Enthusiasm for second half

     The half of the year 2018 is gone forever. It has gone into the stash of history, if there is anything to count of it, it is either lost or gain. Apostle Paul instructs us not to look behind, even at our success or failure, but to ‘press forward towards the high calling of God’.   Remember, the goal for a player is not behind him as you can from on going FIFA 2018 world cup.

      Lot’s wife was a prime victim despite the caveat by the angels of destruction sent by God to Sodom and Gomorrah who had mercy on Lot’s family. The aftermath of her action is now a landmark of shame, a negative show of camera men and photographers to the glee visitors who embellish unhelpful event. Her singular act of defiant caused more harm than good to the family of Lot; resulting to the illicit affairs that brought about the birth of Moab City – a city recorded the highest prostituted city in the Bible – because the founder of Moab was a son of Lot bare to him by his first daughter through fornication; as a result of the absent of Lot’s wife who looked back and turned into a pillar of salt (Gen. 19 v30 – 38).

     A man’s destiny is in his front. A friend of mine told me recently that:    ‘success has no legs to walk’ and I obliged him. It is in place attached to your destiny; you have to work and walk to it with zeal and keenness. You need physical and spiritual zeal to move forward to your destiny; you need Spiritual zeal to pray more this season. Prayer is the key to success. If Jesus our Lord Himself prayed, we ought to pray also. Zealous and ceaseless prayer produces result (Dan. 10 v13 -15, 1 Thess.5 v 17).  You have to bless His (God) holy name (Ps. 100 v 4 ), most of us are not acquainted with this secret of blessing God’s name, and all we ask for is God’s blessings.

     You needs physical enthusiasm to work harder these remaining six months of the year, ‘there is no food for the lazy man’. He who does not work is not expected to eat also. No one is jobless or created by God in vain or hopeless. ‘Whatsoever your hand founded to do, do it with all your heart; for there is no work in the grave where thou goeth’ ( Eccl. 9 v10,  Luke 10 v 7 ). You must put your hands to do something first before the prosperity which God desirous of us His children in Psalm 35 verses 27 takes place. Prosperity does not come by fluke but by a zealous pursues.