“But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”
1 Tim 4:7-8
In studying biographies, I came through the biography of a prominent soccer player who is rated as the world’s best. The man started playing football at the age of 4 years, and by the time he was 13 years old, he was enrolled in Barcelona’s Junior squad. Many folks with gifts never amount to anything because they lack coaching and thorough harnessing of those potentials. I started preaching when i was 16 when i got born again, when i was 18 i was leading three cell groups, one had over 120 members, the other had about 40 members and another had abt 20 with people as old as 55yrs. I held my first crusade when i was still in High School , i conducted word seminars, gathered thousands of students, and distributed hundreds of books. I was the youngest leader in my church, one day i came to church with my school uniform and multitudes got shocked.( Not because i looked old, i was a young man with old man’s wisdom). At the International School of Ministry, i was the youngest minister to attend. Brothers and Sisters, Success is not an accident. It is planned for, and you ought to take Conscious steps towards your goal if you will ever win.
There is no giant that rose from nowhere. Success is not a gift , it is earned by conscious wise efforts. T.L Osborn said, ” Nobody was born with money in their hands, so YOU CAN GET MONEY.” Nomatter how gifted you are in boxing. If you dont exercise, you will be knocked out in the very first round. Just 1 blow will get you dizzy and send you looking for cold water. In school, no matter how smart you are, if you don’t apply your mind to study , you will fail the exams. You will never be the best in what you don’t exercise yourself in. I don’t prepare for a crusade in the day i am preaching, it takes several days of praying, fasting and meditating on the word before i get to stand on the needy masses and open blind eyes. If you do not prepare for the future, then you have no guarantee of a successful future.
I do have direction. I know which countries i have to be in ,doing what and how, and some i am still digging for more information. Except God demands it, i am not going to Iraq or Iran no matter what. I plan to distribute millions of books and am writing 5 new small books. Some of you want to be Senators but your voice is not doing anything in politics, if i had made up my mind for politics i would have published many volumes on politics and distribute to convince people on my ideology. You don’t just wake up a president . You need to exercise yourself, the same with spiritual things. You dont succeed without praying, fasting, meditating, giving, and doing all that success in the word demands.
