WISDOM'S ARENA

There is a popular maxim in my local parlance that goes like this “He who sells his sickness, will definitely find a cure for it” it means that knowing your problems and seeking to resolve it , is actually solving the problem in itself, and choosing to sell your sickness means that you know your exact sickness. There is a difference between knowing that you have a problem and doing nothing about it on one hand, and knowing the problem and doing something about it on the other hand. I have met people who know that they a have problem yet they choose not to do anything about it and I have equally met people who have come to terms with the problems confronting them and then decided to do something about the problem. The latter always have the problem solved, whereas the former is continually plagued by their problems. The bibles says that “ The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” Psalm 34:18(KJV) In the case of the...

                 As strange as it may seem, I think the greatest day that awaits those of us who believe in Jesus Christ and walk with Him is the day we exit from this material world. To us, death should be a blissful transition into an eternal weight of Glory; our lives in this material world is part of the pilgrimage we embarked on, the day we accepted Jesus as our Lord and personal savior to that city; the city whose builder is God the creator of the universe himself according to Hebrews 11:10 (KJV) “For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” .  Having this hope and assurance it is important our lives should be rid of any attachment to this world and material possession as well as filth.      How we conduct ourselves in this world is very important; our conduct in this world should bear similitude to that of our patriarchs who refused to be too mindful of the material...