This document discusses how God works behind the scenes in people's lives. It begins by explaining that whatever challenges one faces are not a surprise to God, who is working to fix our situations and set the stage for our lives. It then provides examples from the Bible of people like Joseph, David, and Moses who went through difficult times but emerged stronger. The author relates their own experiences growing up in poverty and facing academic struggles, but notes that God was preparing them during this time. The overall message is that God uses dark periods in our lives to develop our character and potential, and is working behind the scenes to help us prosper and bring hope, even when it is not obvious.

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BEHIND
THE
SCENES
Whatever you are going through is not a surprise to God.
You are work in progress and God is working at the background fixing
your case and setting your stage

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AMBASSADOR STEVE MBUGUA

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to offer my heartfelt gratitude to my most
merciful God for always working behind the scenes in my
life. My dearest and patient wife Kezia Mbugua, you are the
rock of my life. You are the best in this life, I thank God for
you. Your support in this assignment is beyond measure.
You have been a blessing every step of the way. To my
gracious daughter Zannet Mbugua and son Israel Bryton
Mbugua; thank you for always believing in me. You bring
me tremendous joy and you are such a blessing. God bless
you. I thank all my spiritual sons and daughters who have
undergone my mentorship programs. You all inspire me to
do more. I also want to thank the wider circle of faithful
family and friends whose encouragement and gifts of
wisdom gave this story its life. I owe a debt of gratitude to
my father, mother and siblings. I thank all my mentors and
Pastors, this work is not just the great achievement of one
person but of many. It is with that in mind that I realize the
words inside this pages are inspired by many. The prayers
of others made this come true. I thank Wycliffe Mije for
working tirelessly on this book to make the dream come
true. I want to thank all that have helped me in many
unexplainable ways. You inspired me to think on paper.
Once again I thank God through His grace I have this book
for you and to His Glory.

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DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to every one going
through any hardship and stagnation.
This is for you. To let you know that God is
at work Behind the Scenes to make you
perfect and blessed.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares
the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to
harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future. (Jeremiah 29:11)

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgment 3
Dedication 4
Introduction 6
Chapter 1: God is working Behind the Scenes 7
Chapter 2: Nothing Just Happens 31
Chapter 3: God doesn’t Make Idle Introduction 46
Chapter 4: The Secret of Gratitude 58
Chapter 5: When we are the Answer to someone’s prayer 65
Chapter 6: Let God take the Steering Wheel 78
Chapter 7: The Power of a Positive Attitude 88
Chapter 8: The Power of Creativity 101
Chapter 9: Face your Fears, Procrastination and be Free 105
Chapter 10: Take full responsibility of your Life 112
Chapter 11: Don’t give up suddenly a Shift is Coming 116
Chapter 12: Divine Encounters 126
Chapter 13: God is not yet over with You 137
About The Author 150

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INTRODUCTION
his book is an inspiration that came to me years ago, one Saturday
evening while seated at Huruma Grounds in Eldoret. I had countless
hard questions in my mind about life, because of many years of
living in reproach, suffering, and lack, being despised, molested and
stuck in the league of the less fortunate. I had a deep desire to break
this yoke and change the trend, so that I could live a fruitful life as I pursue
my purpose. Instead, I found myself going round and round in Eldoret town
from morning to evening meditating and asking myself dozens of questions.
Why am I always a victim of circumstances? Occasionally walking from disaster to
catastrophe, crawling from a trench into a pit, wading from stormy seas to
shark attack. Whenever something good occurred two bad things would
miraculously follow.
I have been wondering, why bad things happen to good people and why
sometimes life seems to be very brutal and unfair to others. It is through many
inquisitive days and hours without getting answers, that I came to the
conclusion that; “God is working behind the scenes in my favour.”
This is the genesis of the tittle of this book. Since that time I have been
recording my life’s experiences. By the grace of God, His invisible hand lifted
and shifted me from a street boy to dining table with Kings. He mercifully
lifted me from being the dullest pupil in class to a Pure Economics university
graduate. I can’t believe it to date. He changed me from a stammerer to a
motivational speaker, coach and instructor of thousands. He plucked me from
a hawker selling stolen onions on the streets to owning group of companies.
He elevated me from the level of handling coins to millions, and sure enough
from grace to glory.
This is a collection of thrills, episodes and incidents that will make you realize
that God can change your situation in a mighty way that will perplex you.
You could be a widow, single mother, disabled, having a chronic illness, taken
years without getting a marriage partner or you have tried everything but it
failed. You might be at the point of giving up. Just know that like the snake
of bronze, God will lift up and restore you as a testimony to others going
through similar situations. When they look at you they will be encouraged and
healed. Am writing this book to unfold this misery and will take you through
scenes, events, case studies, thrilling and real life testimonies with virtues that
will help you appreciate and understand the workings of God. The book will
give you insights and a picture of how God works behind the scenes.
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Chapter 1
GOD IS WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES
y friend, we all go through moments of anxiety,
uncertainty, fear of unknown and challenges of life giving
us a fix, and making us feel like all the forces of nature
are working against us and ready to give us a technical
knockout. You may sometimes feel as if life is pulling back a trigger
aiming at your head ready to release the bullet. You may have a clear
and compelling vision, that is so flawless and sure, you know very well
that if you achieve it, your life will instantly take a complete turnaround
to usher your success. However, between your current state and the
vision, issues, situations and disappointments seem to be ganging
against your dreams. God allows different scenarios to happen, so that
you can learn vital lessons and acquire experiences that will be very
fundamental to achieving your visions effectively. He is working behind
the scenes in your favor. He is crafting and welding things together with
your best interests at heart. Sometimes, we feel like we are pressed
against a rough and thick wall and all hope is gone. But later, we say
that God made a way. Why? Because it was not a surprise to Him.
Every person regardless of tribe, race or gender go through situations
at a point in life, many times not pleasant and with no definite ending.
We all go through things in life that we don’t understand. But, did you
know that God uses the dark spots in our lives as part of His divine
plan? Do you know that God order our steps and destinies. Behind the
scenes He knits things, experiences, divine connections and provisions
to make us be what He intended us to be and where He wants us to be.
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Take a journey through the scriptures and see how countless people
that did anything great went through a dark place! But developed new
potential in that valley. All the celebrities in the Bible had to go through
some situations that later gave them the heroic status. Look at the lives
of Joseph, David, Moses, Jesus, Paul, Abraham, Ruth among others,
went through the valley of darkness where God was preparing them for
the task ahead. The dark places are where you really grow. Just like
inside the womb where your body organs and systems are knit together
to make a human being that has five senses and functional organs. For
a seed to germinate and grow, it has to be buried under the soil, ‘die’
and later shoot to become a magnificent plant. You are work in
progress being prepared to shoot up.
For a case study to exist it has to face the test of time and later becomes
a blue print and bench mark. When tough times come, they prepare you
for the greatness ahead so that other
greats will look up to. Sometimes
looking at the nature, some features
are very captivating but when the
government or an investor want to
put up a structure or infrastructure
there, the same rather beautiful
ground on its comfort zone suffer
massive breaking and excavation but
the end product gives it worth, value
and more recognition. Look at the
Standard Gauge Railway, Thika
Superhighway, Northern Corridor, Two
Rivers Mall among other grounds that
were calm in their comfort zone but
later a time came when they had to go through a rough excavation to
be the valuable structures they are today.
