I LOST TWO YEARS
January 12, 2022
I LOST 2 YEARS...
I failed a major exam in my third year of High School. I had to repeat that year. My mates went on to the fourth year, I stayed.
In my pre-degree year at the university, I failed again. I also repeated the whole year. My mates went on to their first year at the university, I stayed and retook the pre-degree year.
Academically, those were some of my major failures in life. They made me cry, depressed and sad but God was up to something.
Mathematically, I lost two full years but God does not do mathematics with our lives. How do I know?
The very same young man who lost two full years ended up completing his Ph.D. thesis at the age of 26!
Why am I sharing this with you?
Listen, I need you to know, God does not do mathematics with your life.
Men would look at your life and see where you have failed and try to do the calculation so they can make an inference and judgment over your life.
They would look at your current age and the fact that you are not married yet, and they would conclude it's too late for you.
They would look at your failures in business and the fact that you have not been successful at any endeavour yet, so they would conclude that you are a failure in life.
They would look at the fact that you are caught in some sort of addiction and declare you cannot make it in life.
Whatever your story is, men may have concluded that you are a failure following their mathematical calculation.
But their calculation and mathematics do not hold water because they did not create you.
The only one that can draw conclusions about your life is the one that created and predestinated you! And God has not given any man the right to conclude over you! Ain't you glad?
My plea with you is that you should not conclude on your life if God has not concluded on your life. Don't give up on your life when God hasn't given up on you.
Don't cut short God's work in your life.
Like in my case, God wants to make you a showcase to the world of what He is able to do with a failure, a reject, and an outcast.
All God needs from you is to surrender your life and story to Him and let Him redirect it towards the destination He has set for you way before the foundations of the earth.
If this post is talking about you, I need you to declare boldly, "Lord, I surrender".
I believe in you.
- Dr. Samuel Ekundayo | The Purpose Preacher
Picture an eagle in a cage. No matter how beautiful the cage is, the eagle was not designed to live in a cage. It was designed to soar on the highest heights and mountains with courage and flair. No matter the lure of the cage, it can never surpass the freedom of the eagle soaring in all expanse of the skies in all of its glories and strength. Like the eagle trapped, too many brilliant, gifted, called individuals are trapped in the cage of careers they were not designed for. They can never command their true worth and value, they can only eat the crumbs they are being fed by their captors. The lure of salaries and pennies that will never satisfy keeps them in such cages. They would rather remain in the rat race than take the risks for their freedom and glory. The Bible says, "If the Son (Jesus) sets you free, you will be free indeed." - John 8:36 As a child of God, you can break free! You were not designed to be caged! Any job that does not give you the freedom to express your gifts, talents and calling is a cage. One of the biggest graveyards of purpose I see is this graveyard of unfulfilling careers. People get jobs only for the sake of earning, rather than fulfilling their life's calling and pursuing what matters to them. But here's the truth: The careers you were not designed for will not satisfy you. They will leave you with voids and emptiness. At the end of your career, you would lack true legacy, influence and impact. Your time to break free is now. I believe in you. Dr Samuel Ekundayo
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