BUILDING CAPACITY 4 GREATNESS.
- the power of choice; your right to life is your ability to make choice.
- the power of focus; you are as strong as your focus.
- the Concept of time; as an application to/for industrialization
-the power of the mind; thoughts and imagination. 3 Jn. 2
When talking about a youth or youth, you make reference to three things;
(1) Strength
(2) Opportunity
(3)
Time. One cannot talk about opportunity effectively with out talking about time, hence our definition of the subject will be built around these three words, which are considered the building blocks of the character called "youth"
To enable this subject, first! (1) who am i? (2) what am i? (3) where am i? (4) what am i? This question identifies the circumference of our universe as a man. They could as well be described as the four cardinal point of our human geography, this is because like the earth and it's poles, (north, south, east and west) the youth is to these questions; until your deliberate responds to this questions your world is incomplete. Responding to these questions is like connecting the various point of your life, thereby defining your moment and your time by purpose. (1) Who am i? Is a question directed at your personality. what's your personality? PERSONALITY (personage). You can't do more than you are, which is why you have to understand your DNA,(i.e your make up) to know what you are designed for. Why is it important to know who you are? It's because everything (you will ever become) in life is, can and will only respond to you on one account, and that's "who" if you don't define your self everything becomes undefined, your person is so important because it creates an identity, and every identity is a "brand" so, who are you? Its not enough to know your; name, parents or family you are from, understand that there is more to you than known, do you realise that if you don't know you, you can't speak about you? and ultimately can't do about you. You are what you are, by who you are! (2) What are you? Is a question directed at your capacity. What's your capacity? CAPACITY. To be able to "do about you" "you should be able to know about you". Your ability to answer to "who you are" becomes your capacity for "what you are". You develop strength from knowing who you are and character from knowing what you are. The reason why so many people are weak to success is courtesy to the fact that they don't know what they are,which is why I think there is a difference between "growth and development" your character is schooled from the knowledge of "who" to building "what" are you? Let me challenge you with this question, what can you do? The issue now is, what is God's purpose for my life? The consequence of purpose therefore is that you can't make or create value without purpose and thus your journey towards becoming relevant is abated, this is because when values are miss placed purposes are abused, and once this is the case the actual fact becomes the reality, understand this child of God you are a dream! Whose dream by the way? Gen. 1:26 And God said, let's us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the foul of the air, and over the cattle, and all the earth, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. God's dream! and in his dream there is a plan. The dream of God for your life is as important as your life, because you will have to answer to purpose, every time God looks at you, He sees ahead of you, He sees a nation, it's not all about you, it's all about His plans. Gen. 25:23,28:29,32:28,35:10. Genesis 25:23-34 (KJV)
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. [24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. [25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. [26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. [27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. [28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. [29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: [30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. [31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. [32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? [33] And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. [34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. Genesis 32:28 (KJV)
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis 35:10 (KJV)
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. Can you see, how God transits from calling Jacob as Jacob to calling him as Israel, He moved him from just being a man to becoming a nation, and a nation is made up of systems, cultures, government and people. Hello! A product is best defined by its manufactural, the transition was from being blessed to being a blessing, please understand that by the "law of significant" your answering to purpose is not by success but by fulfilment, this is the measure of your greatness, the status of greatness is you being a nation and not just a man, as a man your consigned is success but as a nation, you prioritise on fulfilment. All Jacob wanted was for himself but what God wanted for him was for others, the big question is can God trust you with the life of others? God conducted a naming ceremony for Jacob, by the simple act of name change, God was making a statement about his destiny, that it's not about you but others, to maximise your status to greatness you must recognise and understand the place of "DISCOVERY" until you are alone with yourself and by yourself, you can never be accepted to your self. Notice in Gen. 33, he still addressed as Jacob and not by the name of his new status, the reason is because,there are issues, to settle, What are the issues standing between you and your greatness? When Esua saw him, he didn't not see him as Israel, but as Jacob, why? It's because Jacob was under transition, people mistake you for your past, Elisha said to Elijah, if you can see me in my moment of change double portion will be yours,what happened to Mary and the disciples who saw Jesus after resurrection? They could not recognise Him, Mary wanted touching Him after she was told, thinking, He his still but NO! This is the resurrected Jesus that must not compromise being touched, being related to from the past, it's amazing that when people want to describe you,it's based on what you were in the past and that's no fault of theirs because all they have seen and known about you is from the past, but God's, from the future, because that's what's He knows and sees. You transit on account of your vision off and in Gods word,
Rm. 12:2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind...
Until Gods word changes you, you don't amount to Gods will and plans for your life. STRENGTH
The property of being physically or mentally strong. Over time the world technology of the world as transformed hard work into smart work
THE POWER OF CHOICE
Your right to life is your ability to make choice, I consider this to be your human right. Your choice is/ are your decision, an act of indecision is an act of decision.
