WHAT’S YOUR BEARING?

             Nowadays, there is a drive that motivates a lot of people to do anything. Most people will go to any length to achieve this aim. A lot of young men and women have fallen in the quest for achieving this aim. I guess you know what this drive is; yeah you are right; Money and Power.

            These two factors have been the reason for most of the atrocities that have befallen man in these days. I marvel at the extent at which people will go to achieve them, especially in this part of the world. Young guys with glorious destinies giving themselves over to the bondage of cultism. Supposed great business minds, inventors, leaders wasting away talents in scamming (yahoo yahoo). Ladies with glorious future, giving over to sexual lusts and all manner of unthinkable acts all in the quest for money and power. All sorts of evil committed in this world today can be exclusively traced down to the quest for these two factors Money and Power.

Hmmmm, I wonder, what’s the way out of this ridiculous state? I hear someone say money is the root of all evil, well my bible tells me “the love of money is the root of all evil”. I remember God telling the Israelites never to bow to any other god except Him. That same law still applies to us but each time we mention gods, what comes to people’s minds is idols made with woods and all sorts. I can boldly tell you there are gods who are not made of such, one of these is the god of gold (money worship) which has made many shipwreck and destroyed destinies. Sad to say, many are still not learning lessons but are still going that same way

            My reason for posting this is to provide you with the easiest way for making this money and getting this power. If you can follow this rule, then you are so on your way to making it;

RULE 1- KNOW WHO YOU ARE: before embarking on the journey of life, one needs to understand perfectly who one is in God. Let me ask you this, who are you? There’s this story of a lion that grew up among flocks of sheep, so it ate what they ate and behaved like a sheep. Every time they'd go to the stream to drink water, a big lion appears and they'd all run including the young lion. One day while it drank water from the stream, it saw its reflection and realized he was the same as the big lion. The next time when the big lion came to challenge them, instead of running like the others, it ran over to join the big lion. It discovered who it was. You need to know who you are so you don’t end up a lion living among sheep. The knowledge of who you are in Christ really goes a long way!

RULE 2- DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE: every human created has one purpose or the other to fulfill, just like we know the purpose of a chair is sitting and that of a cup is drinking. A great man said, “Where the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable”.  Don’t be deceived that there’s no such things as purpose, as a matter of fact there is and it’s the gateway to your destiny. God will not create to just come around and constitute nuisance, YOU HAVE A PURPOSE! You might be wondering how to know your purpose, the best thing is consult your manual which is the Word of God and align with your maker. It could be through your gifts and talents. Just look deep within you. What’s your purpose?  If you can define this, then you have a bearing.

RULE 3- WORK TO ACHIEVE YOUR PURPOSE: it’s not enough to know your purpose, you have to pursue it and not be weary nor discouraged. You have to stand for it and with it. People automatically follow men with purpose. Do you know your purpose and are getting discouraged, well God says to tell you, all you need to do is persevere and you’ll get there. Men with purpose don’t get discouraged, Michael Faraday got his lab burnt down many times but he stood with his purpose, Martin Luther King Jnr had every reason to back out, rather he chose to stand with it. If you have chickened out easily then it means you didn’t discover purpose. Your purpose will unusually drive you. Don’t give up on that dream; many of life’s failures are those who gave up on their dream just when they are close to making it. I assure you the end always pays.

RULE 4- this last rule is what embodies all the preceding rules and it’s what many fail to realize. I call it the jackpot of life; it’s your surest way to fame, power and money. It looks simple yet complicated but still the most potent force. This rule is the 633 rule and it’s very simple and straight; submit yourself totally to God and all these things that people are dying to get will come after you. Isn’t that the best? Ps 34:10 says they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. To me I believe that’s the surest route to achieve this factors and not make shipwreck.

If you can follow these set rules, I guarantee you a life of power, money, fame and most of all a life filled with God. Friend, I dare you to stand for your dream.

