Thursday, August 14, 2008
Advice From You, My Readers
I was listening to the radio on my way home last night and heard an interesting suggestion. The speaker was talking about making progress on your dreams. One suggestion he made was do the thing you want to, but are afraid to do. For me, that would be attending college. But, the other advice he gave was a little more attainable. He suggested that I ask 5 of my friends what they think I should do for my life career or pursuit. So I decided to ask my blogging friends to comment. If anyone has an idea on what I should do with my life, please share. Don't feel like you have to say I would be a good writer just because you know I love to write. Be honest. Have fun and maybe I will get a good idea about where God is taking me.
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I began to think about my college education as I was finishing high school in 1985. I eventually asked God for direction. God's answer was opposed to my selfish desire to study accounting in college; afterall, I was "the super best" accounting student in high school, and my family members had been calling me "accountant". What a great pride in the flesh! I could quickly trash complex questions in accounting even while sleeping.
But God asked me to go for a college degree program with which I would not get a job in Nigeria but would prepare me for teaching and preaching - Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) - a dreadful combination. I felt miserable because I was comparing myself with others instead of going "forward" (Exodus 14:15) with the direction of God at the expense of the flesh (dangerously standing still Exodus 13, baseless weeping Exodus 14:10-12).
I finally submitted to God's will, which laid the solid foundation for my education in the United States where renowned secular professors at Indiana University used Exodus 18:14-26 and Matthew 7:12 to train me in the art and science of politics and public policy.
Depending on God's plan for my life, the moment I see now may/may not be useful for the tomorrow I have not witnessed. It is inevitable for me to depend on God for all things.
Can we still pray? Does God still guide in career choice, marriage, soulwinning, local church choice, where to be, and so on? Is God the same yesterday, today, and forever? Is God the God of the apostles' days alone?
My dear sister, pray to God and listen to Him alone. Kunle.
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