Never Be Lacking in Zeal

The arm of flesh includes your arm. Why? We've been engineered to see the shortcomings of others and to solely rely on our own know-how and abilities. And this has become the ground that sustains slavery and bondage. Why? We've limited ourselves to what we can see, hear, smell, taste and touch, thus, we have by ourselves confined our person to the 5 senses. But is there anything out there other than these?

My discourse was all aimed at this one word, "ZEAL". Zeal is great energy or enthusiasm or ardent interest in pursuit of a cause or an objective; challenges and discouragement are fierce inhibitors of zeal. And many are in our world today who are LACKING IN ZEAL. Why? Since we have been engineered to invest all else in ourselves and rely on ourselves solely because our family (father, mother, brother, sister), friends, colleagues and anyone else cannot be counted upon, thus, when we for just a moment are made to feel INCOMPETENT, we vacillate and our zeal, even for life, is quenched.

Now, what to do?! Is there anything else out there other than these senses of ours? Yes! Many call this intuition, gut feeling, 6th sense, and more, whatever you say this is, it ascertains something very important. This important observation is that, you and all the humans you see about, are not all there is. There are amongst us other entities; some call them ghost, spirits, demons, gods and many more. And yes, they are right to assert that there is more than what meets the eyes. Look around you and if you can, within you, nothing came of its own, there is so much order in creation that we should affirm that some entity put all this together. And if so is true, then they did have a plan, agenda or should I say purpose.

Therefore, dear friends you cannot be limited to relying on your own understanding but you must open your consciousness to see beyond yourself and all you can see. Why? When all you know and when your ability fails, you loose zeal for all your aspirations and life itself. When the fame is gone, the money is gone, the friends are gone, the beauty has faded, the charm is broken, the strength is waned and when it seems remaining down is better of; and in all these all you hear and see is discouragement, all you feel is pain and hurt, all you taste is sour and all you can smell is rot, then you need something beyond you and all you've trusted in to keep the fire alive, and to keep moving.

On this note, I would love to share my personal encounter. I will make it so brief. Lol. I got pregnant out of wedlock and had a foretaste of abandonment. Even I had a deep disdain for myself; I felt like a total failure and reject. I thought of ending it all, and truly I had a good argument for it; I had seen all kinds of sufferings be it physical, mental or spiritual. There was nothing beautiful to see or say_ my own perception of me was far worse. But you see, before this quagmire, I had heard of a creator, who found me useful to His eternal plan and didn't think of me as a mistake, rather He saw me as a masterpiece and whilst I breathe, it meant He wasn't done with me yet. But was I ready to let go of all I had know and trusted in? Was I ready to let someone other than myself, a being my eyes had never seen take a hold of my existence and live through me? Hahaha. I was already down, lower than that would be 6-feet, just perhaps I was not fully convinced of the profit of the 6-feet route yet; I was ready to BELIEVE. Yes believe! I couldn't see, feel, taste, smell or hear Him but my heart was aware of His presence, person and tangibility. So I dived in head first; hihihi, either ways it wouldn't have bothered a soul if I had disappeared suddenly, I was a walking burden of disgrace. And now, 9-years afterwards, I am a Pastor, Lecturer and Business woman, and my son wears my shoe size and is so amazing. In a nutshell, the creator (God) saved us both for His eternal plan and everyday no matter what happens, I know whilst He lets me breathe, I must continue with every vision He has put in my heart because I have come to understand that He had chosen to use me to bless my family, friends, colleagues, community and world.

As my final note, I admonish you to rely no more on the arm of flesh. If you must remain zealous about life and full of enthusiasm about finishing strong, trust in His plan and ability to keep you fit till the end.

Enjoy your day!