It is during the time of the wilderness and darkness that God prepares
you. That’s where your character is developed; that’s when you learn to
trust, endure and persevere. It’s where your spiritual muscles get
stronger. Just like the great national projects were developed. God dealt
with the spiritual heroes who were there before us, these moments of
“Every great man, every
successful man, no matter
what the field of endeavor,
has known the magic that
lies in these words: Every
adversity has the seed of an
equivalent or greater
benefit."
W. Clement Stone.

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excavation in our lives are because of the huge projects in His hands.
Take a new look when facing dark times and discover the God-given
growth and potential inside of you that you never knew existed, learn
about the plan and purpose of the valley and trials. If these spiritual
heroes did not go through these tough preparation times, they could
not have achieved the privilege and status of their names inscribed in
the Holy Bible.
My friend, you may be going through a situation in life that could be
making you feel like God is so far from you, and, probably feeling like
He is not fair to you. It is work in progress. Just know that the situation
is not meant to finish you, but give you a great experience and testimony
just like the experience that King David acquired when he faced the
bear, the lion and Goliath before being crowned the King. Our God is
a God of abundance and His intentions for you are to make you prosper
and live a hopeful, fruitful and victorious life. He is working behind the
scenes on your behalf and for your good.
Every person always desires to do something that will make someone
else happy and be appreciated. Unfortunately, most of us do not know
how, when and what to do even though we always have a lot of
opportunities to serve mankind. Sometimes God will prepare us for this
using a very unfamiliar path so that we acquire crucial skills, experiences
and character formation for the tasks He wants us to perfume in the
future. In this book I share some of lessons I have learnt in my walk
with God and the development of my quest for lifesaving. God
prepared me in the wilderness through the hardest experience to have
compassion as my mission and service to mankind as a culture.
At a very early age in primary school I always desired to do good to
people and save lives that is why I joined scouting club. I actually
wanted to be a doctor one day to save lives. I was brought up in a very
humble poverty stricken family that was punctuated by going to school
in a torn short trousers exposing all your body parts because my parents
cannot afford a needle and thread to stitch it up. I understand what it
means going to school bare footed from Monday to Friday, and also
attending the Church service on Sunday barefoot, because you cannot
afford a pair of shoes. At some point later on, I received a donation of
plastic shoes commonly known as Sandak. They were however not my
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causing injuries on my feet; the value attached to them could only allow
me to wear them only on Christmas or a very special occasion.
I know what it means to sleep hungry
because the only little flour available
is saved to prepare a little porridge for
the children. In Kamurunyu Primary
School I endured by the grace of
God. After the end year exams boys
would fight to score personal
vendetta commonly known as kufunga
na wewe (Closing with you), but due to
malnutrition, I was very weak and
would loose all the fights including in
two cases where my opponent were
girls. I was also a stammerer and all
these extremely affected my self-
esteem and my academic performance. I was easily found on the
bottom of the class merit list. Upon completion of my primary school
education, I could not get any admission to secondary school, because
my performance was below the required mark for high school
admission and this shuttered and dimmed my dreams to continue with
education. However, there was a concerned neighbor who decided to
intervene on my behalf and by the grace of God I was given two schools
to choose from; Jemus Academy or Bavuni Secondary School.
My parents didn’t have the money to buy uniform and other
requirements, so I decide to scavenge on people’s maize farms
collecting maize left overs, which was accidentally left during and after
harvesting called Kereiyo. I was able to sell the maize collection and got
little money. I then went to Wanguhu Market where I bought a mix and
match for my school uniform.
In the middle of the term, however late, I was able to join Bavuni
secondary school. I was behind the school schedule, despite the fact that I
had also scored 0% in Mathematics and was always last in class. When
I joined my secondary school, everything was late, even fellow form
one students took advantage of bullying me since I could not
“The difficulties and
struggles of today are
but the price we must
pay for the
accomplishments and
victories of tomorrow.”
William Boetcker

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distinguish who was of my level and my senior, this really affected my
self-esteem.
A lot of times, I didn’t take breakfast from home because there was
none and I also missed lunch in school because I didn’t have a meal
card. It was not easy at all. My class performance was still low, and my
best score in Physics was 16% and 32% in Mathematics. To be able to
get a meal in school, I would collude with the kitchen staffs and help
them clean the big cooking pans (sufuria) and also help them fetch water
from a nearby well. This gave me access to a plate of left over at lunch
time and in the evening meal before going home.
I remember a gentleman called Ouko who was always on my side and
as a prefect he intervened for me in a lot of ways. May God bless him.
In pursuit of trying to fit in school, I joined a bad group of drug users
and this is where my life started taking a new twist. We could get out of
the school compound through the fence or panya routes and get
involved in petty crimes and gradually I graduated into a criminal.
Today as you read this book, eight members of this group died. Two of
them became touts and died in road accidents, one was found murdered
along the road, two died of HIV/Aids, one committed suicide and the
others died in unclear circumstances. I thank that God I am alive to
give this testimony.
I worked as a casual worker in almost all the farms in Murunyu area, for
us to be guaranteed of a meal, we had to be given maize, beans and
potatoes by some families and in exchange my mother, brother and I
would spend days in their farms cultivating their lands.
When I joined form two at Bavuni Secondary School which is in
Nakuru, I was suspended because of lack of school fees, poor
performance and engaging in drugs. My academic performance was
poor since I was always at the tail in class. So I became a street boy for
four years in Nakuru town. When I joined the streets, I was trying to
learn the game and soon or later I got into serious crimes. One of my
aunt who was a vegetable hawker selling tomatoes by the road sides,
tried her level best to tame me by involving me in her business but I
was untamable.
I hang around Clubs like Coco Savanah, Taidy’s and Dimples, these were
my den every Wednesday (Ladies night), Friday night and Sunday Jam
session and with time my life was corrupted. Drug use and a careless
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pickpocketing and other serious crimes. Am sorry for all the people I robbed
off their phones, money and properties.
It is in the streets that I learnt the value of humanity through being
compelled to attend to many injured colleagues and street families
(Chokoras) and sometimes others involved in hit and run road accidents,
mugged, assaulted, gunshot wounds etc. This made me desire more to
be an emergency doctor as I was handling a lot of very severe cases.
After four years of life on the streets, the day a bright Sunday morning
of the 3rd
August 2003 a guy by the name Joseph Maina invited me to
Deliverance Church Murunyu promising me that there were beautiful girls
there and so that morning I showed up with a motive to conquer a girl
for myself.
The sermon from the book of Isaiah60:1;
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but
the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.…
Rev. Elijah Maina Mwangi guided by the inspiration from the Holy
Spirit preached about second chance and how my life would turn
around. My time to arise and shine came on this very day. I became
born again and gave my life to Christ, from that day and my perspective
of life changed.
I connected with friends like Mash, Dadson, Mose, Martin, and Mum
Mama Kiarie among others and they
helped me grow spiritually. I went
through new converts classes, baptism
classes and was later baptized and
filled with the Holy Spirit and now
there was a new me, with a changed
perspective, mindset and elevated
faith.
