“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it”
-Von Goethe
According to John Ruskin: “No one is without a divinely appointed task and the divine means for getting it done”. The problem with most people however is lack of passion to pursue their task, vision or purpose to a conclusive end. Passion will enable you to keep your daily focus. Passion will enable you to stay committed to the task that will make you bring your vision to reality. Passion for success will help you keep your eye on your predetermined end-result despite the challenges that might come up, which must be surmounted.
Real Life Examples
Thomas Edison (1847-1931), one or the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology tried ten thousand time before he could come out with the right formula that make the electric bulb. There was a famous story about him that after he tried nine thousand, nine hundred and nine times to perfect the light bulb and not succeeded, someone asked him:” Are you going to have ten thousand failures?” He answered “ I did not fail: I just discovered another way not to invent the electric bulb. He passionately committed to achieve a breakthrough. If you can hold on long enough, you will definitely break-through! Whatever you want to achieve in life; don’t give up, your success is on the way.
The wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) persisted with their experiment to invent a machine that could carry human’s beings and still fly, despite the fact that scientists at that time could not accept such possibility. In 1903 they achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane, thus ushering in the age of heavier –than-air flight. They were also the first to build and fly a fully practical airplane in 1905. And because of the pioneering efforts of the Wright brothers, we now have aero planes flaying across the globe and other sophisticated machineries like rockets conveying scientists to the moon. Scientific facts surrounding the issues confronting you can change, if you have the passion and the belief to persist long enough on your task. The Wright brothers did, and the result is evident to all today.
The legendary Greek Orator; Demosthenes, who was born with a speech defect, but later became (albeit arguably) the greatest Orator of all time, cultivated the art of public peaking by going to the shore of Aegean sea in ancient Greece to strengthens his voice by shouting into the wind for hours at a time. To improve his diction, he practiced speaking with pebbles in his mouth. To overcome his fear, he practices with a sword hanging over his head. To clarify his presentation, he studied the techniques of the master communicators of his time. Today, more than two thousand years later, the name Demosthenes is synonymous with oratorical eloquence.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was a British Statesman and novelist. The first time he made a speech in the House of Commons he was booed of the stage. His maiden effort was such flops that even his best friends prophesied he would fade from politics. But Disraeli was determined not to be disgraced, so he practiced to master the art of public speaking. He then trained his mind to memories facts and figures and vowed; “I ‘will make them listen to me. When next I talk, they will glamour to hear me again.”
And actually the other politicians did listen to him, for he became a great speaker with convincing power and one of the best known British Prime Minister, a friend of Queen Victoria and was raised to the peerage. For many years, he was one of the most influential men in the world, because he had the passion to change his fortune.
Nelson Mandela and his freedom fighters committed their life to the struggle against apartheid i.e. racial segregation in South Africa. They preferred to suffer incarceration because of the course they passionately pursued, than to be a free men in Apartheid South Africa. And they were justified as the wall of apartheid could not stand the resoluteness of the freedom fighters. They had passion for freedom.
The challenges and the eventual success of Abraham Lincoln is another classic example of passion at work. Abraham Lincoln persisted with his vision and political aim despite many defeats, until he became the president of United State of America. At age twenty one, he failed in business. He lost a legislative race at age twenty two. He had another business failure again at age twenty four. He lost his wife at age twenty six and had a nervous breakdown at twenty seven. He contested and lost congressional election at age thirty four and thirty six. He lost senatorial race at forty five and forty nine, having failed to become vice president at forty seven. Finally, my brethren, because he refused to accept failure as final, he emerged the president of the United State of America at age fifty two. There is power in the passionate pursuit of vision!
Brian Tracy is regarded today as a distinguished and accomplished speaker and writer worldwide, yet he still devotes ten days a year to improve his already prodigious speaking skills. He has the passion to maintain his top level performance despite being one of the best is his field. It takes passion to maintain top level performance for along time.
Finally, Helen Keller (1880-1968) despite her visual and hearing impediments helped and inspired many handicapped people. She once said “it is better to have no sight, than it is to have no vision”. Vision is the number one catalyst needed to turn your daily activity into productivity. If a blind woman had vision in her lifetime; what is the problem with you that you cannot wake up to face reality and surmount your challenges?
