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There
is such an exhilarating feeling watching something you started and nurtured
grow into something bigger than you thought or imagined. TheGodCulture-which
happens to be this blog you are on now just turned 1 today, I remember
explicitly how it all started there was absolutely no plan to get any award or
get recognized outside my globe it was just simply Itofa wanting to share his
experience as a young Christian and more so; to speak about the love of God to
as many as I can through this medium-more like an odyssey of my journey in
Christ.
I’m
so glad and grateful to God for what this blog here has become and for every
single person that has a connection to it. You know; blogging is not just about
writing you also need an audience and somehow God has brought you to be a part
of it. All of the active and passive readers thank you so-so much even to my Muslim
readers (salvation is going to come someday, I believe). Yes, how can I forget
to mention this set of people; I’m only 18+ but I have 30, 40 and 50 years old
who come to the blog and they make major contributions, for all those praying
as well- right back at you, thank you so much I’m also praying for you as well.
In Christianity we speak one
language which is Jesus. Why were you created? I was stuck in that phase of my
life for a while, I’ll always here pastors, motivational speakers and even
teachers speak about essence of creation and purpose-they are intertwined but
different at the same time (I won’t touch
it today because its Thankswriting day) they always talked about it. They will
encourage us to go to God and find out what our purpose was. I always felt
depressed after talks like that because I had asked times without number and
still no reply.
Now, what my teachers, motivational
speaker and some pastors did not mention was that purpose isn’t something you
go out looking for like you are searching for gold or crude oil-you get? It’s
not a thing that heaven will have to take a megaphone to announce to you but it’s
something that God has already designed from your birth and it is inherent but
it’s also a choice to live in it or out of it.
What
about the question of finding purpose? I’m coming to that. I believe the world would
have been a better place if everyone was walking in purpose and their essence
of creation-this essence of creation is all about your life giving glory to God
in a nutshell. Let me shoot a few bullets that will show if you’ve started living
in purpose;
- Do you have a relationship with God?
- Are you constantly seeking ways to get to a deeper realm with God?
- How often do you attribute all the glory to God?
- How often do you try to stand out from a glaring crowd?
- Are you content with where you are now with God?
- What efforts are you putting in to be a better person?
How many of the questions above
were you sincere enough to answer? Clearly you must have noticed that God was
in almost all of the questions, this is because you can never find PURPOSE
without God. A lot of times people tow this path of misconstrue that if I’m
successful in whatever endeavor that might just be my purpose; success comes
with purpose of course but it is not a litmus test for walking or living in
purpose. Purpose does not seek to gratify the pocket but it helps place people
in the right path towards eternity. Now to the question of finding purpose; all
you need to do is come to God just as you are confess all of your sins no
matter how bad it seems and have faith that the blood of Jesus will cleanse you
and if you don’t know how to pray find a friend who can. Living out of purpose
is never the best life.
There is
this story of a young African teen that traveled to England for the first time
to visit the other halve of his family, when he got to England he was amazed at
the level of opulence the other halve of his family lived in they had chauffeurs,
chefs, gardeners-the house was a mansion he said. Anytime he called the family
back home they could feel the excitement he always had in his tone, next
semester was starting in about three weeks so he had only two weeks visiting
visa with the mixed feeling he had he promised to make the most out of the 14
days he had. The only problem he noticed was you could tell who was family and
who was a helper in the house and he promised himself to bridge this gap except
he couldn’t reach out to all of them at the same time and in only 14 days so,
he targeted the main nanny of the house.
She was African in her mid-twenties (I’ll cut the
long story) she literally never had a voice in the house, never spoke, always doing
chores; guess what our young African teen did? He offered to always help out with
the dishes in the kitchen in the next 14 days he also made a conscious effort
to know how she was fairing and her family back home plus he was always praying
for her. Miraculously, her work etiquette changed, she was always exuding confidence
and joy around him, it might not be very obvious to notice for everyone but he
noticed it and felt a sense of fulfillment even before he left for home our
young African teen later found out she had a relationship with God on his last
day; this is why I decided to share the story because it happened to me except
for the fact that it was not in England…
I’m
thankful to God I could do that, purpose and essence of creation does not seek
its own; it’s just like love. It seeks ways to make people better and draw
people closer to God.
I
wanted to do Thankswriting to appreciate
God for the blog but I ended up writing about purpose and essence of
creation-that’s what the Holy Spirit does, not my will but God’s will I pray it
blesses someone.
The
blog is 1 today if Jesus tarries we might end up celebrating 2, 3…2o years, you never
know. Thanks guys for your support
God
bless you
Itofa
p.s:
if you ever have any question or anything you want to talk about as regards to
God feel free to hit me up on my email, facebook, instagram and the likes.
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