Your destiny is in your hands

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"God has  provided you with all that you need to excel in what you do. It is only you that can hold yourself back."

Talent and character must work together: Just like I said earlier, he has given us allthe  talents that we need to work with to achieve  what ever we intend to achieve. Calling on God every minute of the day asking for every little thing can only be compared with attitudes that children can exhibit. For a child, the mum must cook the food, bring it out to the table , sit him down, scoop the food from the plate to his mouth and also chew it for him. How amazing is that! Yes don’t shout that is how much we have abused our relationship with God.

In the parable of the three talents, the master gave out 3 different talents to different individuals, and sent them out to increase and multiply their talent. To one he gave 5talents, to the other he gave 2 and to the next he gave 1. Those he gave 5 and 3 talents went out and brought back double the fold. While the one with only one talent refused to even make use of the one talent that he had . So he went and planted in the ground for the master to take back his thing. When the master came back he congratulated the hardworking two and gave them more talents. While the lazy one he sent away empty handed. (Mathew25:14-30).  God can only give you more responsibilities if he sees that you are up and doing taking care of what he already gave you. Think of it, would you continue to train a child who never passes his exams?  If you do that, you would waste the whole resources that belong to the rest of the family on him.

Faith alone is not enough: So many Christians believe that if they go church every blessed day that it is their evidence of serving God. Not every one who calls father, father knows him. God’s word lets us know that faith without work is dead. And it is said that to work is to pray. How you carry out whatever assignment you are given is what makes the difference. We everyday continuously call God a liar by asking him for what he has already given us. He gave man dominion over the earth and what is in it He has already given us all that we need. It is only for us to open our eyes and look around us, take action with what we have, in order to get what we desire.

Be accountable for all that you do: When God gives us a job, just like any other master. He is waiting eagerly for us to come back with detailed reports on what we’ve been up to with all the resources. When you are coming back to God in prayer why not make it a time of accountability and thanks giving instead of a time of asking for more. He knows what you need and when to give it. Carry on with your own duty and just give him feed back and wait for his reply and response.

When you realise that you are accountable to someone higher than you are, then you will have to check that what you do is in line with his purpose.