I knew I was now a new person and
committed to be a man of faith and
one thing that I purposed to do was go
back to school and pursue my dreams.
Salvation really changed my life and my faith elevated. When I made
the decision to go to school, I reconciled with my parents, shaved the
“Many of life's failures
are people who did not
realize how close they
were to success when
they gave up.”
Thomas Edison

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deadlocks, set my mind ready for school. My parents were still not able
to pay school fees and so I had to do some manual work, saved five
thousand Kenya shillings which I used three thousands to buy uniform
and left with two thousand to enroll with.
Let me share with you how faith operated. I made a decision to join
Anestar Secondary School in form two, bear in mind that I had stopped
schooling four years ago just after form one. I was from the streets and
so it was not obvious that any institution would accept me. I bought
the school uniforms by faith and informed my parents that I would be
joining Anestar Secondary School, even though I had not even done
any inquiry from the school itself. Therefore I went to the school and
met with the Madam Principal to share my story and request. By the
grace of God and after sharing my story she was persuaded and allowed
me to join the school in form two, without even sitting for any interview
or exams. That was a miracle. I paid the two thousand shillings that I
had and left the rest to God.
The people who knew me were astonished by how this criminal
changed all over sudden and went back to school and rumors about my
past spread around the school like a wild fire. All students would stare
at me wondering what the hell I was doing in school.
Just to take you back; the best Physics score I ever got was 16%,
Mathematics 32% and Biology 24%, went to the street, had my head
intoxicated with drugs, sniffed glue joined a criminal gang, crime etc.
You can guess what was waiting for me ahead but the hand of God was
in control.
That is where I started and every term I improved. I started from grade
(D-) in first term and all the way up to form four and in final Secondary
School Exams (KCSE) I scored (A-) and was the fourth best student.
Look at this hand of God at work; all my life I was always the last person
in class academically, went to the streets thus this would cause more
effect on my literacy level but later God turns it around and I get
admission in a public university to study degree in Pure Economics.
It is at Anestar School where I met some great people who inspired me
and planted the seed of compassion in me. I later became a school
teacher before joining the University, where again found myself dealing
with a lot of emergency cases including dormitories on fire, road
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was here that my desire to learn First Aid and Fire Safety was stirred
up.
When I joined Moi University, I became a member of several clubs like
St John Ambulance, Counseling club, Karate club, Environmental club,
Red Cross and Christian Union and all these touches lives in a way.
I was straightaway nominated by Kenya RedCross Moi University
Chapter to be the training coordinator in charge of all trainings like
induction, First Aid, Blood drive, Humanitarian training, Disaster
Management, HIV and Aids etc. St. John Ambulance also appointed me
as a Sergeant in the Brigade wing and within months I became the
regions Divisional Superintendent. It is here where I met very
influential people like Abbas Gullet the Kenya Redcross Secretary
General, Mr. Joe Wangendo the Founder and Executive Director of
Blood link who later became my boss and others who are my closest
mentors to date. It is in Moi University that I pursued advanced
emergency response courses, ILS, ICS, Disaster Management, Fire Safety
and later Training of Trainers with St. John Ambulance Sommerset United
Kingdom and became an approved trainer. I also received an Award from
the Deputy President Mr. William Ruto due to the fact that I had trained
10,000 people and responded to a minimum of 127 recorded incidents.
My first major employer was St. John Ambulance as a first aid trainer
where within three years I was promoted from Trainer, Training and
Development Officer, Assistant Training Manager and later Training Manager.
As a Training Manager I organized and conducted hundreds of
trainings in East Africa and was also part of Government Committee
designing several policies like the EMS, MCI, Fire and Disaster
Management plan. I also participated in designing the Machakos
County Emergency Response plan and training needs assessment for
the County and the Kenyatta National Hospital Disaster Response
plan. All police at Kiganjo Police Training College and General Service
Unit (GSU) had their First Aid Certificate signed by me and had other
great powers and privileges.
I have also been hosted by several media stations such as QTV, Inooro,
Family TV and Hope TV to discuss about safety. I have participated in
different safety competitions and won, I have nurtured young
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patient in an ambulance for 18hours, Brian Beuttah who was the best
EMT in Kenya in 2014, Sam Okello who is one of the best EMT and
trainer amongst others. I have trained the military, Presidential escorts,
GSU, Recce group, Fire brigade first aiders etc. I have conducted safety
advisory to companies like Delloitte, Crown paints, Brookside Ltd,
Kapa Oils, Kenha, Central Bank, KPA, KRA, Safari Park Hotel Villa
Rosa Kempiski, Alexander Forbes, USIU, Kenya Utalii College
amongst others.
When I got my first employment, I purposed that I would either work
for three years or train 10,000 people whichever will come first then
resign to start my own life changing initiatives and within three years I
had achieved both and so I resigned and went to self-employment.
Note, I was a street boy for four years, born a stammerer and was always
the last student in class, and within few years all these changes had
happened in my life.
I started an initiative called Makinika Afrika doing free safety awareness
through social media campaign, writing articles, visiting schools and
churches and the public. We encourage young people to take part in
humanitarian activities more so through the skills, talents, abilities and
opportunities they have. How did you get the name Ambassador? You
might be asking. The name Ambassador came from the First lady
Margret Kenyatta and other people who found me very passionate
doing free Boda Boda road safety awareness, schools safety awareness and in
social media. I started the first World safety day event and World first aid
day events in Kenya and this far am proud of the growth and
commitment of different institutions towards these events.
Am an Ambassador of safety and wellness, remember am not a trained
medical Doctor but a trained Economist who had a passion for saving
lives and building a culture of safety and wellness. Behind the scenes
God orchestrated things, people, events and opportunities that made
the dream come true. To date I have responded to more than 200 major
emergencies in the country, done a research on factors that affects
effective Fire incidents response in Kenya slums that later led to the
Africa Fire mission team from America coming to Kenya to support
Fire teams as well as Reasons why First Aid should be introduced in the
Kenya primary school curriculum that connected me to the Kenya first
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which is a one stop safety shop, the largest in Africa that provides
solutions to all safety equipment and
systems amongst other initiatives
and programs.
God allowed me to the streets to
learn the value of humanity and
service to mankind, allowed me to
become a primary school teacher
after form four before joining
campus which helped me to become
an effective instructor later, allowed me to join Kenya Redcross and St
John Ambulance as a volunteer where I developed the passion,
experience and exposure to help me become an Ambassador of Safety
and wellness. All that time I was work in progress and the chief master
planner was connecting the dots behind the scene.
Our God is an extra ordinary master and even when we see like our
lives amount to nothing just like how Joseph would have felt when he
was thrown in the pit and also put in prison, He provides enough grace
and behind the scenes, He craft everything to work together for good
to be what He created us to be and serve His purpose. Don’t fear when
you see like part of your life has a state of inadequacy. Joseph could
have felt the same when he was thrown into a pit and prison but he was
focused unto his dream and he was diligent wherever he found himself.
There was sufficient grace for all the circumstances he found himself in
and the hand of God was with him, he was work in progress. God was
all that time preparing him for the tasks ahead in an extra ordinary way.
God doesn’t provide almost enough, maybe enough or barely enough.