We can learn from this

Here’s a true life experience from… let’s call him Mr. X:

“I was 4yrs when it all started I was quite an innocent boy and tried my best in having fun as any normal child would. I remember vividly there was this Lady (let’s say Aunt B) that stayed close to us; she was much older so I respected her a lot. She had younger ones of my age group then and were my friends of course. There was this day I went in to check for my friends and met Aunt B at home. She told me they were not home that they had gone out with their parents and would be back soon. She urged me to wait for them, so I waited. To my knowledge this Lady was some 16yrs older than I was if not more. Now in my process of waiting, she sat and called me to her and started doing some funny things with her hands on me. That was the beginning of my journey into the world of molestation. Aunt B that day did all manner of nasty and unimaginable things with me, infact still replays in my head and all these in my state of innocence. She warned me never to tell anyone, which I foolishly obeyed.

 That fateful day triggered the wrong part of me and made alive all my sexual senses. It gave me a new approach to females. As fate would have it, everywhere I went then, I was being molested by ladies who were much older than I was. I saw the females in a different view, I felt that was all there is to them. So I started engaging my peers (females) with the ‘act’ as young as I was then. Western movies didn’t help matters and also the drama syndrome we used to have then among kids ‘mummy and daddy’ contributed negatively to my life as we would act out what we see our parents do… (lol, I’m sure a lot of us remember the ‘mummy and daddy’ play stuff..lol. Now back to his story.)

            One would ask this question, “where were my parents?” well I’d ask that too. I remember there was this time I innocently confessed what Aunt B had done to me the other day, this I said in front of a lot of people including Aunt B. oh my goodness, I’ve never seen such a denial, Aunt B vehemently denied. It got to the attention of my parents and all they did was scold me for what I was innocent of, as I thought and warned me to stay away from her. There was no counseling for me. Again I remember telling my parents one day while I was still very young that I usually got an erection each time I watch some scenes in western movies, the reply I got then was “shut up, don’t say that again!”, there was still no adequate counseling. So I grew up in that state, and became worse. I began to influence others negatively, watched x rated movies, masturbated, fornicated a lot even with older ladies. Little did I know God had a plan for me.

 I was way deep into the sin of immorality to an extent I felt there was no way out until I met Christ; He gave me a new beginning, a new story, a new life. I got miraculously saved one day and I gladly dropped my old man. However, in my new journey with Christ, the devil still contested for me. Due to my ‘sensitive’ state, temptations came in through X rated materials and self-indulgence. It was so strong on me, I tried to find someone I could confide in but there was none because most brethren around me then carried on the ‘spirikoko’ look and they would rather castigate you for your sin than help you out. So I bottled it up. Sometimes I fell for the temptations and asked for forgiveness. There was a time the devil tricked me into fornicating again but Jesus was there to help me out. I prayed to God earnestly to deliver me from this sin and He showed me 1Cor10:13; “there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” He also gave me other scriptures; Rom7:18-25, Phil2:5, 2Pet2:9. He told me if I wanted to be free from this sin that I should renew my mind (Rom12:2) and disconnect totally from all vices that could arouse it again including friends and most of all I should engage the Holy Spirit. These I have done and I can tell you I am totally free! I have a fiancé now and we are getting married soon and we’ve never gone over the edge. This is my testimony, Jesus truly delivers!”

Hmmmm, I hope you were able to draw lessons from that story, the devil is wasting no time at all. I enumerated some lessons myself;

1.                          The devil is not just going for adults now; he is capturing the even young ones to ensure their destiny is corrupted even before their manifestation. So we should be on guard with our little ones.

2.                          Parents should take note of whom they live their kids with, young or old, everyone’s a suspect.

3.                          The ‘mummy and daddy’ syndrome among kids should be totally eradicated by parents and elderly ones cos these kids tend to do what they see adults do.

4.                           Adequate counseling should be giving to children at the right time to avoid this mayhem

5.                          Most of all, children should be introduced to Jesus from their early stage and taught a life of spirituality.

6.                          I also advice that our brothers and sisters in Christ especially ones with good standing in Christ to give provide a welcoming environment for people to confide in.

Let us protect the destinies of our children and prevent this madness of the devil. Lets help to keep ourselves flaming for Christ .Feel free to drop comments, suggestions and also to share experiences, you can mail me @ olaoke.olatunji24@gmail.com (will be treated with strict confidentiality).

God bless!!