All the people in the above example have successfully been able to combine passion with their vision and hence they have successful result to show for it. You are not a failure unless you stop trying. It is not over, except you accept failure in your mind. If you don’t what to fail, keep working it until it works. The truth is you have the “will” to do all that you really need to do, you will be as successful as you want to be. The power of possibility is in you. You are a creature of incredible and enviable value. You are designed in the exact image of God Almighty as stated in Genesis 1 vs 27. since God is not a failure, you can never be a failure! The seed of success and prosperity is already in you. All you need is to activate it. You don’t need to pray too long for success, rather, pray for the strength to activate the seed of success that is already in you. All the people in above examples did not just seat down and prayed for success; they simply did what they needed to do and success became evident in their lives. It is not by mouthing prayers that success will come to you, but by working on your vision passionately with a sense of purpose and direction.
Success is passionate pursuit of vision to a conclusive end. What is your vision? What single thing are you passionate about? What are you doing to bring about the delivery of your desires? Where are you headed in life? What plans do you have in place to reach your glorious destiny? These are the pertinent questions we need to ask ourselves as we journey through life. Human life is so short that it is only passionately purposeful individual like the ones mentioned above that will leave their names on the sand of time.
You have an option whether you are man or woman to leave the world quietly like you came or to make a name for your self by pursuing your vision with purpose. How do you want to be remembered when you have gone to the great beyond? You can answer that question by starting now to do what you want people to remember you for passionately. Anybody that leaves this world without impacting other people’s life has wasted the enormous resources God loaded in him. There is so much creative power in you yearning for expression. Let it not die! Think right and work your thoughts. Be determine and do something to advance your course in life and you will be surprised with the kind of result you will achieve. Success is inside of you, you most bring it out.
Get motivated and start working towards your goals in life. If you don’t have any vision apart from resuming work at 8 am and closing by 5 p.m create one and begin to pursue it with vigour. Your problem is not lack of time, but lack of direction. If you can decide on where you are going, your problem is half-solved. But if you have not decided what you want to achieve in life, another person will carry you along with his vision. There is nothing wrong in that, especially if you are the Joshua behind your master’s (God) Moses, or if you are Elisha behind your master Master’s God’s) Elijah.
The seed of success is in you. You are destined for greatness. All you need do is work out your success with passionate service delivery and your vision will manifest in full. You must succeed.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Mastery of divine wisdom
“I wisdom dwell with prudence, &
find out knowledge of witty inventions”
-Proverb 8 vs. 12.
According to Solomon David; King of Israel in biblical times “Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get insight” Proverb 4 vs. 7. Another translation says; “Wisdom is the principal thing therefore, get wisdom and with your getting (strength) get understanding.
What is wisdom?
The knowledge of God in operation in the life of mortal men is wisdom. The understanding of revelation sense is wisdom. Wisdom is having knowledge of what to do at every point in time. Wisdom is working and walking under the shadow of the must high God. Wisdom is abiding by the instruction of God on all issues that relate to life. Wisdom is overcoming obstacles as if they never existed.
The ability to turn challenge into stepping stones to attain higher heights is wisdom. It is being able to access the mind of God before taking any major step in life. Wisdom is following with the rhythm of the heart bid of God. Wisdom is such level of higher knowledge and understanding that is too high for many to easily and fully comprehend. It is a higher form of mental capacity that many cannot give themselves to what it demands to attain it (Psalm 139 vs. 6). It is not about intellectual capacity; otherwise all scholars would have it. It is all about revelation (a higher form of inspiration). Wisdom is divine; it is a gift from God.
Benefits of divine wisdom
Ø Greatness:
The greatest men that ever lived are the wisest men of their time. Jesus Christ was described as the epitome of wisdom and the power of God by Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 1 vs. 24, No wonder at the very young age of twelve he was found in the midst of Doctors of philosophy hearing them and asking them questions and all that heard him were astonished at his answers and understanding Luke 2 vs.42 -47.
Anthony Robbins is another man who became great through the use of divine wisdom. Before he contacted divine wisdom he was a poor young man living in worn out apartment. However, after his encounter with divine wisdom, he became millionaire at the age of twenty four, he founded nine companies and he is the best selling author of Unlimited Power, a book now published in thirteen languages around the world. He is full of such wisdom that today he is considered America’s leader in human development training as he is committed to assisting people achieve personal and professional mastery.
He has devoted more than half his life to helping people discover and develop their own unique qualities of greatness.
