When I Used To Be Vibrant-1

One day during my final year, I was praying for the members of my fellowship when the Lord told me that I am investing into nations. I didn't get what He meant by nations as what I had in mind was just the members of my fellowship.

You must know that there is a purpose of God hanging over your shoulder and fulfilling that purpose requires time. It takes time to fulfill purpose. Our walk with God is what determines if we will be able to fulfill the purpose or not.

Following God is not a myth. It is real and you must know that there is only one way to keep up and that's through SACRIFICE. Following God is not an activity that is convenient. Right from campus, I knew that it is impossible to follow God at my convenience.

Settle it in your mind. If you will follow God, you will inconvenient yourself because there won't be time to study or pray at all. We have been deceived if we think time will allow us to have fellowship with God.

The only way out is sacrifice. You must be ready to sacrifice your sleep. Yes! I know many people in Lagos hardly sleep and yet, they have no time for God. Now, your small sleep must be shorter if you will follow God. Look at your weekend, how do you spend it? Carve out time for God. Cut something off your schedule even if cutting it will cost you money, it's better to be with God.

Look at what Paul told Timothy in 2 Tim 2:1-4. Our calling as Christians is similar to the life of a soldier. We must endure the hardship. You must be ready to pay whatever it will cost you to have time to fellowship with God. The system that operates in the world presently is wired and designed to choke out your relationship with God. So, it's no child's play, it is war!

Fulfilling purpose hinges on your obedience to the daily instructions that the Lord brings your way. If we do not have time for God daily, we will be losing out on the instructions we ought to have gotten thereby, prolonging the time needed to fulfill purpose. God can use you for an entire nation! It's possible!

In the next episode of this series, I will share practical things you can be doing to remain fresh in your walk with God, but I want you to firstly know that there is no way other than inconvenience. If you're ready for this, watch out for the next episode.

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Unknown said…

Thank you my brother and friend for this openness! God will keep strengthening us to follow him doggedly. Well done

7 November 2017 at 13:20

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