He provides more than enough in every area of our lives. Enough grace,
enough mercies, enough of His presence. There is no such thing as
wasted time or opportunity to God. God does not waste an
introduction neither does He waste an experience. God uses ordinary
people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others and He will use
you. Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical
and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive
enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth
“I would rather attempt
something great and fail
than attempt to do
nothing and succeed."
Robert Schuller

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and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us
conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. He sees
the end from the beginning and He gives us what we need to get what
we want.
In life, I have severally attempted to kill people, birds, hares, dogs etc.
The most memorable occasion was in the year 2000, when I was
attacked by a group of young crooks led by a very famous notorious
guy from Lanet in Nakuru. When I was exchanging blows with them,
one of them who was carrying a panga attacked me and by bad luck it
landed on my left ear. It was a very painful experience and I had to have
six stitches at Kabatini hospital to stop bleeding. The doctors told me
that I must first report the incident at the Police Station, get a P3 form
after which the treatment would commence. At the Police Station, the
Officer in charge told me that my case was a suspicious criminal
incident leading to an attack and he threatened to arrest me, and I was
forced to run like a mad person from the Police Station before they
could arrest me. I went back to the hospital and for about six hours I
was there insisting that they must treat me. One compassionate nurse
begged the others to have mercy on me and after persuading her
counterparts they agreed. The injury had taken about 12 hours by now
and for them to put stitches I had to undergo a very painful moment of
scratching to remove the top dry skin to make it fresh. It was a real
torture that I had to persevere. The pain was severe. After leaving the
hospital several friends visited me and requested me to allow them
revenge on my behalf but I couldn’t allow them but several days later I
decided to do revenge....murder....eliminate him.....chop off his neck on
my own…
It was a Friday evening, I sharpened my panga, put on a heavy red puff
jacket, my 4 wheels sandals and left to hunt him around 7pm, it was
getting darker and so it was not possible to clearly see people from a far
distance. Luckily while walking around PCEA Murunyu, I saw him
coming towards my direction. He had not noticed anything. So I started
positioning myself ready to cut off his neck and dump his body in River
Muriundu next to St. Anthony secondary school. I was ready to
eradicate the problem of continuous thefts, night attacks and
hooliganism in the area perpetrated by him. Of course this was a great
step for the community and I was about to solve a major community
problem. When he was almost 20 meters to his death, a voice came to

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me and told me that it was not the solution and it won’t solve the
problem, instead I should forgive, forget and befriend him.
This is not easy but I did exactly that. I greeted him and when he
realized it was me, he started stammering but I said,"sina ubaya Ras, maze
ulinikata joo lakini iza hayo yashapita. Wewe mind your life, uko na future, wewe
ni msee strong and unaeza achieve much ukichange your character." I took a U
turn and went back to Kwa Rugito. Note, I was not born again this time
but Still God was behind the scenes shaping my character. He was
amazed but rather confused and since then I have never seen
him....rumours have it that he was killed some years later. Ever since
that day, I developed a big heart, easy to forgive and I don’t keep
grudges. My intention was revenge but God was behind the scene using
the situation to teach me forgiveness and meekness for His kingdom’s
sake.
You see, God was preparing me for an assignment and I had to go
through that painful experience to learn to forgive as well as a ground
on how to encourage other people to forgive. The experience distorted
my physical look and I had a good chance to revenge. What if I attacked
him? What if I murdered him? What if I was arrested for murder or
killed by mob justice? You know in the life that you are in, you are the
starling. Life is a thriller movie and you are the main actor. The main
actor never dies. They live a life of suspense and surprises. God is
behind the scenes as the production director and knows how the story
will end. Trust His direction.
I was once attacked and beaten by mob justice at Mololine booking
office Nakuru for pickpocketing with colleagues like Simbampala and
others who later died... but am alive and kicking. Having survived, I
now visit inmates at several prisons to give them hope. Some of them
are robbers like I was. There was a time we robbed a muhindi shop
around Pekars Plaza Nakuru and did some irrational stuff at different
parts in the streets of Nakuru town and having our den at Bondeni
Estate around the mosque area, where we would store stolen items.
God ensured that I survived in all the criminal activities that I was
involved in. Most of my colleagues didn’t live to tell the story but God
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I was once kidnapped by some notorious youths at Mombasa village in
Wanyororo village and one guy with his bloody knife decided that he
would eliminate me from this world. So they took me into a dark room.
One cool guy murmured to me and told me that I didn’t have chances
of survival but he was doing everything possible to rescue me. He told
me that the guy who had a bloody knife had killed his mother and had
come to hide in that area and had also killed several people…but......am
here. God rescued me and when I gave my life to Christ these were
some of the places we went for missions to preach the Gospel to them.
In another strange incident, I was once kidnapped and taken to
Menengai crater on a Saturday afternoon, was about to be slaughtered
by some guys I have never known what they were up to, all my cash
and phone had been taken away but again here I am...God softened
their hearts and they allowed me to
walk out of that crater. They even
gave me back my sim card. How
many people get kidnapped and never
live to tell the story? He made it
happen.
In countless times I was used by drug
dealers to transport them from
Mombasa and Danger area to Nakuru town with my friend Majizee and
Kajini, am here today...not distributing drugs but the love of Christ, the
gospel of truth. I didn’t change the streets, the town or my parents but
I changed myself, I changed my attitude and I changed my life. I
realized to whom I belong and I chose to pledge my allegiance to the
great I AM.
We once held hostage a whole Changaa den at Greensteed area with
colleagues, lots of shit happened, a group of local hooligans came and
so we had two gangs fighting…what happened later is history. Though
one lost his life, no stone was left unturned and it’s not inspiring to
share the details here so allow me not to. The following day we decided
with Kamau Kajini to go for a mission to teach one guy a lesson, he
was a son of a tycoon in Nakuru and how we did it even action movies
are not as effective and daring. I found myself going through an electric
fence into the compound to fulfill a mission, some German shepherd
dogs couldn’t believe there were strangers in the compound so they just
cooperated and took us around. We traced his room amongst the
“To be successful, the
first thing to do is fall in
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bungalows there, found our way in and right there at his bed where he
was sleeping. He was speechless and couldn’t believe his eyes even
though we had threatened to deal with him...am here smiling by the
grace of God.
That’s just a quarter of a past misused but the good news is that today
I use my feet to spread the love of Christ, the social media to share His
goodness and my money, experience and energy to change lives. I gave
up on the old me, I had let myself down. I realized that I owed myself
an explanation and that if my life had to mean a thing, it is I to make it
happen. In all these times, God was on the throne. He does not waste
an experience. He allowed me to go through these dark valleys to
prepare me for the task ahead. Task to rescue souls and saving lives. He
was preparing me to write this for you to read and be inspired.
Realizing where I belong and who holds my life inspired me to get
motivation from Him, from His word, from the life’s manual and these
are some of the Bible verses which have been inspiring me day by day.
They give me a dose every moment I feel low.
Isaiah 43:2 "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass
through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will
not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of
them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
May the Lord use your past and current situation to impact and change
lives. He doesn't waste an experience but you have to totally surrender
unto Him. He doesn’t hate you, He loves you too much to allow you
go through that experience because He knows what is good for you.
