17-23
October 2012
A school boy
clasped a small bird between his two hands. The bird was alive but held in a
way that it could be squeezed
to death at any moment. To test the village Wiseman, he asked him to tell if the bird was
alive or dead. True to his reputation as a Wiseman he did not rush to give an answer. He then smiled and
said to the young man, ‘the answer is in your hands’. Your status quo is a
product of choices you have made or failed to make in the past. If your future projections are
bleak, they can be different, but not without you doing something
differently. The choices you start
making today, will be the difference.Take the necessary steps and create a better story for your life. Wisdom is deliberately
making choices that propel your God given dreams and
abilities.
In the Bible book of Judges, all the mighty men were helplessly timid
before their oppressors. They wished for
better days because their livelihood was disrupted and things were not
getting any better. Everything
continued on a downward spiral until
Deborah the prophetess arose[1].
What made Deborah, a woman, arise where everyone else was in hiding? Courageously,
she did not despise her
gender and was not
discouraged by circumstances. Deborah knew something about God others were not
seeing[2].
Such knowledge comes from being full of God’s word- the source of wisdom and courage. Wisdom
from above plus courage is what faith is
made of. Where there is
faith, God will use the least expected people and unlikely things, as instruments to accomplish his purpose.
During the war even the
stars and river were
used to fight.[3]
Not only did God use
women, but also milk and a
tent peg to seal victory.[4]
When you arise,
things cannot remain the same. It does not matter how bad the situation has
become. Is it sin, witchcraft, poverty, misfortune, curses, etc? The time to
arise in Jesus’ name for your family, your church and yourself has come. Your
victory has long waited for you to arise. Your break through
lies in your hands. Instead
of mourning about the undesirable state of your life, challenge it. Begin to believe that
things can be positively better. Begin to pray, store God’s word in your heart,
explore, learn and consult. Do not disqualify yourself. It is time to dream again.
‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of
evil is for good men [and women] to do nothing.’ – Edmund Burke.
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