Dedicated to the duty

Ecc. 9:10   Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

A soldier trained, will do only one thing obey all commands, been ordered to him, he follows them like a robot, and acts on all without question, uses his best to produce an expected result that’s good.

When a woman is in labor she’s asked to push, to use all that’s within her to push out the baby and birth a perfect result.

We’re born robots whether you like it or not, we all have assignments already put down for us (Col 1:16b), it’s just for us to discover them and use the tools (skills, talents, opportunities….) GOD gave us to achieve the set out goals of GOD.    

We should use our might to do a job we have accepted, like a mother has accepted there’s no turning back in birthing a perfect result “baby”, the soldier has no choice but to handle the task at hand.

Like a footballer, he has to do all he can on the pitch, because he’s going to see his result on the table, news and reviews, every action produces a result.

We do all we have to do on earth and we see the result in heaven.

Our work will be tested with fire in heaven (1Cor.3:13)……. We will have to account for the jobs given to us on earth, did we do all we were asked to do on earth? Did we do everything with all our might to produce the best result that’s expected of us?

We are meant to give our best to all assignment given to us by GOD or man!

The secret of excellence (outstanding “to be clearly noticeable”)

Have you ever asked the secret of why people are excellent in what they do?

Excellence is not a vague thing, its dedication giving our time to which is give to us, people excel because they give every chance and time to all the work they given.

PR 22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

The attribute of a dedicated person………

ü  He has no time to waste, he maximizes every little time he has…..…

ü  He’s always seen doing their work, for instance dedicated musicians are always busy with their music.

ü  He’s focused, diligent  and zealous “he’s drive is the duty”

ü  He is not slothful always ready, to give his all at all times Romans  12:11 (NLC)

ü  He’s always interested, he’s not lazy; (lazy is resting before you’re tired), he does not rest until he has pushed himself  to the limit

ü  Faithful in his duties, the person maximizes all his duties. He does not need to be checked upon, no supervision needed, Heb 3:2!

ü  Doing things without complaining or murmuring, without arguing (Phil 2:14)

You have to be an early riser, you wake up on time to get the task done on time,  (Proverbs 19:15)

Even when given a free will to get a job done, you will have to accomplish the mission on time, don’t drag the job, or joke with the task at hand Mark1:35 *JESUS rose early to pray about the task at hand*

Areas we need to be dedicated

ü  Evangelism – in our service to GOD! We should always go about the “GOOD NEWS” 2Tim 2 vs. 4-5, Mk 16:15, Matt 5 vs.7

ü  Intercession – stand in the gap for people (1Tim 2:1-2)

ü  Kingdom service- Give yourself to the work of LORD(1Cor 15:58, Heb6:10)

ü  Using your gift for the work of the kingdom Ex 35: 30-33 “Craft men dedicated to build for GOD”

ü  Service to humanity, visiting the poor, orphan, widow….. James 1:27, Matt 25: 34-36

ü  In our Academics, we should learn to give our all!

ü  In your family be dedicated, as father be committed to every member of your family, learn to take care of the people GOD has put in your care. As a mother be devoted to your family be all you can be to sustain the family (Proverbs 31 :10-31). As a child be loyal to authority (Eph. 6:1-3), to the ones GOD has you above you (Eph. 6:5)   

ü  Helping others to fulfill their purpose “Modecai and Esther ”

Discovering someone has talent and helping the person to bring out such talent

How we help people fulfill their purpose, by identifying with them, find something they are interested in and you also like and move on from there. You have to learn to tolerate, be patient, persevere, because its important to you, to bring out the best in them which will at the end make you fulfilled, its takes guts to mentor someone older than you, it takes endurance and persistence to nurture your child, and takes perseverance to groom your friend. In all pray to GOD help out, HE will show you how to go about it.

We should be dedicated to our calling and our profession Nehemiah, earned his name in the Bible and having a book after him, because he was dedicated to the work of GOD, and when challenge arose as he was about the work, he did not falter, he was zealous about getting the job done.

Joseph was still about looking for dreams to interpret even in the prison, Gen 40: 6-15

In turning a vision into realities, we must learn not to make a mountain out of a mole hill, learn to not to see impossibilities but challenges, and learn to move on after conquering, do not reflect on pass glory and don’t let previous setbacks affect you level of delivery! Like Joseph (in Genesis) learn to move on and attack each task more passion, zeal and be enthusiastic as ever!

Prayer Points :-

1.   Give me the Grace and Spirit to be dedicated

2.   Help me put my all into what you have given me (Phil. 4:13)

3.   Help me put my life in order, in order to do all that is expected of me (Pro 3: 5-6)  

“Huzle”: to do things out of the ordinary, unimaginable, ridiculous and impossible but that is just and righteous, that is appealing in the eyes of GOD, in order to get the job(s) (vision) done…… (Philippians 4:13)

                                             Follow  @iblog_4u for the latest posts

“Huzle” and not “Hustle”

                “Huzle” and not “Hustle”

Before you get to know the number one thing you need for your “huzle”, let me define it……

The normal word is “hustle” means: an act or scheme involving deceit, swindling, fraud, or petty, in order to get the job done or most of the time make money….

