and I was questioning my faith. I was asking God why does it seem like I do not get what I think I need. I slept off asking God that question and as I woke up, God put a song I had not sung in a long time in my mind to remind me, the song is

‘My lifetime, I will give God my lifetime, If I give God my lifetime, He will take care of me. Then my spirit said, that is all the confirmation you need.

Give me your lifetime, make the right decision and I will take care of you. You see, God never left me stranded, even in the craziest question. God constant presence has been there.

2020 has been Gods year for me. Because everything that happened, I could not have imagined. God blessed me so much financially, I am in no debt, I have no outstanding, I have investment, I have spent lavishly, I have ventured into new things and been able to afford it. See, this is the iceberg, I cannot begin to describe this provision. God has blessed me.

Everything God laid on my heart to do has blossomed. God helped me start a community of young Christians where we work together to edify ourselves. We would be one year in January. We have a podcast, we have done outreach and God said He is not done because the plan He has laid out for this year, I am afraid sef, but I trust God. My coaching business is on the rise, God is bringing people to help me, God is helping me form structure. I am being called to facilitate far and wide.

God is literally just using me to show off.

My career ah, this one is another testimony that can take another 2pages, but God has been completely faithful.

I prayed at the end of the year that I wanted to be in the workforce of God. And on my bed, someone called me and asked me if I wanted to join God’s workforce. Since that, God has been using me to shine. I am involved in like three and I have done nothing to get there. God took what I said and decided to shower me with unthinkable blessings.

Finally, my relationship with God is my greatest win for the year. Ah. God built me up for his purpose. He moulded me into a perfect vessel. He is my father, my best friend, and my lover. We talk about everything and anything. I will take this testimony over any other one any day, anytime.

2020 for me has been Gods year. The year God took me and took care of me. And he is not done because wherever He leads, I follow. 2021, A new thing is happening.