He is working behind the scene, behind that loss, behind that trial,
behind that tragedy and the end result will be glorious. That obstacle
will thrust you to the next level. That obstacle is the gate way to your
greatness. You will look back and say like me, “I thank God for having
allowed me to go through that experience because it opened a way for me to the
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Some years ago I had a lot of issues around my life involving financial
constraints and there is this day that I was going home from our office
but I didn’t have Bus fare of (Ksh40) to connect from Nairobi to home
(Githurai 45). I walked all the way from Parliament Road to Ronald Ngala
not sure what to do. My wife had just called informing me to buy food
for dinner and some necessities for the baby. This increased my worry
a great deal. While standing outside Nakumatt Supermarket at Ronald
Ngala, a friend called me requesting that I visit them urgently for an
urgent matter, more worries.
It reached a point that I decided to talk to God to intervene and I found
myself heading towards Afya Center not sure what was driving me.
Fortunately I met with an old friend who was so happy to see me and
he claimed that he has been reading my daily texts, tweets and Facebook
posts and they have been touching and changed his life and he
requested to share coffee with me but I didn’t take the offer so he gave
me a 100 shilling note, answered prayer. Immediately I turned rejoicing
and went straight to the bus stop and boarded a bus to Zimmerman to
see the friend.
When I arrived at their home, I received a warm welcome, had a long
chat then they handed to me parcels with goodies and shopping and an
envelope with several 1000 notes. I didn’t tell them my problem but
God was working behind the scene on my favor.
Yes, I almost gave up but God had not given up on me. I had felt like
life was about to give me a technical knockout. I was powerless, I felt
useless, I was embarrassed that working as a Training Manager in an
international NGO I couldn’t afford transport to Githurai. God was
preparing something behind the scenes. When I felt like I had reached
at the end, His arm was stretching to hold and guide me. He was
teaching me to trust and wait upon Him. He was preparing people
behind the scene to meet my needs and the moment I purposed to let
go the worry, embrace faith and trust for His provision, He stepped in.
There was a time set for all of these to happen and at the appointed
time, He made everything beautiful.
God has an appointed time to fulfill the visions, dreams and desires in
your heart. Just because it has taken a long time or because you’ve tried
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those dreams. Don’t be complacent about pursuing what God has
placed in your heart. Don’t give up on God because He will never give
up on you. Our God is a faithful God. No matter how long it’s been,
no matter how impossible things looks, if you’ll stay in faith, your
appointed time is coming.
God will use your enemies as your stepping stone, that condition that
seems to push you down will be your way to your major breakthrough.
The enemy will come into your thoughts trying to discourage you but
this is the Goliath that God will use you to defeat and make you the
King. Don't be intimidated, we grow in tough times and that's when
our courage and faith grows. When the enemy puts you and pressure
you, he prepares you to push you further with high pressure. Your boss
may be intimidating you but it’s the Lord who is using him to push you
ahead and your boss will be a witness.
God will use your enemy to push you forward and soon you will say it
was good that it happened, just the same way David said, “It is good
Goliath came that I was promoted from a shepherd to a King and given the King's
daughter to be my wife." God created you to be successful. Before the
foundation of the world, He laid out an exact plan for your life. And in
this plan, He has marked moments that are going to come across your
path. These moments are not ordinary; they are destiny-altering
moments. They are designed to thrust you years ahead. In the Book of
Ecclesiastes we find that time and chance come together for every
person. That means you’ll have opportunities to meet the right people,
opportunities to advance in your career, and opportunities to fulfill your
dreams. You will have chances to give and be a blessing, chances to
seize opportunities, chances to lay a foundation for your destiny. God
has already pre-arranged times of increase and blessings. You may not
be seeing a lot of good breaks right now, but be encouraged because
there are seasons of favor and increase marked for your future. There
are God-ordained moments planned out for you. Don’t miss these
moments by giving up. Don’t get distracted by your circumstances.
Focus on removing the clutter from your life so you can hear His voice.
You are much more than what your life is portraying right now. The
Bible states that what we think about, we will become. When you think
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success, victory, joy and peace. It doesn’t matter what’s going on
around you when the greater One lives in you.
You are an overcomer through Christ. My friend, set your mind on
victory and move forward into the victory He has for you. Change your
mindset! Dream big! Think big! What you see is temporary, we serve a
supernatural God, and you are not on your own, God is directing your
steps and leading you towards the appointed time for your
breakthrough. He is working behind the scenes on your case. Make a
decision to change how you perceive those obstacles, those
circumstances, that pain; that hurt break and be positive. Raise your
faith and know that all your past failure, your past frustrations are
actually laying the foundation of the greatness that awaits. That is the
story that will attract the media be will be written on journals, it will be
compiled on the bestselling books emanating from your current
situation. Step up!
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and
my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:9 NIV).
God’s dream for your life is so extremely bigger than your own. He
wants to bless you and enlarge your territory. His ways and thoughts
are so much higher than ours, and His plan is so much bigger than we
can imagine. Don’t allow the circumstances of life to drag your
thoughts down. Choose God’s thoughts by meditating on His Word,
because His ways and thoughts are far higher than ours. We need to
connect with the mind of Christ.
The Scripture declares that we should, “set your mind on things above.”
Those “things above” are God’s thoughts and His ways. Having higher
thoughts means thinking, “I am blessed and highly favored. I am holy, am more
than a conqueror, I am the best there is, I am above only and not beneath. I am the
head and not the tail. I am a victor, not a victim. I am righteous, and my path shines
brighter and brighter to the full day!”
When you allow those higher thoughts to fill your mind, they will direct
your steps. You will see yourself as an overcomer and live the abundant
life God has in store for you!
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“Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision
awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end, it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it
will surely come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:2
Even though the frustrations and setbacks seem strong as if they are
meant to finish you, the mind of Christ is different. Just like the way He
allowed the lion and the bear to attack sheep for David to attack and
get the courage to fight and win, He is using those situations you have
been in to equip you and give you the mastery so connect with His ways
and mind. He is putting the right connections, the right experience, the
right exposer, the right attitude, the right character on you behind the
scene for you to be what He wants you to be. Don’t believe that lie that
because things aren’t perfect, you can’t progress. The Lord will use what
you are going through and in the process you will grow.
Arise and Shine for your time to go an extra mile, beyond limits and
enjoy a great overflow has come. I declare a great breakthrough, favor,
divine idea, divine strategy, divine connection, divine provision and a
new song in Jesus name.
Remember, every dream that’s in your heart, every promise that has
taken root, God put it there. Not only that, but He has every intention
of bringing it to pass. Hold on to that vision today and declare, “My time
is coming. God is working behind the scenes on my behalf. I will fulfill my destiny!”
As you hold on to your vision and speak life over your dreams, you’ll
see them begin to take shape. You’ll see your faith grow; you’ll see your
hope strengthen, and you’ll see yourself step into the appointed time
God has for you!
Are you going through a hard time? Maybe you recently lost your job,
or you're dealing with a death in your family. Maybe you were involved
in an accident and lost part of your body organs leading to disability.
