Hello steamians and welcome to another wonderful edition of Sunday word of comfort , may you be blessed as you read to the end.
What is shaping? Shaping means to mold an object into a desired shape. It will interest you to know that God is the chief porter which means He had determine your destiny but you have every right to discover and determine the outcome of your destiny. God design but you are given right to determine the shape and the re-shaping of your destiny. Our destiny is always in our hands because we have right to determine the outcome of our destiny.
Life is all about choices because where you are today is a product of the choices you made yesterday. Therefore the shape, outcome, colour, beauty of your destiny is primarily in your hand and whatever the shape you mould your life into will determine your space in destiny. But the question is how can you shape and re-shape your destiny? The answer to this question is the reason for this teaching.
Therefore our teaching today shall be based on the acronyms SHAPE because until you have the understanding of the SHAPE you cannot have a space. And don't forget that shape of a matter have a long
way in determining its space. Then you will agree with me that your shape will determine your space in destiny. But what is this SHAPE? Following the
acronyms SHAPE is: S for Source, H for Heart A for Ability P for Personality E for Experience
SOURCE (understanding your Root)
Every destiny is connected to a source because destiny is a journey of a man going to a place to manifest and that place is called destination. For man to fulfill destiny, he must clearly define his root. And as a matter of fact he must also stay connected to the root if he does not want his destiny to wither off in life. It is equally important to choose wisely the type and nature of the root your destiny must be connected to.
The nature of the root of a tree determines the beauty and how valuable its fruit shall be. For instance a basket full of cocoa is more valuable than a basket full of tomatoes and cocoa plant will survive for years long after which tomato plant is death; and all this features are determine by the nature of the root they carries. And that is the reason why all efforts to make a tree bear much fruit is mostly concentrated at the root of the tree. So also in the race of destiny, the nature of the root of a man's destiny will determine how colourful his destiny will be.
Now who is your source, God or Satan? Donot forget that you cannot connect to the father except through the Son. You need Him in your life because a life void of Christ is a sinking ship, that is, you do not have any destiny that could be call glorious at all.
I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5
####ACTION POINT
• Stay connected to the true source (God) through Christ
• For revelation because without revelation there is no elevation
• For Divine ideas because without ideas you cannot rule your world
• For Divine direction because without direction there can never be distinction
HEART (Having the right mentality)
Man is essentially the product of his thought.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee. Proverbs 23:7
It is because God will not do anything without the approval of man's mind. But without thy mind would I do-nothing.
Philemon 1:14
And whatever a man can imagine he is given power to become.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now NOTHING WILL BE RESTRAINED from them, which they have IMAGINED to do. Genesis 11:6
thought is, will determine how colourful the destination of your destiny will be. The problem of many today especially the youth is not that they are not thinking but they are thinking wrongly. For instance:
• I will go to school, study hard to get good result so that I can get good job– wrong mentality.
• Government could not provide job and therefore I am jobless – wrong mentality
• In government work there is job security – wrong mentality
• I did not make it because my brother/sister did not help me and therefore I am very angry – wrong mentality
• To make it in this country is very hard because her economy is bad and our currency is not hard currency – wrong mentality;
to mention but a few. Friends until you begins to think right of what to do with your life nothing can be right. Don't forget that people are not poor because they don't have enough but are poor because they don't think enough.
ACTION POINT
• Guide your heart(mind) jealously because out of it are issues of life
• Discipline your thought (Phil 4:8)
• Develop a winning mentality
• Always think right and think Big
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ABILITY (You are Gifted to be lifted)
Every man is gifted to be lifted. (Proverbs 18:16). It will also interest you to know that every man is gifted to equip him to occupy his specific space in destiny.
Therefore no matter how small a gift might be thought to be it is given to beautify and add colour to your destiny. As small as playing harp in the midst of sheep can be, through that David find his way to the palace.
(1 Samuel16:17-19).
Joseph never neglects the gift in him even in the prison which paved his way to the palace. In fact one of the sign post to locating God's purpose to one's life is to discover your gift (natural endowment). They are your natural instinct, what you have natural flair for, what you do with ease without a formal training in most cases. They often look ordinary but they might be what God assign you to do which is called Divine Assignment.
(Jeremiah 1:5)
ACTION POINTS
• Discover your gift (Knowing your natural endowment)
• Grow your gift (Start using your gift)
• Master your gift (Practice more to improve upon your gift)
• Trade your gift (Don't hid your talent let people know what you can do)
• Immortalize your gift (Go beyond your limit)
• Insured your gift (by using your gift for God)
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PERSONALITY (Your TEMPERAMENT- the template for your destiny)
Temperament is the combination of traits with which we are born. Character is our “civilized” temperament. Personality is the “face” we show others.
This is the natural nature of man which often make him act the way he do.
But as Christian now having the nature of Christ in us, we now have access to the transformed temperament by the help of the Holy Spirit. Dr. HenryBrandt once said,
“You can use your background as an excuse for present behaviour only until you receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour. After that you have a new power within you that is able to change your conduct.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK...
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