“So, then every one of us
shall give account of himself to God.” (Romans 14:12)
This scripture changed my life years ago. It has never ceased to challenge
me since then.
In the final analysis, you are the sole person responsible for how your
life turns out. The earlier you accept this, the better. The reason many are stuck
and stagnated personally and professionally is because they sat down waiting
for someone or some help to come their way.
May I say, loud and clear, that the best helping hand you will ever
find is the one attached to your shoulder blades! You don’t wait for the waters
of opportunity to flow by your house. Go make a way – dig a tributary – for the
waters to flow towards you. Or you go find the waterways!
You don’t wait for the rains to fall. You make the rains. Stir up the
cosmic dust. Become a rainmaker! I’ve learnt in life that nothing moves without a mover. Behind everything that moves is a mover!
Every object remains in its state of rest or uniform motion unless an external
force is applied to it. Pick up the phone. Make that call. Write that exam. Enroll
for that course. Read that book. Do whatever it takes to move forward. Do not
let life happen to you. Make life happen!
You do not need anybody’s permission to be what you were born to be. You
only need God’s permission and that you already have. Nobody but you is
answerable to God for how you live your life and what you accomplish with it. That
is both a scary and exciting thought at the same time.
Wake up, dear friend! “Responsibility
is the price of greatness,” Winston Churchill said. What anybody does for
you will not count for much as what you do for yourself. The prayer you pray
for yourself is more important than the ones others pray for you.
John Mason wrote in one of his books, “It was amazing to me how many (people) were anxiously searching for
help from other people while they had - between them and God – everything they
needed to succeed.” This means you and I are responsible, primarily and
ultimately, for our failures and successes. No one else is to blame if anything
goes wrong. Only mediocre men blame others and give excuses for their
non-performance.
You do not have a handicap; it’s a “cap-in-the-hand”. You do not have a
disability either. It is “this-ability”! You don’t need a godfather, you have
God as Father! What greater privilege do you seek?
Acknowledge your contributions. The earlier you do the faster you climb
the ladder of success. “Until there is a
personal input, you will never enjoy personal success.” (Dr. David Oyedepo)
It’s time you wake up, friend. YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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