Maybe you were divorced by the person who meant life to you. Maybe
you lost your husband. Maybe you lost your parents and is now a lonely
orphan. Maybe you lost your job or your property, something you had
special attachment with. Maybe you're just not sure anything good in
life can happen to you. Whatever you're dealing with, I want you to
know that you're not alone and something good can come from the
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road to the cross was no small matter. But He had to decide to go
through it. He even asked God if it was really necessary. (But we know
how this amazing love story ended.) Just like Jesus had to make a choice, you
and I also have to decide to go through hard times.
All things do work together for our
good. When something doesn't
happen the way we would like it to
happen, we can believe God will
work things out for good. It's the
place we can always come back to in
every kind of trial.
Now this doesn't mean the trials are
necessarily good, but God can work
them out for our good because He is awesome. You have to be some
kind of awesome God to be able to take bad things and turn them
around for good. I have faced trials in life that even pushed me to have
suicidal thoughts. Sometimes I felt like if I was given a chance to meet
this God, I could have taught Him a lesson for allowing me through
the storms. We love God and really want His will for our life, I think
it's safe to say that we can trust Him to bring good from it, no matter
what happens to us. Even if we have to take detours because of our
own stupidity or if we're innocent but someone else gets involved and
brings hurt and pain into our life, we can trust God to work it out. No
person on earth and no devil in hell can keep you from God's will. Only
you can.
Everyone goes through seasons of difficulty and challenge in life. One
of the enemy’s traps is to isolate you and convince you that you won’t
make it. But God promises that He will deliver the righteous out of all
of their afflictions. If you’re going through a tough time today, keep an
attitude of faith and expectancy. Declare His promises over your life.
You are more than a conqueror through Him. The joy of the Lord is
your strength. As you continue to stand, even during the difficult times,
you can be assured that victory is on the way. It might be today, it might
be next week, next month or next year, but God is faithful. Through
faith and patience, you will inherit the promise. You will get beyond
your difficulty, and you’ll increase in wisdom and strength and live the
abundant life He has for you.
“I've always tried to go
one step past wherever
people expected me to
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What are you looking at today? Not in the natural, but with your
spiritual eyes. Are you facing challenges? Don’t just look at your
problems day in and day out. Lift up your eyes and look toward heaven.
That is where our help comes from. That is where the holder of your
life is. He is busy behind the scene working on your manuscript.
In the natural, you will move in the direction that your eyes are looking.
The same is true in the spiritual realm. If you are always looking at your
problems, meditating on them, feeling sorry for yourself, telling
everybody about them, you will become consumed by them. But when
you look up, your life will start to move up.
Occasionally God will take you through the fire, sometimes He’ll make
you fire proof and sometimes you’ll need to be purified by the hot
furnace. Just hold on to His will, God has the final say and you are
coming out better and when you come out every one will see that favor
is on you.
When you keep your eyes on Jesus, it is a sign of your faith and
expectancy. Faith is what gets God’s attention. When you have an
attitude of faith and expectancy, you open the door for His power in
your life. God is working behind the scene on your favor and have your
best interest at heart, He has good plans for you and has written your
names on His palm that He may not forget about you.
My friend, your appointed time is coming, time to rejoice, to shift, to a
rise and shine. It’s your time, your chance, your season!
Some years ago I sent a tweet on my page and later a stranger emailed
me sharing about how the tweet ministered to him on his hospital bed
and he realized that the fire He was going through was for his good as
he learnt lessons, learnt to trust in God and that He is able to encourage
people going through emotional breakdown. Today, he is using the
experience he got from that long period of illness to encourage people
in hospitals. The message was about God giving you another chance;
‘At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots
will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the
scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.’ (Job 14:7).
Even though you see as if your life has been cut off and there is no
hope, God will water the situation, your life and will sprout and will
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thwarted. God is working behind the scene on your favor, to water the
situation. God is going to change your ashes for beauty, weeping may
endure for this far but joy is around the corner. Maybe you are in the
valley of disappointment and loneliness, which is not your final
destination. Devine connection and provision is coming your way.
You may be going through a tough time, hardship, and struggles and
not being able to make the ends meet just like Joseph in the pit. You
may not understand it but God allowed it, not that He could not take
you out but wants to walk with you step by step and bring you out with
great substance better off than you were before.
You are destined to win. You will succeed in life. There will be road
blocks, and obstacles will come, but it’s possible that you are going to
make it. Behind the scene God is putting together the right people, right
connections, and right resources for you. Keep pressing your way
forward, have faith in God, your dream will come true. Too many are
looking for instant gratification but know that not everything is going
to happen the same time we want it to. Everything takes time. Still we
must not give in or quit. It will happen. Remain patient while we learn
the many facet in life, and even learn about ourselves and others. At the
end of patience, endurance and perseverance are crucial lessons that
we’ll use to reach our destiny.
Don’t just sit there thinking about the magnitude of the problem, no,
no, no! Stand firm and declare the magnitude of our God, start walking
towards receiving the divine provision. Every day we must do
something that will move us forward in the direction of our goals. Our
consistent actions must also be positive and be in harmony with our
thoughts. We must believe that our dreams, ideas, our goals are possible
and also believe that we have what it takes to make them work in our
favor. Write down each goal, surround ourselves with people that are
supportive and be ready to take personal responsibility to make it
happen. Don’t let the negativity be the catalyst for you to live distressed.
Embrace courage and faith and beat all odds.
In life, you may face bumps in the road. You may have had a lot of ups
and downs, struggles in finances, or difficulties in relationships that
have lasted year after year. You’re thinking, “Is it ever going to get easier? Is
it ever going to change? Am I ever going to see a breakthrough?” The answer is
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restoration and redemption, you’re going to come into promotion,
restoration and vindication where God not only lifts you up, but He is
going to keep you up.
We must have faith to believe that we already have whatever it is that
we envision for ourselves in life. It is that kind of faith that will cause
you and me to rise up from the hard times and begin to call things that
have not yet come into existence as if they already did. Believe that there
is a higher power who already know that our outcome is going to be
successful. You have this promise that regardless of the fire, mountain
and valleys you will still be standing because you are a child of the
highest God. Face the problem. God want you to just be strong and
courageous, to position yourself and stand firm then He’ll fight for you
so keep moving, keep shinning, keep pushing until something happen.
Jesus said in John 15, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you abide in Me,
you will bear much fruit and your fruit will remain...apart from me you can do
nothing.”
Abide in your maker, your deliverer. He is behind the scene working it
out for you. He is eternal God, an extra ordinary master who does
things His way giving you suspense and surprises. Be a spectator of
what He is doing on your life. He is good at that because He sees the
end from the beginning.
Probably you are in a tight place, feeling like you are at the appropriate
place to give up, to throw up the towel. Be still and know that He is
God. This is not your battle. All that you have to do is to be still because
He is working it out for you. He is going to give you victory if you just
believe it. He Has been fighting for me, even when my life seemed to
have hit a rock, He was right just there saying, “Relax my son, am in control,
be still and let me finish working on you for the assignment ahead requires serious
preparation for you to live a purpose full life.” God is using that mountain to
change you. He has anointed some hardships, He has anointed the
storm, the mountain, and the fire and that darkness to change you and
make you what He want you to be.
