LIFE – That School You Never Graduate From Until Death

I have seen several people who think they have gotten to that place where they know all there is to know about life or an area of life but I disagree with them; instead, I belong to the school of thought that says life is indeed a school which no one graduates from as long as they are still living. There is another group of people who believe there is nothing to learn from a certain group of people because they know what such people know or even more and they may be right. I bet Balaam thought he knew all a donkey would ever know or do until his donkey spoke. There is no master at this game called life or any part of it. You would be surprised at who God would choose to enlighten your understanding. For we all are in this school of life until we return to our maker. The only master at this is Jesus Christ the son of God. He is indeed life. He went through it and came out victorious passing every single examination even the worst of them all which was death on the cross.

John 14: 6a “I am the way, the truth and the life”

Just when you think you know almost everything, then you find that there is more to know. I love learning new things and like to think I am open enough to learn new things fast but I must admit that I often don’t like the way life teaches. The lessons are not in a book which one reads neither are the exams written; the lessons are active and real whilst the exams are even more real experiences that one will never forget, for the pain, though as life progresses one then begins to remember them with joy. I believe God sometimes allows pressure to force our minds to expand. The truth is there is no going forward in life without facing mountains; we will have to either, destroy and go through or climb them but go forward we must. We have to determine which ones we need to climb separate from the ones that must be brought down so we don’t waste energy that we need for the journey of life bringing down what one should go over. Interestingly, there is nothing any one is going through that someone else hasn’t been or is going through and will yet go through successfully. We are made to go through it all successfully and graciously and the only way is to keep our eyes on the one who wrote and finished our faith. You have to be very focused on Him. No wonder God counselled Joshua to remain in the word.

Hebrews 12: 2 “we do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfect our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame.”

Joshua 1: 8 “Study this book of instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it.”

Going through life successfully requires courage. To expand, we must confront our fears and whilst confronting it, one may still have fears but like they say “you have to do what you have to do.” The entire experience one goes through as they confront their fear is in itself, a victorious experience. I heard Bishop Jakes say that in his opinion, God was calling Moses to confront his fear when He made him pick up the snake which Moses was afraid of because he ran away from the rod when it became a snake. I agree because there must purpose to God insisting that he pick up the snake for it to become rod again because God could have done it even without him picking it up. That is the way we go through life. We don’t know what lies ahead of us and we don’t go forward because we have it all together or know how to deal with the things that we will face but deal we must otherwise we will never go forward. Each step forward is an experience that someone else could learn from as you learn bigger things, breaking from everything that threatens to hold you bound including even when people threaten to damage your image and lie against you. You must break from who you must break from; it is what it is and God must be given glory. It will be an experience that will like Moses after he confronted his fears, move you forward. After all, we have been made of no reputation.

2 Timothy 1: 7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.”

 

Meanwhile let us not be quick to guide others with our experiences because we may be a little different. Who you are or God’s purpose for your life impacts on what He guides you into and/or away from and how you go through. If you must share your experience, by all means do so and please note that I share mine too, but share only as you are led to by the Holy Spirit and let everyone decide for themselves what to make of it. The Holy Spirit is a very present Helper; for we all come to life differently and will end up facing God differently one day. I guess this must be one of the reasons God counsels that we be slow to speak and quick to hear. We must also listen well to deal appropriately in life. If we don’t listen well enough to hear and interpret correctly those things left unsaid, slight changes in details can change a story when it is reported. We must be sensitive to the reality of the fact that there are wolves in church today so we indeed dwell amongst wolves who are in sheep’s clothing. If they came like wolves, we would have known from the very beginning but they did not and still have the cloak on; they must not kill before we realize they are wolves.