The Seeds of Greatness

Many desire a great, fulfilling and prosperous life. Yes, you must know what you want, but then you should be a ready and able to do what’s required to get it. Success is not accidental; things don’t just happen. In fact, we daily reap what we have sown. And that’s a vital principle of life. Instead of just hoping good things come your way, you can consciously determine what is it that you want and work towards it.
If you require greatness- then sow the seeds of greatness. The seed of vision, purpose, attitude, persistence, courage toward your dream. And as you do: don’t worry whether or not ‘it’s going to happen’. It will, if you keep going. If you plant tomato seed and you water it and makes sure it gets sunlight and nourishment, guess what? Tomatoes will eventually grow. But you can’t plant tomato seed, hoping that maize will grow. It’s the same with your dream. If you want success, you must plant for success instead of failure. You don’t set out for the north by walking east, do you? Of course not! You have to be walking in the right direction to get where you’re going. Simple but true.

LIVING IN TWO WORLDS

I like to share with you at this critical point of the year some of my most vital meditations, i know you will learn some very important things reading this: A true king is a king inside and outside. As an individual, be real. Know who are you- and be real. The Bible says, ‘God has made us Kings’. Live that way. Many people don’t know how to merge up spiritual and physical things together. And so they concentrate wrongly. Real live starts from the spirit, however you can make spiritual things real in the realm of the physical. In order words, spiritual things is not for the spirit only, it’s for the physical realm. We as Christians actually live in two worlds. Live real; success is not supposed to be a vague thing at all. ‘Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.’ 1 Tim 4:15-16NKJV. If you are a success in the spirit, be a success in this physical realm too. Jesus said ‘Whatever is bond in earth is bond in heaven also’. Matt 16:19, Matt 18:18
The level of your background knowledge can be your limit, if you allow it. For instant, think of a Brother who is ‘efficient’ in spiritual things- he can pray, he reads his bible, he knows different verses. But then, when it comes to physical aspect of things, somehow he lacks. It is a big challenge for him to get the funds; he can’t really get things done in this realm. No result in this realm. He even fails in class after praying.
And then there’s another one: he’s always serious minded, he reads well when he was in school. He had good results, then a good job. He had connections all over the world, maybe because he was erudite. But he didn’t know anything spiritually. One day he was travelling from a global conference, and the airplane was getting off course. He couldn’t do anything about it. After all, he doesn’t know what he could do. He crashed- died so suddenly at a tender age.
But I came to tell you; you ought to have it all. You can have successes physically and spiritually always- if you know how. God designed us to have it all. The Bible says, ‘The children of this age are in their time wiser than the children of light. Luke 16:8. When Jesus showed up at the grave of Lazarus, He knew He could raise the death, and He was ready. But then, he said to the people: roll away the stone. Luke 11:39. That was a physical responsibility they needed to participate in. Give unto Caesars what is Caesar's and unto God what is God’s. Be as wise as serpent and harmless as doves. Matt 10:16
You see, in heaven your heart speaks louder than your voice (action). And in the earth, your voice (action) speaks louder than your heart. And you need to balance this, because you live in two worlds. Jesus was said to have favour with God and with man Luke 2:52
How do you balance this? This is the principle: In the beginning, God created man first spiritually and then formed him physically. Gen1:26-27; Gen 2:7. Start out first spiritually- create what you want spiritually from your spirit. But it doesn’t end there, form that thing physically. For example, talking about an exam: pray as though all you need to pass is the prayer; then read as though all you need to pass is that reading.
I tell you: you can have it all. Be real; be a doer…I repeat-a doer. It is easy to talk, it is easy to hear. But to complete the job you must do. I say do- do the word.

