Skip to main content

The Youth Proverbs (Vol.18): "Want vs Need

There is a picture in the heart of every man,
Of who he wants to be,
Of what he wants to become,
Of what he wants!
There is how every man feels it should be,
No man wants nothing,
Every man with desires in his heart,
Every man with his willpower.

In truth, every one has a need,
Every man in need of something,
Howbeit, what he wants is not his needs,
The want clashes.

Want and need clash,
One crushes another,
One prevails,
The two is not the best but one.

Better is the need even if it tastes bitter,
It tastes sweet at the end,
Than the sweet wants that ends bitterly,
Make your needs your wants.

There is a thought in His heart,
That you need in whole,
So high as the heavens to the earth,
Yet man must find it to find his way.

Do not miss your way on your way to finding your way,
O'Youth! The way is at the center of His thought,
His will is full of your needs,
But your willpower must bend to His will first.

If it must be His purpose for you,
You can not follow your way,
If you must get there,
You must follow the route in His thought.

Starting, it can not be smooth,
But the smoothest if you will not grumble,
It will appear the longest route,
But the shortest ever.

When your will clashes with God's will for you,
Let His will crush down your will,
When your will is crushed,
Your needs show forth.

In a Nutshell;
The way of God is the only route to your destiny fulfillment in life.
        Myself as an instance, I loved doing things just the way I loved it done. I used to surround myself with loads of principles that hindered me to flow with God's mindset. It is recently I discovered it will never work that way. It can not be that easy to bend to His will, but that is the only option if you want to fulfill your purpose of existence in life.
        God who created us have us at the center His thought. He has plans and purpose for each of us which is left to us to discover. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11). He has pocessed a future for you already, only for you to follow His ways. Your own thoughts and ways can never be His.  "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9). He knows what He holds for you in and your future. You can not know all, you can only know what He reveals to you. 
          Yes, the truth remains that all you can know is only what He reveals to you. You can not know the mind of God unless you are intimated with Him in love and reverence. "The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning." (Psalms 25:14). To know the will of God for your life, you must be just like a bosom friend to Him. A bosom friend always wants to please his friend and the only way to please God is to follow His way.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

THE MIRROR: IDENTITY AND SELFHOOD

Identity. It’s the essence of who you are—your personality, the core of your being. Selfhood, on the other hand, is the expression of that identity, the way you present yourself to the world. Think back to a time when you had to show your identity card. Do you remember the reaction of the person you handed it to? Likely, they nodded in approval, having seen all the necessary information about you on that card. Your identity, in that moment, was defined by the details captured on that small piece of plastic. But identity is more than just what's written on a card. It’s how you define yourself and how others perceive you. It’s the name you give yourself, the image you project, and the way people recognize you. Selfhood is often conveyed through three key aspects: - Dressing (Your Appearance) - Actions (What You Do and How You Do It) - Speech (The Words You Speak and How You Utter Them)  Dressing (Your Appearance) There’s a common saying: "Appearance shows the manner." Where...

25 Templates Of Singlehood

In this context, templates refer to foundational truths about something. In other words, it is the basics, the realities and Principles of something. Therefore, there are basic truths about Singlehood Season. These basic truths might be strange to majority of youths of this generation, but if they can be layed in your hearts, they will help in sailing through the season. # Singlehood is a Season. # Singlehood is a state of being unmarried. # Singlehood Season will expire. # Singlehood with God is the foundation and stepping stone to success. # The best Season to create intimacy with the Holy Spirit (God) is the Singlehood. # Singlehood is a Season to spread the gospel of Christ. # Success in every other Seasons of life is dependent on the lifestyle led in the Singlehood. # Learning is easy during the Singlehood Season. # Singlehood is a Season to learn the life lessons. # Singlehood is a Season to learn self-control. # Singlehood is a Season to know yourself (Self-Study). #...

TIME AND SEASON

Time simply means passing periods, that is, the progressive movement of period. Time is progressive. Time is measured in minutes and hours. Basically, The seasons are the main periods into which a year can be divided and which each have their own typical weather conditions.  Season can also refer to the period during which a particular activity or event takes place. Time and season work pari passu. Season expires in the progression of time, and time swallows up each season.     The life we live as human being is for a season (period of time), and whatever we do here on Earth awaits judgement. Hence, man passes through different stages of life which are marked by seasons. There are five (6) major stages of human life, they are; Infancy, Childhood, Puberty,Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Mid-Adulthood and Late Adulthood. These stages is what I further group in to  four (4) seasons of human life which are; The Infancy/Childhood Stage/Puberty T...