You talk to some people and you get angry at the way their minds has been tuned (you know our mind is the neutral line between the spiritual and the physical, it’s the deciding component of our being-Olatunji Ezekiel-,as Edmund Burke puts it “The human mind is often, and I think it is for the most part, in a state neither of pain nor pleasure, which I call a state of indifference.”) automatically to accept things the way they are –whether good or bad- You will get to know that they have been influenced by their environment. You see children waiting to inherit their parent’s wealth, why? They have automatically attended the predominant school of life and have absorbed the knowledge it presents. They don’t want to break out on their own, their mind has been corrupted-having a reprobate mind does not necessarily means a sinful mind, it is a mind that has been compromised by the environment?
Before anything can be achieved, it has to be conceived or birth by the mind of the individual (The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. Winston Churchill). We feel like impacting the world, Yes!, that’s who we are (that sounds great), as lights of the world, we cannot afford to hide. At this point, I will like to ask, hope your mind has not been corrupted by the school of life? funny name right?: school of life, LOL-. It might sound funny but it’s the truth. The Bible says “be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”. Examine yourself... as Jim Rohn puts it “I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy”. With the right mindset, you are good to go. You hear it everywhere that you have to plan well before you start, yeah it is true, but I tell you that planning itself, sometimes, can be a form of procrastination, think about that...
Also, I will like to inform you that you have to start from where you are, no matter how small because the bible says “Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly”, Christ started small and his end was great, which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. That environment of yours is the best. OK?, God is perfect (Matt 5:48), He does not make mistakes and He will surely not start by placing you in the wrong environment because He is the same today, yesterday and forever (Heb 13:8).That environment was made for you, for the kind of future you have, those people good or bad- were placed there for your proper growth and adequate nourishment. You get trained in that environment you are. Those that infuriate your anger have been placed there so that you can grow one of the components of the fruit; Gentleness (Gal 5:22-23). Christ started from where He was, even when some people did not accept him- and later went about doing good in other countries(Acts 10:38),He even told the Apostles to start witnessing from where they are -their surroundings,Jerusalem, He was trained in his environment for thirty years before He began his ministry.
Yeah, it’s a very good thing to dream and think big, but know this that, what you are doing around you (in your environment) is what will be multiplied exponentially to give you your Big Picture of impacting the world. Ask yourself this question, how many lives have I impacted around me? , your answer will bring to your awareness where you are to start from (maybe your mind or environment)...I say to you “despise not the days of small beginnings”.
Thanks for reading.
Shalom
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