STRONGER THAN YOUR PAST
STRONGER THAN YOUR PAST
If it were not for grace, some of us would have been destroyed and long forgotten. But thanks to God who continually wins the victory for us in Christ Jesus.
I'll be sharing two of my life's experiences that has made me stronger than I used to be.
Very early in my Secondary School days, my parents finances went into a state of coma. Everything went off just like that and I as well as my siblings began to go off and on to school. I had to move from one school to another and eventually, school stopped for me altogether.
My Parents were more than willing, but their financial power was terribly weak. We barely managed to survive daily.
Luckily for me, someone offered to obtain the WAEC form for me the exact year I was supposed to finish secondary school and even enrolled me in a "Special Center". Examination began and I felt all was gonna be fine. Little did I know that, that exam was going to be the beginning of O'level Examinations for me.
As the years went by, I wrote series of O'level examinations ranging from WAEC to GCE to NECO. In some, I had just one of two credits, in another, i had F9, in most others, it was either my result was withheld or every candidate in my Center didn't get their result for that year.
This began in the year 2006/2007. I didn't get my O'level result until late 2017.
For real? Some would think all these are farce or exaggerations, but NO. At some point, my own Parents were not sure if I had gotten the result completely or not because like me, they also had lost count of the number of examinations I took.
As prearranged by God, I was able to gain admission with an incomplete result six years after secondary school and even graduated with a First Class in 2015! Surprised? But I still couldn't get this result from school until about three years after.
I Persisted.
My second experience is on my spiritual life. For years, I struggled with a particular grave sin which was a thorn in my flesh. Severally, I placed curses on my self to die the next time I did it, but I was far too addicted and the devil was always glad to watch me give him pleasure at the expense of my spiritual growth and relationship with my God. My parents thought all was well. People around me never suspected but within me and between God and I, all was far from well.
I needed a higher force to break loose. Something and Someone greater than the enemy and avenger. The same enemy who uses us to satisfy his pleasure is still the same who accuses and avenge that sin after it has been done.
God sent help. I got delivered after more than ten years of that phase.
The illustrations above are issues not beyond the ordinary in the sense that they can happen to anyone. But the bitter truth is - not many people realize their need for God. The Bible calls Him "The One who is mighty to deliver, the Strong and the Breasted One.
Apart from disciplined efforts, we can make on our own part to be free from an addictive habit or break free from a recurrent past, the need for God can not be over emphasized.
On these two issues, did I pray? Oh yes I did! The night I got my final O'level result and showed my Mum with tears, I will never forget what she said: "God did not forget you".
I could have allowed myself to wallow in self-pity of defeat from failure after spending savings upon savings year in year out repeating the same thing, or I could have allowed myself to keep on enjoying the pleasure of the devil when I know who I should be giving pleasure to; God.
No one has the right to judge anyone by their past because we all have it. Yesterday is absolutely gone and nothing can be done about it. But you also have no right to relive any past that God has given you victory over. If I had given up, there wouldn't have been any testimony today.
My relationship with God has received a touch though it is still a far cry from what I want it to be. If you remember the past, let it be to return all the glory back to Him and not because you miss living life that way.
Never allow the devil use your past against you. I know that feeling because I was once there. The devil is a fake lion who roars just to scare, its is duty. Know who you are in Christ. Know your God. Discipline yourself and be determined never to go BACK to the former things;past. If the past had great things to offer all of us, there wouldn't be a today. Strive to be Stronger Than Your Past. victory is possible ONLY in Christ Jesus. If He did it for me as wretched and far gone as I was, His mercy is enough to do same for you.
Come to the one who can make you Stronger Than all Your Pasts. He'll make a Lemon juice out of your Lemon.
OWA ENITAN TAIWO
If it were not for grace, some of us would have been destroyed and long forgotten. But thanks to God who continually wins the victory for us in Christ Jesus.
I'll be sharing two of my life's experiences that has made me stronger than I used to be.
Very early in my Secondary School days, my parents finances went into a state of coma. Everything went off just like that and I as well as my siblings began to go off and on to school. I had to move from one school to another and eventually, school stopped for me altogether.
My Parents were more than willing, but their financial power was terribly weak. We barely managed to survive daily.
Luckily for me, someone offered to obtain the WAEC form for me the exact year I was supposed to finish secondary school and even enrolled me in a "Special Center". Examination began and I felt all was gonna be fine. Little did I know that, that exam was going to be the beginning of O'level Examinations for me.
As the years went by, I wrote series of O'level examinations ranging from WAEC to GCE to NECO. In some, I had just one of two credits, in another, i had F9, in most others, it was either my result was withheld or every candidate in my Center didn't get their result for that year.
This began in the year 2006/2007. I didn't get my O'level result until late 2017.
For real? Some would think all these are farce or exaggerations, but NO. At some point, my own Parents were not sure if I had gotten the result completely or not because like me, they also had lost count of the number of examinations I took.
As prearranged by God, I was able to gain admission with an incomplete result six years after secondary school and even graduated with a First Class in 2015! Surprised? But I still couldn't get this result from school until about three years after.
I Persisted.
My second experience is on my spiritual life. For years, I struggled with a particular grave sin which was a thorn in my flesh. Severally, I placed curses on my self to die the next time I did it, but I was far too addicted and the devil was always glad to watch me give him pleasure at the expense of my spiritual growth and relationship with my God. My parents thought all was well. People around me never suspected but within me and between God and I, all was far from well.
I needed a higher force to break loose. Something and Someone greater than the enemy and avenger. The same enemy who uses us to satisfy his pleasure is still the same who accuses and avenge that sin after it has been done.
God sent help. I got delivered after more than ten years of that phase.
The illustrations above are issues not beyond the ordinary in the sense that they can happen to anyone. But the bitter truth is - not many people realize their need for God. The Bible calls Him "The One who is mighty to deliver, the Strong and the Breasted One.
Apart from disciplined efforts, we can make on our own part to be free from an addictive habit or break free from a recurrent past, the need for God can not be over emphasized.
On these two issues, did I pray? Oh yes I did! The night I got my final O'level result and showed my Mum with tears, I will never forget what she said: "God did not forget you".
I could have allowed myself to wallow in self-pity of defeat from failure after spending savings upon savings year in year out repeating the same thing, or I could have allowed myself to keep on enjoying the pleasure of the devil when I know who I should be giving pleasure to; God.
No one has the right to judge anyone by their past because we all have it. Yesterday is absolutely gone and nothing can be done about it. But you also have no right to relive any past that God has given you victory over. If I had given up, there wouldn't have been any testimony today.
My relationship with God has received a touch though it is still a far cry from what I want it to be. If you remember the past, let it be to return all the glory back to Him and not because you miss living life that way.
Never allow the devil use your past against you. I know that feeling because I was once there. The devil is a fake lion who roars just to scare, its is duty. Know who you are in Christ. Know your God. Discipline yourself and be determined never to go BACK to the former things;past. If the past had great things to offer all of us, there wouldn't be a today. Strive to be Stronger Than Your Past. victory is possible ONLY in Christ Jesus. If He did it for me as wretched and far gone as I was, His mercy is enough to do same for you.
Come to the one who can make you Stronger Than all Your Pasts. He'll make a Lemon juice out of your Lemon.
OWA ENITAN TAIWO
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