DO NOT GIVE UP IN THE DAYS OF ADVERSITY

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now, wherever he is and make a brand new effort for a brand new day to secure a brand new life and a brand new end.

Your best days have just begun. You have everything awaiting your enjoyment; therefore, do not give up in the days of adversity. No matter what you have gone through in the past, realize that you cannot change the past, but you can do something positive today that will enable you to live happily all the days of your life. You may even be going through some hurts and difficulties right now that those around you do not seem to understand. The pain may have taken hold of a major part of you that you are even considering the option of suicide. Listen, this is not the time to die, but a time to live, and prove to your enemies that you are not created a failure!

You may say, ‘this guy does not understand the mess I am in right now. If he does, will quite understand that I have tried everything, but I only have one option left-death’ Friend listen, I understand completely how you feel. I was once at his point five years back. So, I know exactly how it feels to watch others enjoying while your life is a catalogue of one problem or the other. I know how it feels for all your friends and family members to abandon you to fate. I know how it feels to see all those you have relied on all your life, praying that you die because your life is sort of becoming an embarrassment to them. To day the case is different because I decided to live after hearing a comforting word from my spiritual father. I heard his testimony- a testimony of success in the midst of fierce adversity. He shared with us how God transformed him from a dismal failure to a voice to be reckoned with. Today he lives a radiating and relevant figure. I said to myself if God can change his life after going through all that mess, he can change mine. I bet you, he does! I never thought life could be this meaningful, but God made it possible through obedience to the voice of wisdom from his man servant- papa Ayo Oritsejafor.

Friend, despite your adversity, do not forget to understand that difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience. And some day, you will be thankful for some of the challenges that came your way. But for those challenges, you would not have taken a pragmatic step to transform your life. When one door closes realize that many others are open, and if you can look carefully, you will see a dependable and profitable one. Your disappointments, hurts, pains and failures were allowed because there is a divine appointment waiting to greet you with gladness and prosperity. There is a fundamental truth I want you to print indelibly in your heart, and for emphasis I will want to state it clearly in red.

“Our finest moments are most likely to happen when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, unloved, insignificant and without help. For it is only in such moments, moved by our discomfort and despicable experience, that we are likely to dare to step out of our ruts and begin a search for different ways and better answers”

Determine today that you will not give up now amongst footmen because you must still soar bravely to run with horsemen for your greater and significant achievements. An achievement that the present and future generation will look up to, and find solace in the time of need. This is an accomplishment that will bring an undulating glory to your creator, Lord and maker. The future beckons on you, and a life of fulfillment awaits your rising. Let this be your moment of courage; your day to rise and say, ‘this is not a time to die, but a time to live. This is a time to enjoy life and satisfaction from the almighty God.  This is a time to be a blessing to my generation, and not a curse’. There is time for everything, and this is not only your time, but your turn to experience the love of God and be free from the grip of every power that wants to see you die. Since they cannot kill you while you are in your mothers womb, they will not succeed to kill with frustration. You have survived the greatest battle- the battle of conception. You took the lead and arrived planet earth safely, and no power in Hades can stop you from become a success. You are a star; do not give up in the days of adversity, and all your wasted years shall be turned to gainful years.

The future beckons on you!