As at the time I am
writing this piece; this adorable gift, cup of mine will be four years since the time I was given.
It was a Valentine day celebration in my school and the pupils were expected to bring a gift for their friend (s).
The event started with games, songs, dance and finally the exchange of gifts then the end of the event. Each teacher took out time to welcome once again and appreciate parents who honoured the invitation and the unexpected happened!
I just received a gift from one of the parents whose child was in my class. I tutored a class of 15 pupils and then received just a gift. Now, you know why I called it my adorable gift and why I treasured the gift so much.
It’s not really about the gift but the heart of the giver and the receiver and the time it came. It was a day whereby I was expecting to get at least 15 gifts but I got ONE!
You will be wondering why I am telling yes this. It’s four years down the line and I still have the gift with me and it is still treasured and the giver but there is something UNUSUAL about the gift! I seldom use it, it just lies in the kitchen becoming a home for dirt and insects. It’s been a long holiday, so, I brought out my adorable gift from where I kept and when I opened it, I saw different insects living in it and a little drop of water; that means it was cool and the insects could inhabit it.
I guess you know the next thing I did! I washed and sundried it and in a moment it no longer became a hiding place for insects.
What has that got to do with you and I?
At creation, God embedded so much gifts, talents and virtues in each of us to make our world a much better and blessed place to live in.
But what do we do with such gifts, talents and virtues planted by God in us? We keep admiring those gifts and talents but we never do anything meaningful with it. Some of us, once used them but got tired of using them because we were being mocked or peradventure it didn’t bring us the supposedly fame we wanted and then we went back to our shell, into our closet, into our comfort zones never to be heard of again and then we become homes for negative thoughts, personal condemnation, anger, depression, loneliness etc.
We have forgotten so quickly that the potentials we carry in us were never meant for ourselves alone. Those potentials were for us to change the world at leave it better than we met it.
You and I need to get UP! Awake and RE-AWAKEN the sleeping giants in us. Dust off the dust and dirt in and around you (discouragement, guilty, negativity etc) and rise up to the new dawn set before you. It’s your MORNING!
The whole world awaits you. The whole world awaits your SHINE!
No one in this world has the same blueprint as you. You have the WINNING power inside of you. The life of Christ is in YOU. You have got the bloodstream of an OVERCOMER flowing in your blood.
So, get up and start moving. Stare up the gifts of God in YOU and be the CHANGE AGENT you were destined to be.
Lastly, my Bible told me that Jesus started His earthly ministry not until the HOLY GHOST came upon Him. You need the help of the Holy Spirit to succeed in your chosen field because He is the Promised One after Christ ascended into Heaven.
You might be wondering; do I really need the Holy Spirit/ God to succeed? Yes, you might not need Him but your kind of Success won’t be the GOOD SUCCESS recorded in the Bible (Joshua 1:8).
Christ is knocking at the door of your heart to dine and sup with you. Could you please open the doors of your heart to Him that He might unleash upon YOU. His Power and Glory.
Use up your GIFTS and DIE EMPTY!!!.
See You at the TOP!!!
EduPlus 