UNLOCKING YOUR POTENTIAL
/ UNLOCKING YOUR POTENTIAL 15 KEY 14: Learn to Rejoice
Don't ever be unhappy and say you will not go further because present circumstances seem contrary. The Bible records it that when the whole earth was void, God said 'let there be...' And even when God had not finished the work of creation, He still rejoiced.
Many don't know how to rejoice in the process of their being made. Such people are only waiting for success to come before they rejoice. You must see your success now with the eye of faith and learn to rejoice in the process. This is what will make you celebrate even when you have not finished.
Many people see no reason why they should rejoice so they spend their life always waiting for something that may never come. The irony of the matter is that such people might be successful already but they refuse to acknowledge it; they are always with the zeal to make it and they continue with that zeal until they grow old being miserable and frustrated.
Beloved, you can enjoy your life at whatever level you are. Each day of your life must be enjoyed because God has a plan for your blessing. If you complain of not having a car, you should at least thank God for giving you two legs to wear shoes. After all, there are men without legs who are eager to have just one leg! That is why Isaiah 54:1 says,
Sing, o barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child...
How can you tell a barren to sing? Is she not supposed to cry? Yes, that may be the thought of man but that is different from the thought of God. Dearest one, life may not be fair to you but God is fair to all. So why should the barren sing? It is because today is not the end of it all; the future dream is greater than the failure of the past.
Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations.
Isaiah 54:2
The above verse says the barren should enlarge. Why? It is simply because things are about to change for the better. Why should a barren enlarge when there are no obvious reasons for enlargement? Why should she make more rooms when there is no child to occupy it? The reason is not farfetched. See verse 3:
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Isaiah 54:3
It then means you have to see things the way God sees them. With the eyes of faith, see the end of your life as being glorious. Believe God for possibilities. Newspaper reports cannot determine your destiny as long as you are God's child. As it has been prophesied, there will be evil in the last days; the agenda of the devil will spread like wildfire but in the midst of it all, we believers should look up because our redemption draws near.
The perilous times are the best time for the manifestation of believers because the darker the darkness, the better the glory of light. May your light continually shine in Jesus name, Amen.
The caterpillar changes to a beautiful butterfly in the midst of pains and struggle by the process of metamorphosis. Comparing the two entities, they do not look alike; yet, the beautiful butterfly came out of the ugly caterpillar. No matter how ugly your today may look, there is a seed of greatness in you waiting to be discovered; the potential of being great is in you.
When we talk of seed in the Kingdom, many think it is only money. No, the word 'seed' depicts 'beginning'. Every man came like a seed; the seed of a man deposited in a woman. That seed does not look like a human being at first, yet, it later grows up to become a mature
human being. As a believer, you are on a divine appointment and you cannot afford to miss it. My dear, rejoice during the 'painful' process.
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You must see your success now with the eye of faith and learn to rejoice in the process.
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