In this opinion article, Femi Aribisala shares a personal testimony about how his Christian faith shaped his response to workplace conflicts during his career at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).

He recalls accepting an appointment as Special Adviser to then Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, despite opposition from his former boss, Professor Gabriel Olusanya, whose security concerns initially delayed his confirmation until President Ibrahim Babangida intervened.

After later returning to the Institute, Aribisala says he experienced repeated hostility from successive directors, including what he describes as unfair treatment and an attempt to force him into premature retirement at the age of 42.Rather than relying on political connections, he says he prayed and trusted God for intervention.

According to his account, influential officials in the military government eventually directed that his retirement be withdrawn and that he should be reinstated.

Aribisala admits that after this outcome he became proud and publicly declared that God would also remove the Director-General from office through a Nigerian Television Authority announcement on a particular Tuesday night.When nothing happened on the predicted date, he says he was humbled and stopped speaking about the prophecy.

However, he claims that about three years later the same Director-General was eventually removed through an NTA announcement on a Tuesday night, which he interprets as God's fulfilment of His promise despite the delay.

The article concludes that believers should trust God's word and timing, drawing support from biblical passages such as Numbers 23:19 and Isaiah 41:10 to reinforce the message that ultimate victory belongs to God.