CHRONICLES OF LADY AVA: THIS THING CALLED SALVATION

Long time, no Ava abi? Let’s gooooo!

Me and Ava were having a conversation some days ago, and I casually mentioned that I’ve never spoken in tongues before. This girl was genuinely shocked.

“Favour, seriously??”

And I’m like, “Yeah na… what’s up?”

Then she said something that made me laugh, because it sounded so dramatic. She said, and I quote:

“It’s still a mystery to me how I’m able to speak in tongues and some people like you can’t, with all my bad thoughts.”

And I just started laughing because… people like me ke? But honestly, her statement is the reality of many believers.

A lot of us don’t feel worthy of salvation, or worthy of the gifts of the Spirit, so we assume that if we’re not “holy enough” or “clean enough,” God won’t use us or bless us.

But this is what I told Ava.

The thing about gifts is that you don’t have to deserve them before you receive them. A gift is not something you earn, it’s something you’re given. And spiritual gifts are not rewards for good behaviour, they are expressions of grace.

So speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and other gifts are not proof that someone is perfect, or that they have pure thoughts all the time. It’s a gift, not a medal.

That’s why even someone struggling badly can still operate in spiritual gifts, because the gifts are not based on human righteousness, they are based on God’s generosity.

And that’s the same way salvation works too.

The truth is, Christ didn’t die because we deserved it. He died because He loved us. So you can’t start your salvation by grace and then maintain it by fear.

Salvation comes from believing and confessing Jesus, and many of us have given our lives to Christ over and over again because we were never fully sure. We thought once we made a mistake, once we sinned, once we “missed the mark,” we had automatically lost everything.

So we kept running back for altar calls like God was collecting and returning salvation like change.

But what we don’t realise is this: God is not unstable. What He gives, He doesn’t snatch back like a man that changes his mind.

Once you’ve truly stepped into Christ, your mistakes don’t suddenly erase His love. Sin doesn’t cancel God’s affection for you. You’re still His, even while He’s working on you.

But that doesn’t mean we should stay comfortable in sin. It means we should stop drowning in shame and start making conscious efforts to separate ourselves from it, with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Because just like Romans 8:1 says, 

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

So the next time you fall short and your conscience pricks you, don’t start talking like you’re too dirty for God. Remember this:

You didn’t earn salvation in the first place, so you can’t lose it by mistake.

Dearest reader, if you’ve been feeling like you’re not “good enough” for God, I want you to know that salvation is not a reward for perfect people, it’s a rescue for broken people. God is not shocked by your flaws, He already knew them, and He still chose you. 

He’s not looking for a flawless child, He’s looking for a willing one. 

@favvy_Okwans🖤.