Years back in secondary school; I often
participated in the track and field events; most notably long jump and 3000
meters. As at that time I was a teenager and of course it was for the fun of it.
I learned however, over the years that no one
finds inspiration to do a 3000 meters race where there is no prize at all for
the winner. The reason is because the 3000m is a tiring race to participate in;
and only the promise of an award would keep an athlete on the track in such a
race for such a long time.
Life
is a pretty long adventure. And guess what, there is a prize at the end of it.
However, only those that will dare to stay on the track for that long, and
perhaps to the end, will obtain the prize.
In
1 cor. 9:24, Paul the apostle speaking by inspiration said “know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one recieveth the
prize, so run, that ye may obtain…”
Paul
readily notes here that at the end of every race, there is a prize to obtain.
That’s
for sure. Note also that life is a race and you are not designed by God to be a
spectator in this race. You are not made to stay out there and cheer up those
in the race. God's intention for you is that you’ll be a participant
in the race. The implication of that is; you have a chance of obtaining the
prize. Don’t settle for less; you’re
not meant to be left out. There is no partiality with God as long as you play
your part.
But
Paul state clearly that …“so run, that ye may obtain”. In other words, you cannot obtain
without running and you cannot run without obtaining as well. Either way, you
must run.
We
talked about planning in the previous chapter as paramount to your success. However,
plans not pursued are of no good. How do I mean? I mean taking action! Stand up and put your plans to work.
You
sit down to plan, but you must stand
up now and act. Planning without action would make a dreamer frustrated. Many have
dreams, a few have gone ahead to create plans for accomplishing those dreams,
and a few yet have gone the extra mile of taking action.
You
can’t
afford to sit there and wish for things to happen simply because you have big
goals. It is your action that differentiates you from the beggar on the street.
You may be a graduate wearing nice coats, but if you don’t
act on your dreams and plans, you‘re no different from
a beggar. Don’t die a camouflage.
Habakkuk
2:2 has become a memory verse among Christians today. It’s
a shame however that like it is called, “memory verse,”
it remains stuck only in their memories and the brain cells that store those
memories. Very few people actually act accordingly.
“…write a vision, make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it”.
Many have had visions and nice goals (through deep thinking). Many others have made plain upon tablets their goals
(that is; well drawn-out plans). Only few however are actually running with their vision. Only few are taking
action. That’s why only few are
"obtaining".
You
will only have your laziness to blames if you don’t succeed. Stop folding
your arms and saying “there is no capital to start up the
business I want to do”.
There are several ways to raise capital. You only need to sit down and think, then
stand up and act. Capital is not really
money; capital is the state of your mind backed up with diligence. Show me
a diligent and positive thinker, I will show you a man who must succeed no
matter what?
Don’t
fold your hands and say “nobody is willing to give me the
support I need”. If you stand up,
you will attract people. It’s only laziness that repels people.
Wise and calculated action makes a man attractive to potential helpers. Your
problem is not money or people. Your problem is your own laziness.
In
Hebrews 12:1, the latter part of it, the Bible says”….
Let
us run with patience, the race that is set before us”.
It would be shameful to leave this world when your time is up without making
undeniable impact. Only your great accomplishment however can put you on the
list of those that made impact; and only giant strides (defined by deliberate
and audacious actions) can help you to those accomplishments.
This
is a wakeup call. Too many are asleep. You are not moving forward and the
reason is because you are still asleep. Remember the four lepers at the gates
of Samaria. I talked about team in chapter 1. There was the risk of dying on
getting into the city, but they knew they would still die of hunger if they
remained where they were. Then they said to themselves and I paraphrase; if we don’t go for the fear of dying, we will
still die here, so why don’t we go anyway? We will go, they said.
We will take actions. We will not sit here and fold our arms. We can’t
just die here! So they
entered into the city, and they did not die. Rather, they returned with plenty.
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