PART 2: What should I look out for?
In Part I, , we discussed the concept of life paths; that it does not
matter how gifted and connected you are, if you don't learn to take right turn
– follow the path meant for you – you will fail in life. Furthermore, it is
easy to choose good from bad but what do you do when you have to choose one
good from another?
It is important to note that there are situations and environment in
which we are more likely to make wrong turns. Avoiding these situations, conditions and environment
increases the chances of not taking the wrong turns and hence being successful
and prosperous in life.
ONE: Ignoring the spirit you:
You are more likely to take a wrong turns and wonder into path not yours
when you ignore your spiritual part. "those
who will not go within will go without" goes the old adage. We are
spiritual beings created for a purpose and for appointed 'time' miss that and
miss out.
We need to understand that we are spirit being, have a soul (mind) and
live in the body. Anytime we ignore our true nature as spirit being, we place
ourselves vulnerable to wrong spiritual influence. We also need to be attuned
to our maker – God – and we do it in prayer and meditating on what He has to says
about us and our
day, season, lifetime.
Prayerlessness: We are more likely to take wrong turn if we fail
to communicate with our maker. Prayer is one of the ways we allow the divine to
lead us into the path that is meant for us. Prayer is a two way communication
i.e. you speak to God and allow Him to speak back to you and guide you. He says
He will guide us and show us THE PATH to take as He holds our hands (Psalms
32:8).
How does He do it?
i. Inner knower – listen to
the small voice within nudging you
to dream, plan, act...
ii. Peace of Mind – lack of peace is a sign to either stop or start doing something…
iii. Passion – listen to your tears, anger, frustration, hate, joy…they speak...
Wordlessness: When we don't read His word which is His WILL
(testament, last word) we miss the wisdom which is crucial in making sound decisions
in life. The one who created us knows more about us than we know about
ourselves. Every product you buy comes with instruction manual, if you don't
read/consult the manual, you are more likely to to abuse and destroy the
product. God's words – the bible – is our instruction manual…ignore it at your
own peril.
TWO: When we let Emotions get its way:
We are more likely to take a wrong turn when we let pleasure, pride,
anger, hatred and the like take priority over good judgement. Emotions are good
but they need to be kept in check and balance.
God has given us emotions so that they speak to us about what we perceive
to be wrong, but if we misjudge the situation and react badly, it costs us
heavily.
Say you hate poverty with a passion, what do you do about it…steal from
the rich and give to the poor? Steal from your employer to eradicate poverty in
your family? OR discover that your passion speaks that you have to consult the
manual to see how you can best solve poverty in your family, community and the
world like Mama Theresa?
THREE: Wrong Crowd:
"Companion of the Fools will
be destroyed" said King Solomon (Proverbs
13:20b) and the Professor of Mosaic Law, Torati/Torah, Apostle Paul, said,
"Bad company corrupts good morals"
(I Corinthians 15:33) and you must have heard
the phrase "guilty by association". The reference I like most is what
King David says in Psalms 1:1-3, "Blessed is the a man who walks not in the COUNSEL of the UNGODLY nor SEAT IN the seats of SCORNFUL..." KJV. Blessed means happy, fortunate, to be envied, prosperous (AMP).
Thus blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied, prosperous) is a man who does not take counsel from people who don't fear (have reverence to) God; he does not kill time with people who are aimless, scornful and who don't take life seriously.
Thus blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied, prosperous) is a man who does not take counsel from people who don't fear (have reverence to) God; he does not kill time with people who are aimless, scornful and who don't take life seriously.
YOU
GOT to PICK your entourage, people you allow close to you, people you
share your dreams, fear, prayer, time and money. Qualify people you accept into
your inner circle, not everyone is worthy of your time and space – regardless
of whether they are blood relatives or not.
You can read my article on how to pick friends from:
By all means avoid the following People:
-who abuse your time with gossips, nonsense, rumours,
-who are without Plans, Future and Passion, they will trivialize yours,
-who belittle you and or your dreams, will talk you out of dreams
-magnify your demons and obstacles, make you feel
insignificant and small
-who only see your weakness and failure in life and offer no help
or encouragement
*** Just to mention a few, but you can see the trend ***
*Don't miss Part 3: HOW to know if you took a
wrong turn?*
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“I believe in prosperity for I believe in God, for He gives me power to get wealth” © TJ Kyara
In His Service
//Tim J Kyara
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