Time To Man Up

When you are very kindhearted, many people will mistake it that you are weak. They often feel you won't do anything, afterall, you're meek. And the Bible says the meek will inherit the earth, right? But the meekness of a Lion does not change its identity to roar when the need arises. Many people want to shove every junk down your throat and have you say, 'Hey, brother, bless you!' You know what, no matter how kind you are, you will sometimes have to draw a line to sieve the chaff from the real deal. The Bible reminds us of something profound, wisdom is profitable to direct. Eccl.10:10
Jesus, at some point in his ministry came to the house of God and over turned the tables of those who were buying and selling, telling them that his father's house has to be a house of prayer, not a den of robbers,Matt.21:13. People would have been shocked, how would gentle Jesus be able to kill an ant. But he who is the Prince of Peace is also the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. It's a complete identity, a full package.

Sometime ago, we contracted a lawyer and he commenced the registration of our NGO, Motivators International. After he received all the payment and every other document processed, he kept telling stories before the certificate would be out, apparently something fishy has happened to part of the money. After more than three months of waiting, of calling, pleading, imploring, I drew the line. I went back to report him to higher authorities where he works and in less than 24 hours, the certificate got processed. When I saw the certificate, I found out that it was supposed to have been ready more than one month ago. Nature needed me to put in a little straight face.

Along the part to your next level, you may have to man up. You may have to stop petting your problems. Confront your challenges, head on. Look your mountain in the face and tell it, "Get lost!" This is what life is. Wisdom whispers to our ears when to hold on, when to go in for a fight, when to show restraint, when to have patience.

Diplomacy is important but in the event that this fails, draw from your arsenals, confront your challenges in the place of prayer, speak to someone, make a move, back up your faith with action. If you are married to a man who keeps using you as a talking drum, making you cry like you are married to Onions, you have to man up. Don't die in silence, seek counseling.

The only way to become a hero is to demolish your Goliath. But you can't be a giant-killer when you lack the David kind of guts, that runs after giants with a sling, a rock and the name of the Lord. You have to believe that your five loaves and two fish can feed your five thousand when you give thanks, you have to switch on your faith and trust that your pot of oil will not run dry if God is involved.
Man up friend, if God be for you, who can be against you?