Where Are You Going? Part A
I was going for an interview in Abuja one day, I was already getting late so I stood by the road side to get a car to the venue, with a determination that I won’t enter a bus but a car.
Just as I got to
the road, an 18 Seater bus came and was shouting Berger, Nicon junction, Gwarimpa,
etc, even though I was going to Nicon junction and the Bus was cheaper by N50 than
regular cars, I never moved or gave any sign that I was going to that same direction.
The next car
that came was a coaster bus belonging to one of the Ministries in Abuja, very
neat, with the passenger’s mostly civil servants going to work. The bus was
going towards Secretariat which was also my direction but I ignored likewise.
The conductor even came to me and asked if I was going but I shook my head and
the bus drove off.
Two or three
more 18 Seater buses came afterwards, yet I never moved. The few cars that
passed through were all filled up. Just as I was about getting restless, a Toyota
Camry drove by and was going towards my direction, immediately I entered the Car.
Why was I determined
to enter a car and not a bus? Why was I selecting cars? Why didn’t I enter the
buses even though they were going to the same direction and of course cheaper?
I have been standing by the road side for long, also where I was going was very
important and I am already getting late? Why did I remain adamant? Could it be
Pride or lack of seriousness?
The simple reason
was because I know exactly where I was going and I know what is at stake. I know
what I will lose if I fail to arrive there on time. Lateness to an interview is
a very bad way of introduction. Due to this fact, I could not afford to gamble and
enter an 18 seater bus or the Coaster bus because the chances are higher that I
could get to my destination longer than necessary since the buses were not yet
filled at the time. Moreover, the buses would have to park at every junction to
pick or drop passengers which makes the journey longer, people would have to
stand up when a passenger wants to drop from the back seat which makes the
journey very frustrating. All these
facts were put together and I knew that bearing in mind the kind of place I was
going to, entering a bus was a No-No.
What is the
moral of my story? If you know where you are going in life and what is at
stake, you will be careful with the kind of decisions you are making today.
So, my question for
today is ‘Where are you going?’
It is very
surprising but common today to see many people in this generation of ours
moving, waking and sleeping daily but completely have no idea of where they are
going to.
The bible said
Jesus who for the joy that was set before him ignore the shame and the pain on
the cross. This means Jesus kept on focusing on the everlasting joy ahead
despite the immediate but temporary pain and shame.
God has created
every one of us with a glorious destiny and wonderful future, which means there
is a path that we are meant to take if we are to arrive there and succeed in
life.
Not every job
vacancy is meant for you to apply. The
point is you need to sit down and have a focus; you need to discover where you
are meant to be. What field are you particularly good at.
The reason a
Nail enter into a wood faster than a hammer is because the nail is more
focused. If you don’t sit to discover your purpose or direction in life, you
will end up frustrated. What I am saying is there is a place that you have
being destined to be, but it is not every vehicle that passes that can get you
there.
Bishop David
Oyedepo said “To succeed in life, it is very compulsory to know where you are
going, what it takes to get there and be willing to give it all it takes”.
Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall
stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
A man diligent
in his business, with the focus on ‘his business’. God broke this verse down
for me some months ago, He said ‘the truth remains whatever a man does
diligently, he will surely succeed in it. But the success in this verse is the
one that will give you audience in front of kings and to command such, you have
to be diligent in your own business, (Seest
thou a man diligent in his business?) that is, his Purpose, his assignment
on earth.
Dr. Myles Monroe
(of blessed memory) said the reason why you are glad every Friday evening when
you are leaving the office but frustrated every Monday morning when you are
about going to work is because you are trapped in your Job and not your work.
He said, ‘Your
work is the assignment God has sent you to do on earth, the one you were born
to do’. He added that you can be sacked from your job but you can never be
fired from your work. ‘ He said there is an assignment that God has finished
that you were born to come and start, and once you discover that assignment,
then you have discovered your direction or purpose on earth.
So, how can you
discover that assignment or work that God has for you?
To be continued….
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God bless you (Amen)
Was blessed by this. Thank you sir.
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