That failure is part of your training before you get to your season. You
are work in progress. You have been going through the preparation
stage. He was pruning you to ensure you bear much fruits. God sees
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to believe that regardless of the situation, behind the scenes God is at
work and the outcome will be glorious.
The assurance is that you will go through it. You will look back and see
the great work He was working on behind the scene.
I am the LORD. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another or my praise to
idols. See, the former things have taken place, and I'm announcing the new things before
they spring into being I'm telling you about them. (Isaiah 42:8-9)
We often get discouraged and feel like giving up because things don’t
turn out the way we anticipated. It is important that we look at the big
picture and not let these temporary setbacks and hardships that make
us lose focus on who is in control of guiding our life.
A story is told of a little boy who was telling his Grandma how
"everything" was going wrong. School, family problems, severe health
problems, etc.
Meanwhile, Grandma was baking a cake. She asked her grandson if he
would like a snack, which, of course, he does.
"Here, have some cooking oil."
"Yuck" says the boy.
"How about a couple raw eggs?"
"Gross, Grandma!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"
"Grandma, those are all yucky!"
To which Grandma replied; "Yes, all those things seem bad by themselves, but
when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake.
God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through
such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in
His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually,
they will all make something wonderful!"
Behind the scenes God is putting together the right ingredients in your
life to bake the best cake ever. That pain, discouragement, pain, loss,
death is one of the ingredient which is ‘yuck’ when taken alone but it’s
going to be delicious if you chose to wait for the best baker to finish
baking.
Our God is a jealous God. He does not share glory. He laid that dream,
that desire that wish, that vision in your heart and He expects you to
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to walk in that line of trust and obedience. Forget what has already
happened and wait earnestly in faith for the new that He is doing.
Behind the scene He is working on something new and it shall be so
great that He is saying in the above verse that He is warning you in
advance that when the great things happen- as they will, remember that
He does not share glory.
When God Has blessed you, don’t glorify your creativity, your
networks, your hard work, your ability or what people did. It was God
doing it behind the scene for you so all glory, honour, adoration and
praise should be unto Him. Arise and Get Set for the new thing He is
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Chapter 2
NOTHING JUST
HAPPENS
othing just happens. Everything happens with a reason
and a purpose. Sometimes the delays, hiccups, struggles,
setbacks and stagnations are all aligned on our paths with
better things and outcomes attached to them. We should
always set our minds and aspirations to positivity, hope
and bigger and better expectations. It’s amazing how sometimes when
we are committed to follow our ways that seems good that God
deviates us to His way that might at the moment look ugly but later we
realize it was to the best way. God often protects His people by leading
them into situations of lesser comfort but greater dependence on
Himself. He strategically places us in line with the destiny He Has put
in store for us and not in our own way and plan but His.
Joseph in the Bible might have asked himself a lot of Whys. He
thought that the brothers and parents would celebrate his big dream
but he ended up in a pit, naked. When they decided to sell him as a
slave, they didn’t know that they were connecting him with his destiny.
God had already prepared some slave traders from a far country and
ordered them not only to pass right where they were throwing him in
the pit but also sell him at Potiphar’s house. It just didn’t happen.
Oftentimes, God will use our experiences in life as stepping stones to
prepare us for what He has in store next. Scripture tells us that He’ll
even take the things the enemy tries to bring against us and turn them
around and use them for our good. He is always leading us on a
journey of preparation. Sometimes it takes a painful experience to
make us change our ways. Sometimes God needs to shake us to wake
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path that leads to greater disappointment and ruin. We will not see it
coming, because our will is in the
way of His. But know this, God is
there leading and protecting us, even
when we do not see Him. And be
warned if your will is in the way of
His, He will light a fire under you to
get you moving. If He didn't, it
would show He does not love you.
Just as a parent will discipline their
child out of love. Problems will
point us in a right direction if we surrender our will over to His. His
love is there to motivate us and change us into the best path and plan,
much better than we could ever come up with. God uses problems to
lead you in the right direction. Is God trying to get your attention?
Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways.
That’s why it’s so important to keep our eyes focused on Him. We
have to trust that when we are submitted to Him even if we don’t
understand He is ordering our steps. If something is not happening on
your timetable, remind yourself, “God knows what He is doing. He has my
best interest at heart. God is preparing me.” While you’re waiting, don’t make
the mistake of trying to figure everything out. If you’re constantly
trying to figure things out, that will only frustrate you. Turn it over to
God. Declare, “God, my times are in Your hands. I’m not going to worry because
I trust that You are leading me on a journey of preparation for all the wonderful
blessings You have in store for me.”
All things work together for our good. Salt is bitter but it’s a core
ingredient for any delicious meal. We all experience challenges that do
not make sense. If you keep pressing forward, one day you'll look back
and see how each setback played in God's master plan for your life.
That’s simply one part of the puzzle, there will be another piece that
connects it all and give it a significant and delightful outcome.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have
been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) NIV.
One day I was desperate in the office after being frustrated by a couple
of my colleagues. I went and closed the board room, knelt and started
“It is in the small
decisions you and I make
every day that create our
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praying asking God why everyone was against me. In that year I was
given a target of Ksh 31.3M and by the eleventh month. I managed to
raise Ksh. 37.4M yet still everyone was against me with no reason. The
position I was serving had a lot of opportunities to be corrupt and get
extra income even triple what I was earning but rather than utilizing the
moment to be unethical I did everything possible to completely seal
those gaps that no any staff would be able to practice corruption. After
praying, I went back to the office and sat there. I started listening from
within whether there was any conviction from above on what step to
take. There were other staffs seated and discussing issues as it was
around 4pm and so I was preparing to go home. A guy called Moses
Macharia realized that I was sweating, had difficulty in breathing and
was holding my chest and very fast he suspected that I was almost
having a heart attack. He came and offered first aid to me and
reassured me. After I was well, I asked myself why all this was
happening but there was a voice telling me that I was about to step to
another level.
The experience of rejection that I was going through was to thrust me
out of my comfort zone. It just didn’t happen that I was going through
rejection but God was stirring me from my comfort zone to arise and
serve my purpose. Some people were jobless out there because I was
reluctant and not opening ventures that would hire them.
Listening to the discussion from my colleagues, I heard Moses ask the
other guys whether they knew of any one stop safety shop in Kenya.
All of them said that they didn’t know of any. They went on discussing
on how that could be a great investment and immediately at that point,
the dream of Nairobi Safety Shop was hatched in me. I listened to all
the ideas they were sharing and wrote them on my diary. I also at the
same time searched more information on goggle concerning the largest
safety equipment suppliers in the world. Today I am the founder and
Director of Nairobi Safety shop with several millions returns per year
and have employed several people.
When I was going through rejection and frustration, behind the scene
God was preparing people to share an idea amongst themselves for me
to embrace and rise to greatness through it. It just didn’t happen that
an ordinary discussion was taking place, no. It was an ordained and
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Everyone experiences adversity. It’s a part of life no one escapes. In
fact, if you haven’t experienced adversity you haven’t lived long
enough.
When something unpleasant happens, often and we suffer. At times it's
a mild inconvenience like a flat tire, a toothache, failing an exam, lack
of school fees, a house girl running away, harsh boss, another car
scratching yours from the back... Sometimes adversity is more severe
like an illness or the death of a loved one. Or the car engine coughs
rather than purrs, your house broken into, your premises catching fire
and you lose everything, you lose a job, your fiancée leaves you. Things
don't work out the way we hoped or planned; instead, we experience
trials and tribulations.
