While You Are Waiting

I am not of this world but I love to keep track of what is going on in the world around me. Like a popular Nigerian woman of God once said, “Don’t be a six thirty Christian (Earthly conscious, Heavenly useless), or a Twelve ‘o clock Christian (Heavenly conscious, Earthly Useless), instead be a Six ‘o clock Christian who is heavenly conscious and earthly useful. I am happy to say I have lots of mentors who have encouraged me to stay focused as a Christian whose final destination is heaven. These unique men and women have also taught me that born again christians too can be extremely successful even here on earth. Gone are the days when Christianity was associated with failure and unluckily, poverty. Well, that’s by the way.

Over the years, I have read about people on both local and international scenes that rise to become forces to be reckoned with in various fields of human endeavor. Unfortunately, I have also experienced some of these people fumble greatly in these positions. Not that I delight in seeing people who have risen to grace fall back to grass. I just feel that there may be something lacking in their lives that causes their downfall. Come to think of it, individuals who become great leaders do not start to exhibit excellent leadership skills the day they reach limelight. That’s why people who just wake up one day to contest for presidency in Nigeria hardly ever win and even if they ‘ll win, they may never last in that position due to the pressure of the office. This means there is a process and unless the process is a thorough one free of any ‘magomago’ as we call it, then people are likely to fumble when they eventually reach the top.

Like a friend of mine said, “the platform will come but prepare the speech first”. You are going to be a wife someday but before you get married to that dream man of yours, ensure that you get all the good attitudes and attributes that will make you stay in that home forever. Who says you will not get to the highest position in your career? You will! But before you get there, do away with all the flaws that can make you fall. Children will come. Just before they come, learn how to be a good parent so that you don’t raise delinquent juveniles. You can always be a renowned apostle of our time but beware of the little yeast that leavens the whole lump. What is my point? My point is that there is a place of preparation. There is a period where you will need to be equipped before you earn that glory. Success doesn’t come cheap and when it does, you lose it cheaply. Sometimes when I don’t get what I ask God for, I simply take it that I am not ready for that thing. I probably need more “years of experience” before heaven can deliver it to me.

So while you are waiting for success in whatever area of your life, confess success every day and learn from other people’s success and failure stories. You can also pick up values from your own mistakes. Know surely that success will come but before it arrives, ensure to get all it takes to sustain it now!