Life has taught me
that, the value of your life is not determined by your past mistake, but by
your willingness to recognize them. That is to say, your today mistake can lead
to your tomorrow success, and the more you look back, the less you will get ahead.
Because there is nothing you can do to change your yesterday misdeed but you
can do something to avoid today’s mistake. David Mc Molly said;”Your past cannot be
changed but you can change your tomorrow by your action today”. So
your determination to change your action today will determine your destiny.
Let’s look at these two men and their past, present and future.
Daniel
was a captive of war, he was in a strange land as :Slave” but the bible says he determine not to defile
himself with the kings meat, he determined never to break out of his faith,
never to give up, what he believe for pleasure. He had unbroken determination.
In Daniel 1:20, the bible says “Because
he maintains his standard and refuses to compromise”. He
was found to be ten times better that all the magicians and astrologers that
were in the land. He was also preferred than any other person in Babylon, that
was as a result of his unbroken determination. In Gen 37:28, the bible told us
how Joseph brothers sold him to the Ishmaelite who took him to Egypt and resell
him to Potiphar and in Gen 39:9-10 Potiphar’s wife wanted him to have canal
knowledge of her.
“Who was Joseph?”
He was the dreamer
He was a man rejected
by his brothers
He came out of a family
of 14 people and out of 14 people, only 4 loved him and 10 hated him so you can
see that Joseph did not even have a pass mark of those who love him in his
family. And above all these 10 persons sold him out and shared the money among
them. And now, here Joseph is standing before a woman who wants to show him
love and care which he never had in his family. Joseph knew all this about his
past, he knew all about his dreams but the bible says he determined never to do
this great wickedness and sin against God. His rejection to defile himself with
the wife of portiphar, put him into more trouble. He was sent to prison. But
while in prison he decided to change his past failure into success and from
prison he was crowned as a Governor in Egypt. All this happened to him because
he had unbroken focus or determine. “What
is the reason why you join cult”, “What is the cause that makes you to live
that wayward and bad life”, “Is it because nobody cares for you”, Even your
husband does not look at you and admire you anymore. Is it your parent which
you think they are too harsh and hard on you, or you feel your parent does not
love you enough and so for that reason you must become a bad boy or man?
“Can I talk to somebody
here….” Do
you know what it means to be a captive of war? Two
things are involved here, either your parents had ran away or left you or they
must have been killed in the war. But having this in mind Daniel determined
never to defile himself. He said whether my father is here or not, whether I have
any relative watching me or not, I have made up my mind to be a good person. Not
for anybody but for myself, to pursue my great destiny, this year and activate
it.
“Can I talk to you...?”
“Do you know
what it means to be rejected by your own blood?” and
they sold you out with money to another person and saw them sharing the money
among themselves. Joseph saw it and felt bad, but in all he saw and felt, in all
he had passed through, he still made up his mind to change his identity.
He became the best for
himself, his family and the world. These men’s unbroken determination made them
have an outstanding personality in the world. Even though their past was ugly,
they rewrote their history by their determination. You too can re-write your
history today by making up your mind to focus on your goal and future.
“I pray for you;
“May your determination
to be great in life, never be broken”
“And may you never be a
disappointment to your family and your word”
“I pray for you;
“May every bad habit
that will not allow you to succeed be taken away from your life today.
“May you be a wonder to
your generation in the name of Jesus
PRAYER
1.
Oh Lord, give me an unbroken
determination to succeed in life
2.
Give me an unbroken determination live a
God kind of life
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