EXTREME MAKEOVER III

Its 8 days to Christmas, 15 days to the New Year and 21 days to my Birthday (i.e. 7th Jan 2010) and we have been on our topic- Extreme makeover, this is the 3rd part of it.
I want to share about two important things to note in planning for success with giant stride:
1. Upgrade Your Experience and Environment: go out there and do something with what you’ve got- your talents, opportunities and abilities. Go and get the experience. The more you use what you have, the more you will learn about it. There is so much that action does. Many are use to just learning- but learning is not enough. I like Nike motto ‘Just Do It!’ Let that be your personal slogan too. Get in the game; enough of just talking about what you want to do. Go do it today, you will be amazed things are not as difficult as they seem.
Also, upgrade your environment. Your environment starts from you-That is your mind, your body, your surroundings, your room. Clean up yourself. Dress for the job-dress for that person you want to be. Start thinking like your ‘dream self’ today. Start talking like it. It’s called ‘fake it till you make it’, but I like calling it ‘make it till you make it’
2. Prayer- how vital it is for us to pray. Prayer exercises our spirit. It makes our Spirit more aware of reality. When you pray, you are activating and energizing your spirit- man. Learn to always refresh yourself like this. Prayer is more than just asking God to do something. It’s more! I remember a friend of mine once ask me if I believed in long prayers. She said, ‘I don’t think all that is necessary, God loves me, why do I have to pray for so much, for Him to hear me’. ‘Is He that wicked?’ She asked.
I looked at her and I know she represents a lot of people. And I asked her a question: do you think when you pray to God- it is only God you are dealing with? She paused and started thinking. I said, ‘for your information, when you pray to God, is not only God you are dealing with. You are dealing with yourself, and even other Spiritual beings’. The bible says, ‘We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock down the Devil's strongholds.’ (2 Cor 10:4NLT)
So, sharpen your spirit through prayer, and mind you- not five minutes prayer. Pray so much, you need it: and do it by faith, believing and knowing that God hears you. See you next week. If you read this, please Comment, I will like to hear from you- love you.

Extreme Makeover II – Sharpen the Saw

Today, I will like to write about how to make things more effective in your life: how to achieve things faster. We are about entering a new year, and I tell you- you need to prepare for it in a big way. You need to decide that it is going to be your best year ever. With you functioning with the required knowledge, attitude and wisdom, it will be.
You see, it is said that one of the definition of madness is- to always do what you have been doing and expect a different result. How true! You want a different result, then do things differently. You want a smart result, do things smartly. So let’s talk about Sharpening the Saw. “A dull saw requires great strength. Be wise and sharpen the blade” (Ecc 10:10). Your ‘Saw’ are the things –gifts God has given you. Your life, mind, body, Spirit are all gifts from God-you need to sharpen it constantly.
Many find themselves struggling in life because they don’t sharpen these: they don’t improve their mind and so they loose opportunities. They don’t take care of their body and so it gets weak. They don’t exercise their spirit- and their attitude is affected. But the Bible says, Be wise and Sharpen the Blade’. Your life is a gift of love and trust, so keep it and dress it. I want to share with you some point on how to do this:
(1) Knowledge- how vital knowledge is in the world we are in today. you need to constantly get yourself updated in learning. Constantly learn things about your business, job, course and activities around you. Get the required information. Many people have found themselves suddenly outdated-just because the were oblivious of this fact. The world is moving so fast, that if you limit yourself by not learning- you will get outdated. Learn new things, it prepares you for newer opportunity. Don’t limit yourself: everyone father’s farm is always the biggest until that one moves out to learn and find out new things about what’s really happening. Don’t be a local champion; transcend that environment. Carry your own atmosphere.
(2) Right People- you want to sharpen the axe, then move with the right people. ‘Right people’ here means people who have something to do with your purpose and vision in life. People can make you and people can break you: It amazing how people can influence us in life. When we allow negative thinking people to intrude our lives, before long we start to get influence by them. That’s why we need to build ourselves up, so we will always have our presence with us- carry our atmosphere wherever we go. Get the right folks into your life; it will help you a great deal. Instead of going around- looking for the right people. This is how to do this: first become the right person, then go ahead and help those people you want to be in your life. Reach out- because you have something to give. Before long you’ll find out that your life is filled with positive and vital folks. I will continue in EXTREME MAKEOVER III in a couple of Days, Join me.

Let That Picture Always Be There

Always let the picture of where you are going always be in front of you. Many give up, many are weary, many do the wrong things, and many take wrong decisions because they lose focus- they consider the wrong things. In life, there will always be different things generally trying to get your attention, but you have to make up your mind only to focus on what’s right for you. Focus on your dreams, desire and your destination. As long as you do, you’ll sure keep moving. And the more intense you focus on it, the faster you’ll move. For me, when I started focusing more on my desires to build businesses, suddenly things started happening: the people, resources, logistics I need started falling into place for me. When I prayed, I could pray in faith, because I had a desire, a picture of what I wanted to see.
Everyday, things and people will seek for your attention. Situations will show up- the right and incidentally the wrong things. But with the right focus, you’ll always go for what’s right and necessary in every situation. Don’t be distracted, stand firm. The bible says, ‘a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. People like that should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. They can't make up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything they do’. (James 1:6-8)NLT. So it’s time to be more focussed. Look to your dream everyday; let it always be in front of you. It should be what matters to you. Let the picture of success, victory, impact be in front of you always. Don’t doubt! You are able to do much more than you can imagine now. Look inside, a hero resides in you, stand up tall and focus. You are a king, so you live as one, dress as one, see yourself as one.

