Your good plan will never come to pass if the conditions for its fulfillment are not met by you and all the other factors involved.
This is why some people are heavily invested in forcing those conditions to fit their plans, and their plans are mostly bad. They will use magic, manipulation, diabolic charms, prayers, hypnosis, false advertisements, fasting, and many other metaphysical tricks to make things happen their way.
[These are the people that most people admire today, because they have forced themselves to the top of their games.]
Does that make you a loser? NO! It does NOT!
You may not believe in a force called God, the Devil, or spirits. Yet you cannot deny the impact of invisible market forces such as inflation, or political forces such as government policies.
A governor can wake up with a sick idea tomorrow morning and, because he’s the governor, it becomes a policy that shapes how you can operate your business and live your life.
Do not think your good plans will save you from such things!
Your ten million naira that could buy a car can suddenly become the price of a motorcycle, and it is not your fault.
This is real life.
Don’t allow yourself to get caught up in the emotional trauma that has sent many to psychiatric hospitals and others to the grave earlier than they planned.
Slow down and live your life in the moment you have. Save your heart from avoidable pain!
Your good plan is not enough to make your life great. You need something more, and I will take the risk of telling you what it might be.
When inflation hits and your ₦100,000 can no longer buy more than half of what it used to, do you think God or the Devil was behind the inflation?
Believe whatever you want. These factors and forces affect your good plan, even though you did not personally invite them. In fact, these forces do not know you exist, and they do not care!
One of the most powerful forces affecting our lives on this planet is the decisions and intentions of other human beings. A total stranger on Facebook can make a decision that will impact your life and that of your family. This does not make them your enemy, as they do not even know you.
Should that make you feel powerless over your life? NO! It should NOT!
But it should tell you something about life:
We are all connected in ways we cannot escape, and the earlier we accept this reality, the better we can handle life and whatever conditions we are faced with.
When you see those who are broken down by these situations because they could not handle them, do not call them weak. We cannot all function at the same capacity at all times.
But YOU, as a person, can still do something about it today.
- Imagine all the pain in the world today because someone decided Black people should be enslaved.
- Look at how many hearts and families are shattered because some South Africans suddenly woke up to say, “Nigerians Must Go!”
Instead of crying about this, even though it’s truly sad, let us learn something about life:
Life may be good for you today and bad for you tomorrow. Nobody has it all good. For even God, who is considered the Creator and ultimate Owner of life, sometimes has to accept this sad fact: many of His creations will be submerged in shambles just because someone, somewhere, made a bad decision!
Summarizing:
A good plan without a reality check is a fool’s plan.
Accept these realities of life today, then plan your way through them. After all, life was here before you, and life will remain after you have left this world.
I greet you with honour and recognize your majesty!
In the next scene, we shall look at what you can actually do about it. But if you don’t accept today’s reality, you are already headed in the wrong direction in life, and you will find the next message useless!
…a Word is too much for the wise…
The Shepherd Way…