The true IDENTITY!

I looked in to the mirror and I saw a lanky kid who has transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man… light in complexion with dazzling smiles and I asked myself, ‘is this truly who I am’?

Personality has a lot to do with perception but there is a true identity which delivers satisfaction and fulfilment if we discover it and accept it. Nothing in life is self-made. Scientists will breakdown everything you can see to the tiniest particle. Even at the point whereby we have atoms, they further broke them down to energy entities… I wonder sometimes how some of them can say there is no God when there are lots of questions they can’t answer from several discoveries they have made. So as not to digress, no man is self-made. We are shaped by our interaction with the world.

Our knowledge, beliefs, looks and possessions are all gotten from our interaction with the world we live in. Every man seeks to live for something or stand for something. I have also heard of people who do not live for anything but are willing to die for something or someone. Whichever side we fall, our lives must count for something. Friends, you only have one shot at life and there is need to make the best use of it by knowing who you truly are. We all need to live on the basis of who our maker has designed us to be and not a formed opinion that is or has been expressed by people on who we are.

Listen, who you see today does not necessarily mean that is who you are!

Have you failed consistently… you are not failure!

Are you wallowing in debts… you are not a debtor!

Are you in broken relationships… you can experience true love!

Are you sick… you can be healthy!

Are you unemployed and destitute… you can be wealthy and be an employer of labour!

Our true identity is not defined by our circumstances or challenges but by our makeup!

It is unfortunate that many are spending more on their physical makeup; yet, they don’t have a clue of who they truly are. To know your makeup, you need to know your maker – God (through Jesus Christ) and your potentials. Hence if you are yet to be born again, you are still living a fake life and no matter your accomplishment (or failure) you will not maximize your potentials. Let your eyes be opened to the realities of what you can achieve. Imagine, man is not the biggest of all creatures but has the ability to control everything. Man’s brain is still the best computer because the best of algorithm and designs comes from it. The best of instruments, tools, machines, medicine, etc., have emanated from the human mind. What excuse do you have to live an unfulfilled life? Are you constantly unsatisfied with where you are, what you are doing or what you see around you? I think it’s time you go back to the drawing board. Withdraw from people and perceptions, get to know what the real you is made up of and launch in to the deep. Connect to God and be positioned within the bounds of your potentials because it is there you will find peace for your soul.

Christians and Wealth (Part 1)

How rich can a Christian be? Like Bill Gate or just as rich as an average working class who gets all his bill paid? Are you a Christian but you are neither poor nor rich? Is this God’s plan for you?

I know that majority of believers are in the rat race of becoming rich or let me put it a glorified term, in pursuit of wealth to meet their needs, to bless lives and earn more respect in the society and finally to serve God by contributing to the kingdom assignments. This is a fantastic plan, isn’t it? Many toil and toil day by day, year after year but many never come near their dreams. Some pass by without knowing what it means to enjoy life rather their anguish and ordeals is submerged in bitter waters of devil’s tools – distractions, deceits, discouragement and disbelief.

Imagine this, a wealthy man ask you prepare a proposal for the sum of 1 million dollars and, with good assurance of success, you submit something that will be beneficial to you, the society and also to the rich man, he will certainly grant your proposal except he is not a good business man. Can we imagine the maker of the universe who owns everything, including the key to life and death, don’t you think if we have a fantastic plan like what an average Christian dreams of, won’t He willingly grant all our heart desires?

…But sincerely, that is not the common experience we all have. God said, ‘silver and gold is mine’. He also said the earth and the fullness thereof belongs to Him, hence if we plan to work hard and make money for this fantastic idea we all dream of, it should not be difficult for God to bless us. He said he is the one that gives power to get wealth; hence we need Him for the grace and ability to bear the title “wealth man/woman”. However, we pray for this, yet we experience a little of this empowerment that invokes the forces of life to work in our favour which makes our efforts to be well compensated. Our efforts are fruitless due to a wrong triangle approach with which we all seek wealth.

Think carefully and genuinely, which master do you serve the most – God or Mammon (Money)? We worship money more than God. I have seen so many people who in pursuit of wealth have pierced themselves with many sorrows. I have experienced this. We often forget that what we want is with God already but they are buried in our devotion & commitment to His instructions and directions. Perhaps, if you are involved in so many or any financial mess, God will sought you out in Jesus name. Please examine the diagram below:

Let God be the force and the drive behind your life. God is faithful and just to reward every labour (Prov14:23). It is certain we can’t seek both God and wealth because they are both authorities that demand attention and respect. We build our schedules, rules and principles around wealth and we easily push God out of the equation of our lives. Wealth requires wisdom to both acquire it and maintain it. It has been said that it is easy to attain riches than to maintain it. When God is not the power behind our wealth, it is far difficult to find Him because we will be too occupied with what we have become. We will be pursuing all other things and struggle to seek God.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. – Eccl 5:19 KJV