It’s been a long while I posted a blog on this page and I sincerely
apologize for that. between my last post and now, the “She” that I referred to in
a few of my previous posts has become my wife *smiley* and God has given us the
great task of leading an amazing set of people in Treasure Place. I can indeed
say that out of the race of a group of believers, God has raised a group of men
and women that the world will get to meet in no too distant a time. Needless to
say that God has indeed been faithful.
As a preacher, I have over time, found out that it is easier
to preach the word to others than to practice the contents of what we preach. I
have had cause to counsel so many people on various life issues and when I find
myself in that same place, I tend to forget the words from scriptures that I so
easily shared with others.
This last week was one of the worst weeks I have had to
endure in a very long time, a lot happened that had me angry and frustrated and
just when I was about to lash out, a calm voice said ‘healer, heal thyself’.
That was what I needed to reset my brain. I began to drill
down to the root cause of the anger and ask myself salient questions like; why
are you angry? Is this anger directed at a person or a situation? What does
scripture say about anger? How have you complied with what scripture says about
anger? Based on the things you have told people in this situation before, how
can you rate your response now compared to their response? Is there anything you can do to
remedy the situation? When are you going to take action?
The moment I completed this self-evaluation, and began to
take actions, it was like a burden lifted off my shoulders.
When scripture says that laughter does good like medicine, I
can completely relate with that. I wear a smile all the time, it is not
necessarily because all is well at all times, no. I smile because though all
may not be well, the enemy is expecting me to wear a frown and it tickles me to
know that my smile frustrates him.
Some events occur in our lives and we respond in certain
ways to those events. Though we are Christians, it is understandable that we
are first humans and most times our tendency is to respond to incidents in our human
nature. However, the ultimate response to life’s events will be the “Christ-like”
response and this requires some conscious effort on our own part as believers.
Decide today to respond to every matter in a way that is
befitting a child of God. Like the popular saying goes, you can always ask
yourself before responding to any matter; “What would Jesus do?” and if you are
not so sure what Jesus would do or in doubt how He would have reacted, you can always
tow my Pastor’s line and ask from scriptures; “What did Jesus Say?”
It’s a new month that the Lord has made that we should
rejoice and be glad in it, do have a great week ahead.
@IamOluwaObinna and I am committed
to your Peak Performance
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