This is a word for someone who wants to go to Heaven should not be accustomed to, or known for, so I invented a word that we Christians can associate ourselves with……

“Huzle”: to do things out of the ordinary, unimaginable, ridiculous and impossible but that is just and righteous, that is appealing in the eyes of GOD, in order to get the job(s) (vision) done…… (Philippians 4:13)

We all want to be successful; we all want to be the one people are talking about one day or today! But we’re too Christian to deep our hands in dirt that will piss GOD off! So we have to “Huzle” and not “Hustle”……… so get you Huzle on!!!

The one tool we need is………. Persistence

Persistence

Persistence

Persistence according to chambers dictionary means “keep on doing something in spite of opposition or difficulty”

   According to oxford dictionary to continue to do despite difficulties or opposition, in a way that seem unreasonable

To continue to try despite difficulties especially when people are against you and think that you are unreasonable

To continue for a long period of time without interruption or repeated frequently especially in a way that is annoying or cannot be stopped

The one big thing, all big achievers of all time have was “persistence”, about their goals dreams and ambitions, despite numerous critics, oppositions, trials, failures and many more, they still pushed and pressed on hoping, believing and knowing that success was just a reach away, so they never asked themselves this question should I quit now when success is just a reach away?

We young people have one thing at our disposal and that’s time, we can use are time for so many things, but for those that use their time to think have dreams, they like to achieve at particular time and sect of their lives, they dream of so many things, some of them are unrealistic while others tend to be achievable.

If a young person is actually reasonable enough he/she gets a paper and pen, takes note and begins research finds out if the dreams are men flying with  capes in the sky or  men flying in the sky in metallic objects, from there they now become vision from dreams, which means one is running with a vision in hand, taking note of the time when these goals are achievable , he/she begins to attain these goals, noticing all the things that have to be done, sacrifices that have to be made, and all kinds of training to be done and many more to be successful.

              “Zeal without knowledge is useless” 

  You need to be knowledgeable about what you are doing.

Getting Counsel about your goals is important, it sets you on the right part in order to avoid mistakes, the wrong choices to be made are drastically cut down due to counseling, you get a little know-how, the work that has to be done is reduced, materials are usually provided or you are told the ones to get.

In the beginning of the pursuit of these dreams of yours, you might begin to face difficulties but do not stop, if you fail get up; the greatness of a man is not the things he has achieved but the number of times he fell down and got up to be a better person.

“Everyone made or created something but Thomas Edison invented the Electric Bulb”

The way you carried out the job must have made you fail the first time, that means you have to change motive and plans in approach towards your goals, you must always change motive and notice the result, to avoid problems in the next trial.

You have to be highly disciplined, in order to be successful, you begin to reduce the time and attention you give to irrelevant things like, T.V, socializing online or physically, and many other things  that take our time and add nothing to us, be on the watch out!!

On the road of not only being in the headlines and also making the breaking news!!! There are bound to be oppositions, people telling you what you are about to do can’t be done that you should quit, and focus on some more important, they will laugh, discourage and actually stand in your way, just because they can’t stand you and your upcoming swag (greatness in the making) at all, or they just do not like what you are doing at all, do not listen to them do not let them get into your mind.

 Do not think about what they are saying, always be busy all the time in other to avoid them and the things they say, you might try and convince some of them, but please do not they use your whole time trying to explain your goals to them as this saying goes……….

“You cannot explain how light is to a blind man there is no word that can describe it”.

DO NOT CALM DOWN TO THINK ABOUT THE NEGATIVITY OR LIST ALL THE DISADVATAGES YOU WILL FACE, NO DON’T ACT FAST AS FAR AS THE DREAMS ARE REALISTIC.

Acknowledge the one who gave you the ideas (Pro 16 vs. 3), ability to attain them and many more, always pray for guidance, HE knows everything so ask NOW!!! (James 1:5)

In the name of the pursuit of your ambitions, do not become unrealistic towards H.S, your parents, guardians, teachers, coordinators and so on.

They know best, they may believe that some things are meant for a particular time, they may think you are not old enough or ready, they may think you are not carrying out the task the right way, their suggestion a times seem unreasonable, always chill, calm down and listen to them. When you disobey them GOD will no longer be for you and you are bound to have problems. Calm down, be patient and never be rude to them they know best a Yoruba proverb says……..

 “You can never have enough rags as an old person”

that means you can never have enough experience as the older people have they know best and GOD knows why He put them above you                         PLEASE ALWAYS LISTEN!!!!!!!

             “SO ALWAYS KEEP AT IT NO MATTER THE OPPOSITION”

H.S---- Holy Spirit