So you want to be great...

I am yet to meet someone who wants to have an ordinary existence and is happy to just be 'there'. Most people in this world want to be great. We want to be great in all areas - great in our walk with God, great in terms of our marital situation (have a great marriage, be a great spouse, have great children, be great parents!), great financially (wealthy, prosperous, 'large'), great in our areas of profession (be the boss, come up with ideas that are so great, they are patented and you're established for life! {I see you salivating at the thought... I know I am!} Come up with solutions and products that every household will know and hear about)..

I don't think it's hard to understand why, we are created by a GREAT God and we are made in His likeness. I dare say that it's in our DNA to want to achieve, to want to have dominion in our different fields (that was indeed the command that was given to us at the very beginning).

Plus, greatness is wonderful.. Mehn, I long for the day when my wealth is multiplying even while I'm asleep, I am consulted on important global issues before a decision is made, my home is so intact, I keep pinching myself to know it's real, my birthday becomes a globally recognised holiday (ask Mandela how it feels).. It feels great to be GREAT!

One thing I have observed is that there is always a price to pay for greatness.. It doesn't just happen.. (When it 'just happens', it's usually short-lived).

Please read the stories, histories and backgrounds of great men today and you find out that the journey wasn't easy at all. Usually they sufferedddd, they enduredddd, they failed and failed again, they lost here and there, there were times when they actually believed that their dreams will never come through and that at best, they would scrape up to survive another day! There were times when people laughed and scoffed at their 'ridiculous' dreams.

In fact, I dare say that the recipe for greatness is going through 'tough and trying times'.. The sweetest time of greatness is usually the moment you decide to be great or have dreams and visions of greatness (you remember that feeling you had when you thought about that great idea? when you started that blog that should turn into a great book, when you registered as a card-carrying member of a political party as first steps to being the President?). 

What follows is usually not what you bargained for! A lot of work goes into it.. The greater it is, the more work there is..

But the sweetest-est time is when you achieve! By God's grace, against all odds, through patience and perseverance, prison moments and betrayal points... You survive, and having done all, you stand! 

Keep that moment in sight.. You may be going through your dungeon season at the moment.. That dream, that vision may seem far-fetched right now.. Things may look to be going in the total opposite direction of your goal.. Remember Joseph? Think about David, remember Daniel, remember Jesus! Yes, you're in GREAT company.

Don't give up, keep pushing... God has promised that His grace is more than sufficient and that He will not give you more than you can bear.. That thing you're going through right now? It's not greater than you... You can and you will overcome by God's grace.

So you want to be great? Get ready for the journey.. Deeeep but worthwhile!

God's grace xxx

  

 

                                                                 

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