A friend got married to the last born in a wealthy family.
The wife had a sister & 2 brothers- 4 siblings.
Their parents were stupendously wealthy, lived in a mansion in Ikoyi.
The parents had a strange ritual:
Well, strange to my friend, but apparently not to the other in-laws..

Anytime they returned from a trip abroad, all 4 children MUST come welcome them at the airport with their spouses.
And every last Sunday of the month, they MUST come for lunch in their home in Ikoyi.
Once a year they all go on vacation, sponsored by the parents...

When they go for one of the Sunday lunch dates, the parents would hand over a package to each couple, containing return tickets & $10k for them to go on vacation in locations they chose for them.
The dad would say, "Joseph & Mary, you'll be going to Brazil...

Abraham and Sarah, you'll be going to Australia, David and Bathsheba, you'll be going to Greece, Adam and Eve, you'll be going to Canada!"
And they would collect the tickets & money and thank them.
My friend was NOT impressed!
For how long would he be tied to their apron strings?

Now, when we meet & discuss family life, some friends would tell him he was lucky!
"Victor, you lucky sha! Na so you go just dey tour all over the world!"
When he voiced his frustrations at his inability to take charge of his own home, these guys would call him an ingrate...

To them, it was worth it.
But Victor didn't like it.
So he rebelled after 3 years.

Next time his parents in-law returned to the Country, he refused to go welcome them at the airport.
They asked his wife why.
"He's busy dad!"
Busy! Ok...
Next lunch date, he was absent again!

"Where's Victor?"
"He's busy, dad!"

After Victor missed a few more of such family meet ups, the parents in-law decided to teach him a lesson: when next they were handing out their vacation candies to their kids, they omitted him and his wife!
To them, that was a punishment!

But guess what?
God prospered Victor!
His business grew exponentially, he became very wealthy!
He didn't need any handouts from his parents in-law anymore.

Imagine if Victor were still the loyal & submissive son in-law? He probably would still be collecting handouts.

In Genesis 14 is a story of the battle of the Kings.
Some Kings were subservient to another king.
Verse 4: "12 years they served Chedorlaomer (king of Elam), and in the 13th year THEY REBELLED"
They decided that enough is enough!
We no do again!

It took them 12 years to rebel.

It took Victor 3.
How long is it taking you?
When Jacob stole Esau's blessings in Genesis 27, Isaac still blessed Esau.
He told him, "You will serve your brother, but a time will come you will break his yoke from your neck!" (verse 40).

It took 3 years for Victor's time to come.

It took the kings 12 years of servitude to break the yoke off their necks.

It's YOUR time to do same, sir!
Ma'am, you've circled this mountain long enough!

REBEL!
Stop this servitude!
Stop the oppression!
It's your time to be FREE!
Rebel & see God bless you!

Shalom.