Birthday!

My birthday was on Oct. 3 and it’s a date I cherish as it offers me opportunity to cast my mind back in retrospect and see the manifold blessings of God for which I owe Him thanks. God has been gracious to me on every side and I have so many reasons to thank Him.

On my birthday last year, I was single but this year I’m married to the most important woman on earth. To make things wonderful, her birthday is also Oct 3. So you can imagine what a memorable time it could have been. Is it a coincidence or what? I think it is a coincidence orchestrated by God. I deeply appreciate God for the privilege to be married. I did an article on the greatest treasure we can ever have recently on my other blog: http://realmenonline.blogspot.com/ , I think it will wise to check it up.

Every year our birthday comes around and that should tell us many things. Firstly, it is important to know that we don’t have all the time to waste. With each tick of the clock, we are getting closer to our graves. We can’t retrieve lost times and so it becomes important to maximize the time we have left on earth to do worthy things that will affect humanity for good and bring glory to God. We must live with eternity in view because whether we like it or not, we can’t stay here forever. To do this effectively, we need to understand our purpose and pursue it with vigour. There is no place for laziness and laxity. We must live like people who have no time because we don’t have much it to make our contribution.

Secondly, it tells us that God has given us a whole year to improve ourselves and the society at large. The question is -have you improved in the last one year? Someone has said that in the next ten years the world will still be the same except for two things: the books you would have read and the people you would have met. What are the books you have read in the last one year? How have they helped you in your development? If you are still thinking the same way you were thinking by last year it’s a sign that you might not improved much. Who are the people you have met and how have they affected your life in this last one year? Are you getting better or worse? You are the only one who can answer these all-important questions and you have to answer them.

Thirdly, it tells us that if we don’t do anything about our state we will still remain where we are now by next year. Someone also said that the only thing some people do is to get old. You can’t afford to live your life just to get old. You are created to improve on yourself using all the available resources God has made available to you. It’s time to get better and move forward. One of the finest truths I have discovered is that anybody can get better. It is important to make sure that we keep improving every year. Don’t let next year meet you where you are today.

In conclusion, I pray for you that you will be all that God has designed and empowered you to be so that by next year you will have something to celebrate.