Monday, June 20, 2011
LOOK UP TO JESUS
“Problems of life are not solved by running away from them but by looking up to God for help.”
W.F. Kumuyi
Have you tried several people and visited several places in search of a permanent solution to your life’s challenges? Are your several encounters with men in search of a way out often results in material, financial and physical losses? Then, it’s time to try God.
Maybe your thinking was that the challenges facing you are as a result of your family background, and you therefore decided to be far away from your family members. Running away doesn’t guarantee freedom from the challenges of life. You’ve got to face your challenges headlong. This time around, be ready to face your challenges by looking up to Jesus and you‘ll be victorious.
What is that challenge in your life? Is it lack, poverty, affliction, failure, sickness, impossible husband, impossible wife, wayward children, stagnation, barrenness, or a marital problem? They are nothing before God.
All it takes to overcome all these challenges is just to look up to God. Looking up to God goes beyond church attendance and saying some words of prayer as led by your Pastors or spiritual leaders. Neither is it about visiting several spiritual and healing homes around the town. It is all about serving God in truth and indeed, with our spirit, body and soul. It means a sincere desire to totally surrender all to God. If you can surrender all to Him, He’ll become your father. If God is your creator and father; He won’t allow you to suffer without intervening on your behalf. If you can’t allow any of your cherished biological children to be thrown into the lion’s den, then never expect God who cares about you more than you care about your cherished children to abandon you to your challenges. Just look up to Him. He’s ready, willing and able to see you through.
How do we look up to Jesus? These are the ways to do so.
• Give your life totally to Him.
• Love what He love and hate what He hates.
• Never forsake the assembly of fellow brethren.
• Never seek help elsewhere or outside God again.
• Ask Him to intervene.
• Believe He’s intervened.
• Expect the requested turnaround.
• Tell others after He’s done it for you.
• Remain faithful to Him thereafter.
God has all the power to do all things. He has all it takes to see you through all the challenges in your life. Look up to Him today and He’ll show up in your life and turn the situation around.
About the Writer
Ajiboro Ayodeji is a Chartered HR practitioner based in Lagos, Nigeria. His areas of interest are Human Resource, Training, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Services. Tel: 2348027807452. Email: hutrenconsulting@gmail.com.
©Hutren Consulting 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
POWER OF INFLUENCE
Five years from now you will be pretty much the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to.
CHARLES JONES.
One of the most often asked questions at interviews is about a candidate’s goal for the next five years. The effective mastery of this all important question may determine who gets employed. Do you have a vision of where you would like to be in the next five years? Have you written it down? Are you committed to its actualization? A serious minded person should be able to envision where he or she intends to be in the next five years.
Influence is the effect that somebody or something has on the way a person thinks or behaves or on the way that something works or develops. This shows that influence is powerful and is capable of making or marring a person’s future. Who and what influence the way we reason, behave, talk and response to issues go along way to determine our failure or success in life. What’s your source of influence?
Aside God, the other two things that will determine where we’ll be in the next five years are the books we read and the people we get close to. The books we read can derail us from achieving our full potentials. What do you read? Some read books, magazines, articles, and newsletters that fan their ember of lust and therefore crash their marriage. Some read books that empowered them with strategies for perfecting frauds and they end up in jail. Today several millions of people all over the world are in jail, wrong marriages, wrong professions, wrong businesses, wrong places of worship, and wrong clubs or associations as a result of the people they get close to. Look before you leap. Be wary of that person trying to get close to you at all costs. The union could mar your future and reputation. Watch it!
How do we know what to read? Books that relate to our profession or field are not harmful; they are written to enrich and empower us to deliver superior performance on the job. Books to be avoided are books that encourage lust, anger, bitterness, immorality, revenge, obsession and crime. Books and materials that promote principles that negate the scripture or teach heresy should also be avoided at all costs. Always go for books and materials that promote love, peace, service, truth, godliness, moderation, fear of God, and integrity.
Who should we get close to? We must have fantastic relationship with people around us. Those we should have fantastic relationship with include our customers, clients, co-workers, church members, and neighbors. To have fantastic relationship with people is to value and acknowledge them for who they are. This is different from having a close relationship with them. The person with whom you have a close relationship with is that person that you can confide in and even stand surety for. Make sure you know a person more intimately before you develop a close intimacy with him or her. Take your time to know people before having a close relationship with them. Know what they believe, value, hate, love, do, and read. Get to know the kind of company they keep as well.
To be where God wants you to be in five years time and for the rest of your life; read the right books and keep the right company.
About the writer
Ajiboro Ayodeji is a Chartered HR Practitioner based in Lagos, Nigeria. Tel: 2348027807452. Email: hutrenconsulting@gmail.com.
©Hutren Consulting 2011
CHARLES JONES.
One of the most often asked questions at interviews is about a candidate’s goal for the next five years. The effective mastery of this all important question may determine who gets employed. Do you have a vision of where you would like to be in the next five years? Have you written it down? Are you committed to its actualization? A serious minded person should be able to envision where he or she intends to be in the next five years.
Influence is the effect that somebody or something has on the way a person thinks or behaves or on the way that something works or develops. This shows that influence is powerful and is capable of making or marring a person’s future. Who and what influence the way we reason, behave, talk and response to issues go along way to determine our failure or success in life. What’s your source of influence?
Aside God, the other two things that will determine where we’ll be in the next five years are the books we read and the people we get close to. The books we read can derail us from achieving our full potentials. What do you read? Some read books, magazines, articles, and newsletters that fan their ember of lust and therefore crash their marriage. Some read books that empowered them with strategies for perfecting frauds and they end up in jail. Today several millions of people all over the world are in jail, wrong marriages, wrong professions, wrong businesses, wrong places of worship, and wrong clubs or associations as a result of the people they get close to. Look before you leap. Be wary of that person trying to get close to you at all costs. The union could mar your future and reputation. Watch it!
How do we know what to read? Books that relate to our profession or field are not harmful; they are written to enrich and empower us to deliver superior performance on the job. Books to be avoided are books that encourage lust, anger, bitterness, immorality, revenge, obsession and crime. Books and materials that promote principles that negate the scripture or teach heresy should also be avoided at all costs. Always go for books and materials that promote love, peace, service, truth, godliness, moderation, fear of God, and integrity.
Who should we get close to? We must have fantastic relationship with people around us. Those we should have fantastic relationship with include our customers, clients, co-workers, church members, and neighbors. To have fantastic relationship with people is to value and acknowledge them for who they are. This is different from having a close relationship with them. The person with whom you have a close relationship with is that person that you can confide in and even stand surety for. Make sure you know a person more intimately before you develop a close intimacy with him or her. Take your time to know people before having a close relationship with them. Know what they believe, value, hate, love, do, and read. Get to know the kind of company they keep as well.
To be where God wants you to be in five years time and for the rest of your life; read the right books and keep the right company.
About the writer
Ajiboro Ayodeji is a Chartered HR Practitioner based in Lagos, Nigeria. Tel: 2348027807452. Email: hutrenconsulting@gmail.com.
©Hutren Consulting 2011