Currents of Favour

Watching waterfalls could be a very exciting and an informative thing. You will see how things and people have little problem swimming or flowing with the tide. You will also notice how it could be very difficult if not impossible to swim against the tide. Swimming against the tide obviously means to swim against the water currents and that can be disturbing.

In our lives also, it is possible to swim along or against the tide. Sometimes, I see people struggling to succeed in one thing or the other and it baffles me how very difficult it is for people to understand the reason for their struggles. Definitely, we will face challenges on our way to achieving greatness. But to swim against the tide is quite another thing. It leads to unnecessary failures and heartbreaks.

What do I mean by swimming against the tide? I mean trying to achieve success in any endeavour contrary to the principles and laws that govern success specifically or generally. Every durable success must be on the platform of principles. To succeed otherwise is to build on sinking sand.

It is important to understand that favour is like a river with high currents. When we swim along with the direction of favour, we struggle less and succeed without much difficulty. Swimming against the currents of favour is an energy sapping exercise that ends in futility. If you are doing something over time and there is nothing positive to show for it, take time to examine and re-examine what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. There should be a measure of success that should go with our endeavours. It may not be in the immediate but the signs will be there and the certainty of success will keep you going even when there are no tangible results.

To swim along the currents of favour, firstly, we must understand the direction of favour. Favour isn’t everywhere and in everything at least for an individual. If you get into a business or project you are not supposed to, then you are swimming against the currents of favour. You need to be sure that what or who you want to be involved with is what or who you are supposed to be involved with. You need to find out from God if you are in the right, else you will struggle unnecessarily.

Also, you could have a good idea but a bad location can sabotage your prospects. So, currents of favour, has to do with understanding the right location for what we want to do. Not all locations are good for everybody and everything. Companies site their building in strategic places that will enhance their businesses. We must know the right location for us if we want to succeed.

Moreover, not having the right people to work with can lead to swimming against the currents of favour. Right people will determine the success and durability of a project or relationship. When you work with wrong people, you will be wondering why all your efforts are not yielding commensurately. It will be like putting money in a bag with holes. Be careful with the people you identify with because they can make or mar you.

Next is diligence. The lazy man cannot but swim against the currents of favour. This is because it takes diligence to harness opportunities and openings and this is an impossible thing as long as any man is lazy. In spite of great difficulties, a diligent person will rise to greatness. Work does not kill only laziness does.

Understanding these things will enable us to keep swimming along with favour and experiencing great results and successes that are almost unimaginable.