INSPIRATION
Do you know that God created you for a specific purpose? Your success or prosperity in life begins with the knowledge of that purpose which gives God pleasure. There is something UNIQUE you came to achieve on this planet. Your birth is evidence that you have an important purpose. God says in Isaiah 48:17 …. That He is the Lord thy God, thy redeemer, the holy one of Israel, the Lord thy God which TEACHES thee to profit and LEAD thee by the way you shall go.
Many people in life misused resources and abused their privileges because they did not understand their essence of living. The true is that you were created to be relevant to your generation. You need to stand out and shine in the midst of this perverse and crocked generation. When God made you, He endowed you with all you need to succeed in life. You simply have to discover your capabilities. DEUTERONOMY 8:18…. But you shall remember the Lord your God for it is He that gives you POWER and MIGHT to get WEALTH. That He (God) may establish His covenant which He swears unto your fathers as it is this day. Only if you are in Christ then you can becomes all God wanted you to be.
You have been sent and so must do the work of Him who make you and sent you to this planet for a purpose. A discovery of your purpose will give direction and meaning to your life and affect your generation to come positively by leaving legacies for them to enjoy and remember you by your good work.
The difference between success and unsuccessful people is that while successful people work to prevent failure. One need to notice that both riches and honour come from thee (individual) and thou (individual) reigns overall and in your hand, it’s to make GREAT (WEALTH) and give strength unto all. I Chronicles 29:12. Also thou shall decree a thing and it shall be established unto you and light will shine upon your ways.
Fear is the most paralyzing of all emotions. It can stiffen the muscles and stupefy the mind and will. For man to fulfill what God has called him to do therefore courage must be employed. Fear is not strong enough to stop a courageous man. Boldness, self confidence and decisiveness often distinguish leaders in every sphere of life. Be it in business, politics, education, marriage, ministry, hospitals etc. Now the source of all coverage is the Spirit of God, our comforter, the one whom Jesus Christ has sent to continue His work on earth. It is nature of the Holy Spirit to remain at our sides to help us do something great. We can confidently trust He will be right there, helping us to get it done. He is the only true and tested sources of courage.
There is something special about you and it is found on how God has created you to achieve according to your capability. What you were created to achieve. Get ambitious; pursue the goal for which you were created for. You shall not fail. The seed of greatness is in you. Believe that your expectation shall come to pass.
The quality decision you make today will determine your destination. Deuteronomy 30:15-19 God set before you “LIFE and PROSPERITY, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. For He also commended you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commands, degrees and laws then you will LIVE and INCREASE. And the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to posses. This day I call heaven and earth as witness against you that I have set before you LIFE and DEATH, BLESSING and CURSES. Now choose life so that you and your children may live. What a pleasant gift?
The quality decisions you makes today determine how for you will ultimately go in life. Therefore decisions transform into idea. Idea forms habit, habit turns into reality and reality determine your destiny. The right decisions at the right time will lead to success. And life is what happens to you after you have made your decisions. Your situation today is a reflection of the choices you have made to date. So if you are dissatisfied with your current status and desire a change, the process begin with a decision to change your thinking, thereby changing your circumstances and your level of living to take risk, had a plan of action, determine to overcome obstacles and not let the negative opinions of others deter your plans. Get out of the rut and move ahead with your dream. Our situation does not change themselves rather it is our choice and decisions that change our situations. Just one decision can make all the difference in your life.
Every man who truly wants to accomplish something worthwhile must actively pursue his goals. Proverbs 10:4 says lazy hands make a man poor but diligent hands bring wealth. And in proverbs 6 says: Go to the ant thou sluggard and consider her ways and be wise which having no guide, overseer or ruler provides her meat (food) in the summer and gather her food in the harvest. How long will though sleep oh sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep? So shall thou poverty comes as an armed man. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but he that gathers by labour shall increase.
Remember we that walk with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. He that is also slothful in his work is a brother to him that is a great waster. So a man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
Wealth makes many friends but the poor is separated from his neighbour, therefore let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. As we have opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the house hold of faith.
Get an early start each day; begin your day with quality fellowship with your Lord. Set and target your goals. Set up deadlines, schedule appointments that will help you achieve your dreams. You are not lazy. Utilize your God given ability to be diligently. The writer of Ecclesiastes defined opportunity as time and chance happen to all. The emphasis is on harmony of time and place. However, the result sought must be positive not negative. Everyman has to succeed in life. We are blessed with opportunities, our biggest problem is not lack of opportunities but inability to recognize them when it comes.
Opportunity starts with good attitude; it’s every where if you will only create it. If you have wrong attitude to life you are not likely to recognize opportunities and people with great opportunities will run away from you. Some may be in the multitude not bold enough to take advantage. So the problem is your attitude and your ability to make effective use of your time and chance. Do not say you do not have opportunity for opportunity is every way even where you are right now. After all, the earth is full of God’s riches. Psalms 104:24 look at where you are right now. Think of what to do to make money. Stop eating your future, develop investment mentality. Have a dream and visualize towards that dream. Get involve with a friend or two for two reasonable heads are better than one. Can two walk together except they agree? Seize the opportunity. Do not waste time. The problem is not the situation but how we react to it. Your destiny is in your hands. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. God is not unjust to forget your labour. God has brought you to the side of eternity for a purpose. Situation cannot hide you from accomplishing that purpose except if you allow it. Your situation is actually an opportunity for you to excel. You will surely succeed in Jesus Mighty Name. You are capable of weathering any storm. Talk to your heavenly father about it for He cares. Never give up. Pray one more time until your chance comes.