Ø Abundance
King Solomon the author of the book Proverbs was the richest man of his time because he was “baptized” with the wisdom of God. Money making is the result of wise trading which can only be attained by the application of wisdom. Abundance and wealth are product of divine wisdom. It is not everybody that knows how to multiply the good things in their hands.
Wisdom is the mother of multiplication of wealth. If you give ten fresh Nigerians graduates one million naira each today to start life for two year period, the wise ones amongst them would have multiplied theirs or at least have something tangible to show for it, but the foolish ones among them will be in debt before the end of the first year, in the same country under the same economic conditions. So, it is not your location that is affecting you negatively, it is your level of understanding which is function of wisdom. That is why it’s very important for undergraduates to discover themselves and know what they want out of life before they leave school.
Ø Intellectualism
The simple reason why big people do silly things these days is just because the lack adequate knowledge and understanding. The ultimate expression of knowledge is wisdom. At the age of twenty four when many are still leaning in school, Anthony Robbins had become a millionaire. At the age of twelve when many children are still under the tutelage of their parents; Jesus demonstrated such level of wisdom and understanding that baffled Doctors of Law, Rabbis and Philosophers>(Luke 2 vs. 40, 46 & 47 & John 7 vs.14-16). Remember, Jesus said in John 14 vs. 12 that if you believe in him, you will demonstrate greater wisdom than he did in his time. The wisdom of God is very much available for your use today.
The Wisdom of Solomon has nothing to do with the age of Methuselah. It is not how old you are, but how wise you are. Divine wisdom is not a function of age, but a revelation from God handed down to a willing mind.
Please note that the world is a fast developing, advancing and dynamic please that wealth and prosperity are not to be found just knowing the principles of wisdom, but in clear, strong and definite application of these principles of divine wisdom.
How to access divine wisdom
Ø Strong desire
To desire is to want something. To crave for it with intensity. Desire can be describe as something you long for with passion. A strong desire therefore is an essential requirement for accessing divine wisdom. It is only what you desire that you acquire, no more, no less.
Open your mind only to the inspiration of God. There are three voices around you in the spiritual realm; your voice (intellectual wisdom), the devil’s voice (diabolical wisdom) and the voice of God (divine wisdom). Have you ever imagine what God is thinking about you? He is thinking about how to awake the inner man in you, so that you will begin to use your talents to populate his kingdom on the earth.
Ø Meditation in quietness
Wisdom comes mostly in quiet moments of thinking. If you want God to make you great, set aside at least twelve uninterrupted hours every week for deep thought on how to solve your challenges or one whole weekend (Friday to Sunday) every month to plan and ponder how to advance your life to the highest level. Your level must change this year. However, many people cannot do this; hence the will be struggling and sweating with the same routine every year, meanwhile, they thought they are making progress! Three days of every month is not too much for the person that really wants to be distinguished in his life. We are so many in this world (approximately six billion human beings) that it takes a man of wisdom to be outstanding. It is not how far, but how well. If you are well done, your results will speak for you.
Ø Study
If you can study the book of Psalms and Proverbs twice in one month, you will contact divine ideas that will launch you out and you will be able to operate the wisdom of God on a higher level. I did not say read, I said study; line by line so that you can catch the revelations behind the verses. If you can ponder upon the truths in those books of the Bible, you will experience a systematic transformation that will put you in charge of the situations of life.
Remember, you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139 vs. 14) and the wisdom of God is your heritage. You must never fail!
find out knowledge of witty inventions”
-Proverb 8 vs. 12.
According to Solomon David; King of Israel in biblical times “Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get insight” Proverb 4 vs. 7. Another translation says; “Wisdom is the principal thing therefore, get wisdom and with your getting (strength) get understanding.
What is wisdom?
The knowledge of God in operation in the life of mortal men is wisdom. The understanding of revelation sense is wisdom. Wisdom is having knowledge of what to do at every point in time. Wisdom is working and walking under the shadow of the must high God. Wisdom is abiding by the instruction of God on all issues that relate to life. Wisdom is overcoming obstacles as if they never existed.
The ability to turn challenge into stepping stones to attain higher heights is wisdom. It is being able to access the mind of God before taking any major step in life. Wisdom is following with the rhythm of the heart bid of God. Wisdom is such level of higher knowledge and understanding that is too high for many to easily and fully comprehend. It is a higher form of mental capacity that many cannot give themselves to what it demands to attain it (Psalm 139 vs. 6). It is not about intellectual capacity; otherwise all scholars would have it. It is all about revelation (a higher form of inspiration). Wisdom is divine; it is a gift from God.
