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...

I believe you are familiar with the saying “A Square Peg In a Round Hole” or “ A Round Peg in a Square Hole”? That is the kind of situation we will have when we find ourselves doing things just because of what people will say about us. I am not in any way suggesting that we should go around disrespecting the authorities or disregarding laid down rules, but all I am saying is that one should do what God has wired him to do irrespective of what society will think about him.   We should also be bold enough to challenge the Status Quo. What matters in life is what God says about us, I remember what the scriptures says in Luke 2:40(GNB) “The child grew and became strong; he was full of wisdom, and God's blessings were upon him.” And Luke_2:52(KJV) “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”   From this scripture, Jesus Christ found favour before God first, in other words he gave what God has called him to do a priority. Once we do tha...

                      I am sure some of my readers are not very clear about what I meant by Jonah’s Kind of reputation. So I want to take my time to explain it in a definite term. But before we look at Jonah’s kind of reputation, it will be instructive for us to understand the meaning of the word reputation. Reputation by general definition, means views that are generally held about somebody or something, it also among other definitions, means a high opinion people or society hold about somebody or a thing.  For example there was a Philistine named Goliath and he was called a champion because the people held him in high esteem as an unconquerable man of war from his youth -  1 Samuel 17:4(KJV)  “And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span” and 1 Samuel 17:33(KJV) “And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this ...

Therefore, LORD, please kill me, because it's better for me to die than to live!"  Jonah 4:3(KJV)   Before we start this cruise, let me tell you a very fascinating and pertinent story – The story is about a well-known, respected, powerful and anointed man of God, who has been used by God to wrought mighty miracles. Together with his team they planned a crusade in one of the remotest village which is noted for having a powerful witch doctor who has charmed and captivated the whole town with his supernatural powers.  This witch doctor was feared and also well respected in the community. However, the sudden news of the arrival of the man of God for his planned crusade got to the attention of this witch doctor and he saw this as chance to prove the superiority of his powers to everybody as well as maintain his spiritual caliphate over the village. As expected, the man of God and his team arrived at the village and began to pray in preparation towards their impe...

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”  1 st  John 5:4(KJV). As we draw the curtain to a close on this series, one thing that is clear is that- God wants us to overcome any recurrent sin of sexual impropriety as stated in 1Corinthians_6:18(KJV ) “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” It’s the father’s desire that each of his children should live a life of holiness and He has provided that grace for us to triumph over sin in Christ Jesus. After making your mind up to stop this addiction, you must seek external help. In your bid to do that ·          Seek Help from a matured believer – Overcoming pornographic addiction is not very easy when you are on your own, so the advice here is to seek help from matured believers and pastors. One of the barriers to s...

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”    Proverbs 28:13 (KJV) Pornographic addiction just like any other sin plaguing the human race can be overcome. However, overcoming this magnetic addiction is only possible when the addict comes to terms with the fact that he has a problem, needs  a help and the fact that the help can only come when he collaborate with God. Let Go back and study King David attitude towards the sin of sexual impropriety he finds himself in according to 2 Samuel 12:12 -13 (KJV) “For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.” You will notice from the verse 13A of the scripture when the Lord confronted King David sins through Prophet Nathan he responded by saying “And David said unto...

A nation’s character is mostly a reflection of what has been happening at home, I mean the family. History has it that most leaders who have impacted the world both positively and negatively, picked those motivation from their family or their immediate environment. Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil men in history who spearheaded a campaign of industrialized slaughter that was rooted in an anti-Semitic feelings was said to have come from a dysfunctional home, this filled him with a lot of anger and self-esteem problems. Hitler waged a war that claimed over 40 million lives of which over half of them were civilians. While the average person of his days dreamt of a bliss family life, all that occupied Hitler’s mind was war and the destruction of the Jewish people who he blamed as the source of everything that was wrong in the German society. Adolf Hitler’s dysfunctional family had a negative impact on his live and how he viewed things and this eventually affected his country...