Setting Your Priorities Right. The content of this note was born out while I was doing my house chores; while washing the toilet and bathroom precisely. The analogy Im going to highlight here will solidly help convey my points to all and sundry. Please, read calmly and raptly, and may God bless you as you do so. I grew up with a single parent. My mother, Ramota Kareem single-handedly nurtured me and my siblings, the way a good mother would nurtured her children. Though, I am the male child but my mother did not fail to teach me how to do house chores, even including cooking. My mothers philosophy is quite different from that of some mothers. Those who knew me when my mother was nurturing me, might perhaps thought she was making sissy of me, but I knew she was not, rather, she was trying to raised an independent son. I cook, and do core house chores, but one particular house chores that always get me and my mother to argue is washing the bathroom and toilet. Everytime I finished washing the bathroom and toilet, my mother would definately noticed some spots and stains that I always failed to noticed. Anytime she came to inspect what I have done, I usually got angry because I knew she wouldnt give me a pass mark. But, one day, while I was washing, I discovered something interesting which formed the basis of this note. I discovered that there were some areas and angles in the bathroom and toilet that needed more concentration that the other. I discovered that I usually washed those areas the way I washed other areas that are not usually as dirty as those specific areas. See, after discovering that, I focused more attention on those sturborn areas, and paid less attention to those areas that can be easily cleaned up. I tell you, in no time, I became a pro in washing toilet and bathroom, and I grew up to love that chore. More so, my mother ceased to complain, though she wouldnt give me any complemetary remark( my mother doesnt like praising someone while that person is present, she loves doing it while the person is absent), but her silent and failure to complain would convinced me that that was a pass mark! Considering this analogy, I realised it has some correlations with our situations in life. You see, the reason why some people have utterly failed in life is because they failed to set their priorities right; they failed to put the first thing first; they failed to focused more attention on areas that needed more attentions. If we dont set our priorities right in life, we may end up in a wrong destination. And this may not be because we did not set goals, or we are not hard-working in getting to our desired haven, but it might simply be because we failed to set our priorities right. Despite the energy and dedication I put into washing the bathroom and toilet then, in the end, my mother would award me zero because I did not set my priorities right before I commenced the chore. In life, many people ended up in failure because they failed to set their priorities right. This is one reason why the Pharisees failed woefully. Read Mathew23:23. The Pharisees failed to set their priorities right. They give tithe and offering, they fas, pray and what have you, but they left the weightier matters of law, judgement, mercy, and faith: these they ought to have done, and to leave the other undone. I ask you, isnt that the disposition of many so called pastors and preachers today? They preach about grace and forget judgement; they preach about mercy and forget the ignominous experience Christ went through on the cross. Oh, may God save such preachers today! Jesus said woe unto the pharisees, not because the tithe they were giving was evil but because their priorities were wrong, and they failed to set it right. They failed! If we too dont want to meet with failure, we must not toe the line they toed, we must ensure we set our priorities right! You see, during those dark days of my life, when sin was still giving me a dreadful ride, a so called prophet saw a vision about me. He told me someone somewhere had covered my glory and he is using my destiny. He said that was why I was dull. Oh! But I thank God. The story changed when I got saved. No pastor prayed for me, but God Himself turned the table of things around for me. That day I set my priorities right and I dont need any so called seer to see vision about my life, because I now know for sure that I was born to do great things, and great things I will surely do with God by my side. See, it is good to be born again. Put the first thing first in your life and God will set things right for you. The mistake some youth make today when it comes to choosing a partner is because they failed to set their priorities right. I can go on and on to explain the exegesis on this not, but space would not allow, however, I beseech you to give God a chance in your heart right now, and you will never regret doing so. God bless you. Emmanuel Olatunji.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:30:03 +0000
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