The quality of a person’s life is a direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their filed of endeavours. Excellence measure and man by the height of his ideas, breathe of his compassion, depth of his convictions and the length of his persistence. For a faithful and consistent man there is always an open door. You need to start every task thinking of how to do it better than it has been done before.
Aspire to do what you know is the right thing no matter what others think. Be an embodiment of quality so that when people with good opportunities are thinking of whom to trust with good job or anything to offer then you will be the first on their minds and God will bless your faithfulness and consistency with open doors.
You need proper scheduling and management quality time to study to improve one self, carry out your civic duties, build lasting friendship as well as other responsibilities and have some leisure time then life becomes less pressured. You can master your time and thereby master your tomorrow. Your future and your life. Learn to handle telephone interruptions and unexpected visitors. Avoid procrastination, idle talk, too much sleep and play. Then you will redeem your time and become more productive, more responsible, more fulfill in life and in your prospect. There is no height you cannot reach, no task you cannot accomplish when you have control over your time to commune with God for He will show you the rightful path and for His presence there’s fullness of joy.
FRAMING YOUR WORLD
If you wish to have a life that devoid of evil you must accept the responsibility of framing your world. You may not be able to do anything about your past. Your socio-economic background or status but you have a responsibility to frame your life today into what you desire it to be.
You must not allow your past to influence your future neither your personality. And if you were abused as a child it is not an excuse for you to be cruel or violent with children or people around you. If you had failed before, it’s not an excuse for you not to try again. Or if you experienced heartbreak in your relationship, it’s not an excuse for you not to love or involve in love with someone else.
In framing your world, you require the qualities or faith, diligence, perseverance, knowledge and hard work. Now faith is the substance of thing hope for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith in his absolute goodness to save you. If you expect to call things you desire to be and see them establish you must have faith in God. Without faith it’s impossible to please God. For you that come to God must believe that He’s and that He’s a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
You must place premium on declaration such as let them shout for joy and be glad that favor my righteous let them continually magnified the Lord which has pleasure in the prosperity of his servants. You must cultivate a lifestyle of diligence and discipline to be able to speak the right words this is why you need to study the Bible in your heart and not speak out or declare them. The words of faith are not vain words of your own neither are the foolish human philosophies like “NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT”, (some people allowed their condition to be permanent when they tide brought them out to sea shore, instead, they follow the guide back to the ocean and their conditions continue to be permanent). But words of faith are God’s words.
Faith ignores action. Your actions are a reflection of what you believe when you declare out of faith. God’s grace makes them work for you. God who quicken the death and called those things, which are not as though they were. Perseverance is another quality you need to frame your world successfully. Sometimes when you make declaration you need to remain steadfast in your confidence in God. Sticking with it until you see it come to pass. Be follower of those who through faith or patience obtained mercy. Lack of knowledge cause disastrous for you. My people are destroyed for lacked of knowledge. Knowledge enables you to be focused and to get your priority right. Through understanding you will accept authority and work under them with your world. Slothfulness cast into deep sleep and idle soul shall suffer hanger. Therefore in framing your world, you need to employ faith, perseverance, diligence and knowledge. You must not be formed slothful in this, search the Bible for scriptures that provides answers to every problems in your life. As you diligently apply them, employing those listed tools you will surely see your results.
Learn how to stay on top of your game in the face of your challenges, encouraged by the fact that one single nasty incident or event does not define the rest of the journey. I have also learnt that success isn’t really about the size of one bank account but about knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potentials and sowing seeds that benefit others. JOHN MAXWELL thinks about journey not destination. The only thing that can stop one from reaching his/her destination is not necessarily to challenge we face along the way nor less than perfect attribute but what we allowed ourselves to be defined by eventually if we don’t RISE ABOVE the VICTIM MENTALITY and embrace life a new. Determine to redefine self against all odds. Determine not to allow a single event to define your personality to the extent that you just roll over and die.
Although they have been days the way I see it at the end of the day what truly defines us is the image of ourselves that we choose to internalize. So what do you allow yourself to be define by? Is it toxic, friends, dream failure, abortions, bad luck and bad relationship that left you with emotional scar, a rape, money, lack of job, society, victim mentality, disability, low self esteem, bottled up anger, betrayal recent bereavement, age?
More than ever I believe the word of “JAMES ALLEN” that I am the master/mistress of my thought, the molder of my character and the maker and shaper of my condition, environment and destiny. Lately, I have also learn that it’s ok to fail too as long as I fail forward. Also to give myself that occasional pat on the back and say well done baby, you did a good job. You know why? Because truly I have come to realize that a bell isn’t a bell until you feed on the word and the life is no life until you like it.
Finally, do remember that as well as we all travel on life’s journey there will be challenges but the real challenges is how long we stay down and what we learnt while down there.
