I realize that everybody has a place to occupy. The difference is
just the time of our manifestation. Because your time has not come does not
mean that your time will not come. All is required of you is to keep at it.
Your time will come.
I will like to share this story that a friend shared with me. It
is an illustration between the fern and the bamboo seeds. When God planted the
fern and the bamboo seeds, he took very good care of them. He gave them light,
water and other things for growth. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its
brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But
He did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And
again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But God did not quit on the bamboo.
In third and fourth year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But God
would not quit.
“Then in the fifth year, a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.
Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant..But just 6
months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
Then the question is, why this long? That is the question most of
us asked and as a reason a lot of us give up and think that things are not
working for me. Let us consider the Bamboo seed again. It had spent the five
years growing roots. Those roots madde it strong and gave it what it needed to
survive. God would not give any of His creations a challenge it could not
handle.
In is what you are on the inside that determines how you will
become on the outside. God is working on you to make you what you ought to be.
God will not give up on you so don’t give up on yourself. God said that, “did
you know that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been
growing roots”. “I did not quit on the bamboo, I will never quit on you.”
Don’t compare yourself to others.” He said. “The bamboo had a
different purpose than the fern yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your
time will come.
NUGGETS
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you’ll
help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
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