“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.” (Eccl 3:11)
There is this phenomenon that is not only common with young people but even with grown up ones - the desire to experience everything now. We pursue fulfillment with so much a burning desire and curiosity forgetting that growth is gradual. But there is need to exercise caution to avoid mistake which sometimes might not only be terrible but also irrecoverable.
If you take two bottles of Coca-Cola drink and allow one to be vigorously shaken before opening, it’s most probable you experience spillage due to the effervescent nature of the gas content. But you we will equally agree with me that the other bottle which wasn’t shaken can still be easily controlled from spilling. The truth remains that both bottles has such great potentials seeking for exposure, nevertheless, one is bound to be wasted due to restlessness and impatience. Hence we need to know that life is in phases, while men are in their difference sizes. Those who try to jump up surely do find themselves down again, but only those who walk up stays up.
“And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.” (Mark 4:26-29KJV)
I once heard a wise man said “even with patience, the snail still reaches the ark”. One terrible consequence of impatience is it horror of making the present uncomfortable and the future unreachable. Those who eat their tomorrow today; will not only find it unripe and sour, but will also find nothing left when they get to the future. Caution must be exercised in those choices we make today has it has a lot to tell on our tomorrow.
Please stop lamenting that you don’t have what some else have. Stop seeking for undue influences and supports to help you run faster than your legs. These are what lead to covetousness. You don’t need them! You are not meant to live like beggars! You if don’t have up to a thousand dollars to start a business now, it is because you don’t need it. Nevertheless, whatsoever is in your hands now is all you need now. Everything you will ever need is inside what you presently have in your hands, for when it’s time, it will surely manifest.
When God called Moses, He told him He will use the rod in his hand to do signs and wonders (Exo. 4:17). But when it was time for Moses to divide the Red sea, I guess Moses forgot that he had the rod, so when he went to God to ask what to do, God reminded him, “Moses, why are you crying out at me? All you need is in your hand! Use it!” So Moses stretched the rod over the Red sea and parted it for the Israelites to pass on dry ground (Exodus 14:16-30). This point to the fact that before the commencement of your life, all that you will need to make it is already settled. They are only meant to be revealed with time. When we live a day per time, it’s a demonstration of confidence and assurance that we are complete success no matter what the present may look like.
“And ye are complete in him…” (Col 2:10KJV)
Perhaps you are like Moses who sees himself as not being qualified for the great assignment because he was a stammerer, or like Esther who thought the position is not meant for people in her status and background. Please bear it in mind that God knows what you have and what you don’t before He brought those opportunities along your way. No matter what you lack is presently, be assured you also have something great as compensation for leverage. You only need to locate it and begin to use it! Come to think of it, if you have everything as when needed, how then did you want God to make you a wonder to your world? God knows you much more than you ever know yourself. Whatever you don’t have, you don’t need because all you need right now is all in you.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” (Jer. 1:5NIV)
When a baby is being born, nothing differentiates the sex from a boy or a girl. At birth, all the physical features of the baby give no clue to what sex would be until the latter part of the body is sighted. Even as they grow up, you wonder where all the gender characteristics are hidden. Both the boys and the girls carry a similar look! The breasts and curves of a female together are far from fetch while the beards and the deep voice of the male are all trapped in the world of the unseen. Yet all these are very much present within; for in a period of time, changes start becoming visible. The inside begins to reveal the outside, and the unseen becomes uncovered.
We came here with all we needed inside us and it doesn’t matter what it looks like presently, our true identity remains intact, bringing us to the glorious destination God had in mind for us.
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