GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHRISTIAN YOUTHS NETWORK: EDUCATION VRS RENEWED MINDSET

GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHRISTIAN YOUTHS NETWORK: EDUCATION VRS RENEWED MINDSET: EDUCATION VRS RENEWED MINDSET Since my childhood days till now, I've heard and still hear people say "education is the key to ...

EDUCATION VRS RENEWED MINDSET

EDUCATION VRS RENEWED MINDSET

Since my childhood days till now, I've heard and still hear people say "education is the key to success".
Well, during my school days I used to agree with them because I believed education is really the key to success. I believed this quote so much because back then, I thought everybody who owns a house and a car is successful most especially those who work in government.

This quote really ruled my life until some few years ago when God opened my understanding to know what real success means.
Success according to what God showed me is not in riches but in living a fulfilled life- thus living a life that is driven by your God given destiny.

The Bible states clearly God's intention before, during and after creation.
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
God’s original intent for man is for man to have dominion over evert other creature. Man was given the power to dominate but he sold it out to Satan through disobedience.
Since the time man lost his SONSHIP rights, he has been looking for things that he could use to fill the vacuum within him. Man has been looking for something in which he could find success and he eventually found a lookalike success in education.


Education is good because it gives you a certain kind of knowledge and also gets you a job from which you can earn a living BUT what education does not do is that it doesn’t make you successful.
Many are the people who have died without being successful not because they lacked education. Most trusted professors of higher academic institutions died  the same way. Most of them died not because they lacked money but because life was meaningless to them.
What education teaches is: study hard, pass your exams, get good academic laurels, get a good job, raise a family, grow old and die.
*The meaning to life cannot be found in education because it is higher than education.
Now let’s define success.
Success is living, walking in your God-given path and working your God-given work.
Let me explain.
Each and every one living on planet earth is created to solve a problem which will positively affect the lives of generations. So it is only when you identify your God-given task and work to achieve it that you can be called a successful person.
Dr. Myles Munroe of blessed memory said “the greatest tragedy is not death but life without a purpose”.
*Purpose is our God-given assignment that drives one to success.

To be successful one needs to renew his/her mindset. A renewed mindset is the mindset which considers his God-given assignment as its number one priority.
The renewed mindset thinks beyond today because anything called success must not only be celebrated today but forever.
The renewed mindset creates a vacuum in man which cannot be filled with education but with Success.

Jesus Christ came to die for the sins of men to bring them back to their original SONSHIP status but He(Jesus) gave men the chance to choose for themselves. But choosing Jesus does not just guarantee you instant success. You need to keenly follow his teachings to be able to renew your mindset which is the key to success.

To be continued…

GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHRISTIAN YOUTHS NETWORK: THE AB-NORMAL LIFE

GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHRISTIAN YOUTHS NETWORK: THE AB-NORMAL LIFE: THE ‘AB-NORMAL LIFE” God's plan for every true child of God is that he/she lives an 'Ab-normal life'(above normal). He in...

THE AB-NORMAL LIFE

THE ‘AB-NORMAL LIFE”

God's plan for every true child of God is that he/she lives an 'Ab-normal life'(above normal). He intended for His children to live a life that is far high above the world's standards. God wants His children to be the pacesetters on earth in every endeavor.
  3 John 1:2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.

This kind of life will certainly look absurd and foolish to the world because the carnal man cannot understand the things of God and the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of this world.
This kind of life is what I call “the purposeful life'- thus a life that’s not just about belonging to a religious denomination. A life whose motto is not EAT,SLEEP,GO TO CHURCH, REPEAT but a life that is poised towards obeying the master(God) at ALL COST. Thus, this people just like the martyrs of Christianity(St. Stephen, James the son of Zebedee,St. Peter e.t.c.) are willing to give up their life  for the sake of the work of God. They are comfortable even in their discomfort.

This kind of life is normal to those who belong to the best political party called H.M.P.P( HEAVEN MINDED PEOPLE'S PARTY).
This people remain focused and committed to living this 'Ab-normal' life despite the mockery and persecutions they receive from the world.
They hold on to Jesus' word that says in John 15:18-20

" 18 If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you.

19 If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world [no longer one with it], but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you.

20 Remember that I told you, A servant is not greater than his master [is not superior to him]. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word and obeyed My teachings, they will also keep and obey yours.

It is good to note that Christianity is not a religion but a way of life.
Religions are man made. Two Latin words make up our English word "religion;" "re" and "ligio." "Re" means to "go back," and "ligio" means "to bind." "Religion" then means "to bind back." Religions are man's efforts to bind himself back to God. They are Satan inspired.

So don't be discouraged when persecuted and never give in to the world's standards because in due season the master will reward your faithfulness with a crown of glory in his heavenly empire.

Always stay connected to Jesus the true vine and the true source of life.
             
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