Benefits of divine wisdom
Ø Greatness:
The greatest men that ever lived are the wisest men of their time. Jesus Christ was described as the epitome of wisdom and the power of God by Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 1 vs. 24, No wonder at the very young age of twelve he was found in the midst of Doctors of philosophy hearing them and asking them questions and all that heard him were astonished at his answers and understanding Luke 2 vs.42 -47.
Anthony Robbins is another man who became great through the use of divine wisdom. Before he contacted divine wisdom he was a poor young man living in worn out apartment. However, after his encounter with divine wisdom, he became millionaire at the age of twenty four, he founded nine companies and he is the best selling author of Unlimited Power, a book now published in thirteen languages around the world. He is full of such wisdom that today he is considered America’s leader in human development training as he is committed to assisting people achieve personal and professional mastery.
He has devoted more than half his life to helping people discover and develop their own unique qualities of greatness.
Ø Abundance
King Solomon the author of the book Proverbs was the richest man of his time because he was “baptized” with the wisdom of God. Money making is the result of wise trading which can only be attained by the application of wisdom. Abundance and wealth are product of divine wisdom. It is not everybody that knows how to multiply the good things in their hands.
Wisdom is the mother of multiplication of wealth. If you give ten fresh Nigerians graduates one million naira each today to start life for two year period, the wise ones amongst them would have multiplied theirs or at least have something tangible to show for it, but the foolish ones among them will be in debt before the end of the first year, in the same country under the same economic conditions. So, it is not your location that is affecting you negatively, it is your level of understanding which is function of wisdom. That is why it’s very important for undergraduates to discover themselves and know what they want out of life before they leave school.
Ø Intellectualism
The simple reason why big people do silly things these days is just because the lack adequate knowledge and understanding. The ultimate expression of knowledge is wisdom. At the age of twenty four when many are still leaning in school, Anthony Robbins had become a millionaire. At the age of twelve when many children are still under the tutelage of their parents; Jesus demonstrated such level of wisdom and understanding that baffled Doctors of Law, Rabbis and Philosophers>(Luke 2 vs. 40, 46 & 47 & John 7 vs.14-16). Remember, Jesus said in John 14 vs. 12 that if you believe in him, you will demonstrate greater wisdom than he did in his time. The wisdom of God is very much available for your use today.
The Wisdom of Solomon has nothing to do with the age of Methuselah. It is not how old you are, but how wise you are. Divine wisdom is not a function of age, but a revelation from God handed down to a willing mind.
Please note that the world is a fast developing, advancing and dynamic please that wealth and prosperity are not to be found just knowing the principles of wisdom, but in clear, strong and definite application of these principles of divine wisdom.
How to access divine wisdom
Ø Strong desire
To desire is to want something. To crave for it with intensity. Desire can be describe as something you long for with passion. A strong desire therefore is an essential requirement for accessing divine wisdom. It is only what you desire that you acquire, no more, no less.
Open your mind only to the inspiration of God. There are three voices around you in the spiritual realm; your voice (intellectual wisdom), the devil’s voice (diabolical wisdom) and the voice of God (divine wisdom). Have you ever imagine what God is thinking about you? He is thinking about how to awake the inner man in you, so that you will begin to use your talents to populate his kingdom on the earth.
Ø Meditation in quietness
Wisdom comes mostly in quiet moments of thinking. If you want God to make you great, set aside at least twelve uninterrupted hours every week for deep thought on how to solve your challenges or one whole weekend (Friday to Sunday) every month to plan and ponder how to advance your life to the highest level. Your level must change this year. However, many people cannot do this; hence the will be struggling and sweating with the same routine every year, meanwhile, they thought they are making progress! Three days of every month is not too much for the person that really wants to be distinguished in his life. We are so many in this world (approximately six billion human beings) that it takes a man of wisdom to be outstanding. It is not how far, but how well. If you are well done, your results will speak for you.
Ø Study
If you can study the book of Psalms and Proverbs twice in one month, you will contact divine ideas that will launch you out and you will be able to operate the wisdom of God on a higher level. I did not say read, I said study; line by line so that you can catch the revelations behind the verses. If you can ponder upon the truths in those books of the Bible, you will experience a systematic transformation that will put you in charge of the situations of life.
Remember, you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139 vs. 14) and the wisdom of God is your heritage. You must never fail!
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