TRIBUTE TO PASTOR TAIWO ODUKOYA
When reality dawns, the thing you never imagined could happen becomes a topical issue. That is a good time to appreciate the omnipresence of the Almighty as the only all-knowing God. The news was shocking but it is real, after all, that Pastor Taiwo has transited. His good life was long enough. Some people come into your life and become simply irresistible. Such was the story of Pastor Taiwo in my life. I came to Fountain of Life Church as a wedding guest in 1999. My wife (then my fiancée) invited me to her friend’s elder sister’s wedding. I had my local church at the time. It only took Pastor Taiwo to give the message to the newly wedded couple and I surrendered to his spiritual mentorship without any prompt. After the message, I looked at my wife and she looked at me. The message was clear. We have found our local church. It was never about him. It was all about Jesus. Pastor Taiwo did not build the church around himself. He never allowed anyone to elevate him beyond his God-given assignment. He did not share in God’s glory. He was quick to direct the gaze of his congregation to God and not himself.