Inspiring the New Generation 17
DIG THE FOUNDATION FIRST
Don’t do things exactly the way the successful do their things if you don’t know why. They have sown tears, perspirations and struggles to get to where they are today. You cannot walk with utmost untainted ease if you have not paid the price. In the dictionary sweat comes before sweet. Sweat first, and then you shall enjoy the sweet.
Before you copy the art and act of others, know how they got to where they are so that you wouldn’t be copying things that are not suitable for your present phase or stage of life. Before you buy the finished branded product, you need to know what is inside.
Recently a friend was sharing with me why I should do certain things like the great ministers. I told him that will be the beginning of frustration. Sometimes, we don’t have the resources to match the grandeur, programs and projects some certain people ahead of us are embarking on; yet we think that is the only way to get to the top of our career, ministry or vocation. He cited examples of those who were ahead of us. When we look out these days, ministry programs and outlooks are so similar we seem to be doing things the same way. The bulk of us don’t know why they do things in that certain way; being affected by the bandwagon syndrome.
I told him, those who seem to be God’s generals were once distinctive in their calling; it is the aftermath of growth that brought about structures – these structures are necessary for large ministries and organizations to avoid loss of focus. By trial and error, practice and practice, then we too find our own structures to lean on.
For ministers, some were going from town to town like missionaries, some hold many outdoor programs, and some holds seminars to pull the influence they have today. Then the crowd came and they need structure. As a starter, you may need structure but not their kinds; but such that is peculiar to your level of growth.
I told him, we too have to go to the foundations of our ministry, callings and organizations and get planted strong roots. We cannot begin roofing what had no foundation. The foundation comes before the structures and the roofing. We must go down deep into the dirt. The foundation may seem untidy yet it is necessary to bear the future structure. In a nutshell, let us not begin to build the roof when we have not yet laid a foundation.
Don’t copy the successful people if you don’t know what they put in their foundation to avoid wrecking your vision.
*WALE ADEWUMI*
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