He Wants to Fulfil your Desire

You are welcome to the month of September, it's a beautiful Month already. One of the beautiful things I have learnt about God is that: he wants to fulfil my desire. Many don’t know this: They don’t like to ask or make specific demands, when given opportunity to make a request they either ignore it or say ‘give me anything’. God is tired of you saying, ‘just give me anything’. He wants you to say what you really want. Jesus said, ‘you shall have what you say’. He gives us all things to enjoy. Many don’t understand this depth, and I think it’s for the same reason they don’t understand what love really is. God is love, if God is love, it means love is God. Love always reaches out to give to you.
Many go through life, hoping life will give them what it thinks they deserve. They think it’s humility to answer ‘give me anything’ when asked what they want. Men ask them, life asks them, God asks them what they want, and then, they say ‘give me anything’. Never make that mistake- there’s nothing as ‘anything’. When you relinquish the responsibility of what you should get to others to determine- you may get nothing. Because they may just think and feel that’s exactly what you want. Decide what you want and go for it. Voice out; you have to say it out. And to say it out, you must really know what you want.
Blind bartimeus cried out to Jesus, ‘have mercy on me’. Jesus showed up to him and asked, ‘what do you want me to do’. Jesus doesn’t want to assume. Then Bartimeus said, ‘that I may receive my sight (Mark 10:46-52). The man had to say what he really wanted’.
Someone may think and ask, ‘what if my desires are wrong’. All you need to do is to continually feed yourself with God’s word of love and faith. And pray more- when you pray God’s will is manifested in your spirit. Your thoughts spontaneously align with His. That’s what happened when Jesus said in prayer to God, ‘not my will, but yours’.
Make a decision to grow up everyday by using the right materials-books, audio messages, and getting the required experience. As you do, you will know you deserve what you want. And then, don’t stop there. Go ahead and demand what you want. You’ll be amazed how quickly you will get it. Ask and it will be given unto you.

Live Deliberately

You can be what you want to be: all you need is the right knowledge, wisdom and attitude. If you decide what you want and go for it, you will get it. A lot of times what people call their dream are actually wishful thinking. This is so because they’ve never put ‘this dream’ to work. I tell you: live deliberately- decide how, where and what you want to do.
I’ve got news for you: Hoping that things will fall into place is not enough; you are the one to make things fall into place for you. This is a vital truth you must understand. For some people, this is good news- it offers them the opportunity to make things happen. But to some others- it isn’t; they are too scared to make things happen and so they freak out. Where do you stand?
Decide what you want. Do things that you know can help you achieve your dreams. Define what you want, find the price and pay it. Every result has a how, find it and go to work. Life is too short (even if you lived to be 150) to cross your legs and wait for things to happen. It’s high time you made things happen in your life. Many fail because of their thinking: when you think wrong, your life goes wrong. Don’t think you can’t do what you ought to do. Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about. (Phil 4:8TLB).
In whatever you want to do, ask yourself about what results you’ll want to achieve with it. Live consciously. Many make decision rashly; they think rashly and act rashly. They go out for the day without a plan, and then they wonder why they didn’t achieve anything worthwhile that day. But why should they? They got what you planned for: nothing. Don’t act that way: not only should you decide and plan what you want, put your plan to work.

What will You Do?

God has given you so many things- what will you do with them? Some people are keeping what they have; some others are always asking for more, while some don’t even know they have something. They ask: what do I have? Do I have something? Yes you do! To start with you have: eyes, legs, hands, body, friends, neighbours, brain (mind), opportunities. All these are so important; have you really taken advantage of it. A lot of times people concentrate on inadequacies, helplessness, but not on their adequacies. I'm asking: what are you going to do with what God gave you?
Talking about your brain, scientist said it so complex and wonderfully fashioned; It contains about 14 billion cells.
Lessons from Matt 25:14-29
God never gets sympathetic on (cannot help) a man who will not change his situation with what he has.
There’s always an option; there’s always something you can do.
The issue is not about what God will give you, but what God has given you.
The people who are successful in the world are not people who God gave more, but those who made use of what they had.
To some people the world has become so wicked that they can’t dream again.
God is not poor, why are His kid thinking poor.