In the Old Testament, Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery with evil
intent. Yet God used these misguided brothers to accomplish his
purposes. He placed Joseph in high Egyptian office so Joseph could
later save those very brothers from famine. It just didn’t happen that all
these challenges faced Joseph and wasn’t a surprise to God, He was
working behind the scene to ensure that he is at the position where he
would save his family and the entire nation from famine.
When Joseph realized this, he said, “You intended to harm me, but God intended
it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives” (Genesis
50:20). Joseph’s adversity demonstrates that not all of our trials are
there to destroy and finish us; actually most of them are to help us
accomplish the will of God in our lives.
Job, too, experienced adversity; overwhelming, spirit-crushing
adversity, none of it due to his disobedience. While it's possible to
bring adversity upon ourselves by ignoring God's commands, it's also
possible that many of the problems we face in our lives come upon us
because we are being aligned in to our purpose and His will. We are in
a in a journey and He allows us to go through the preparation stage to
be effective in our calling.
In the Book of Jeremiah 1:5, God says, "Before I formed you in the womb I
knew you, before you were born I set you apart." You and I are not accidental
creature. We are here because God wanted us to exist and he has a
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Now if that is true, and it is, it stands to reason that what happens to us
occurs within the sovereign purpose of God for our lives. There are no
accidents. God's sovereign engagement in our lives includes the
troubles we just escaped, the troubles we're in now, and the troubles
we're about to be in. It is through the trials that Job went through that
we read about him in the good book. His end up was glorious than His
beginning. God tested Abraham’s faith and loyalty through telling him
to sacrifice his only child and later he became the father of nations. It
just didn’t happen; the hand of God was on the situation.
Our lives might be Adversity Central, but God is walking right beside
us. The Psalmist said,
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou
art with me” (Psalm 23:4, KJV).
God knows when we rise up and when we lay down. We belong to the
Lord, and so does history itself. Our lives is not our own and so we
don’t have full authority on the path our life will take.
Behind the scene, God is preparing something for our good. It’s not a
surprise to Him that we are going through a tough moment.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have
been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (NIV).
Whatever you are going through will soon become a great testimony
and encouraging story because God is taking you through it.
Am writing this book to unfold this misery and will take you through
scenes, episodes, case studies, thrills, real life stories, testimonies and
virtues that will help you appreciate His presence in your life behind
the scene.
When your plans don’t work out, don’t get negative and sour. Don’t
start complaining, “I can’t believe this is happening to me. God, I just can’t
afford this delay.” “This guy is taking too long to propose.” “This salary is never
getting enough and am quitting the job.” “This traffic jam is messing me up.” “This
sermon is taking too long and I want to take my friend out.” God may be
protecting you from an accident. How do you know God has not
allowed that delay so you can meet somebody He really wanted you to
know? Learn to go with the flow. Don’t get upset and let minor
interruptions steal your joy. Listen to the still silent voice. Nothing just
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A while back there was a Matatu
tout who picked Ksh. 30,000 from
a Public Service Vehicle and he
kept it waiting for the owner to
come and claim it. Daniel the tout
had every reason to celebrate and
thank God for answering his prayer and meeting his financial needs, his
wife was expecting a baby and thus he needed money to meet the
hospital expenses. He had also hoped to pursue an ICT course and
now here comes free provision. He eventually gave back the money to
the owner who had intended to use the money to pay the hospital bill
for his child. Several people heard about Daniel’s faithfulness and
contributed millions of shillings to support his dream and the Nairobi
Hospital also commit to take care of his expectant wife. It just didn’t
happen. God tested his faithfulness and behind the scenes he was
preparing a scene that would change his life and thrust him to his great
destiny. Today he is a celebrated hero hosted by various media stations
and he has received several Awards. It just didn’t happen that money
was left inside the vehicle, it was divine connection and provision at
work.
In a similar incident, another tout was kind enough to let an expectant
mother give birth in a PSV bus along Thika superhighway. When he
was living home early in the morning, his wife gave him a Maasai shawl
since it was very cold and drizzling, he later used the same shawl to
help in the delivery of this woman. It just didn’t happen that that day
the wife gave him the shawl which was not a common situation, behind
the scenes God was preparing a scene that would thrust him to
greatness that made the world celebrate him as a hero to date.
In the course of the August 2017 Kenya elections, there was man who
showed up at a political rally with githeri packed in a polythene paper.
He was suddenly all over the media and everyone was talking and
ridiculing him, but later he was awarded and given many gifts that
changed his destiny. It just didn’t happen; God was behind the scenes
putting up moments for him and a scene that would turn things round
for him.
In the 2018 London marathon, Vivian Cheruiyot became the world
champion. When they started the race, Mary Keitany and Dibaba who
“The biggest temptation
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were ahead of them were the obvious winners. The difference is that
they both were targeting to break a world record since they were
previous champions and so they started the race very fast, using a lot of
energy and speed but later they got tired on the way and actually
Dibaba walked out of the race midway. Vivian Cheruiyot was not
targeting to break a world record but to win the race and so she didn’t
have much pressure but ran her race with the pace she was used to and
she overtook all of them. It just didn’t happen, God prepared moment
for her that the obvious champions gave up on the way as God was
working behind the scene to shape up the destiny of Vivian.
One of my most valued photos that I have used in most of my
publications is one having a fun moment with the Kenya First lady.
Earlier that day when the photo was taken, there was an event at the
KICC and nowhere was I to make a presentation though I was wishing
that one day I would meet her and encourage her on the need to have
first aid training introduced in the Kenya primary school curriculum.
The two persons, Felix Otieno and Ann Wali were meant to make a
presentation and that was during a moment that I was going through
serious rejections in my career and was in the transition moment. I
remember even on the same day a laptop and LCD Projector were
mysteriously stolen and am the one who signed them out. I was
eventually charged for loss in addition to a crate of sodas that were also
mysteriously removed from the vehicle. It was a depressing Saturday
morning. When we went to the exhibition and the first lady was headed
there, Felix and Ann all over sudden said that they won’t make the
presentation which they had prepared for and rehearsed for a couple of
days and that I was to do it. Their intention was to embarrass me in
front of the guests, public and the media. Honestly I didn’t have an
idea of what to do. The First lady was accompanied by the then
Cabinet Secretary for Health Mr. James Macharia, the Nairobi
Governor Evans Kidero, Senator Mike Sonko and US Ambassador to
Kenya Mr. Godec among other senior guests and while they were
waiting for my presentation. I told God to take charge and am not sure
what I said in the introduction but they all smiled and eagerly and
expectantly looked at me concentrating on the presentation which
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The first lady greeted me severally and said that I was passionate and
an Ambassador of Safety. It just didn’t happen, behind the scene God
was preparing that moment for me to rise towards my great destiny. If
Felix and Ann made the presentation, I could not have experienced
such a moment in life. That is where the title Ambassador started and
was later used in a lot of other forums. Nothing just happens, even that
rejection, frustration, set back and embarrassing moment is not meant
to harm you.
I know of a Pastor who was dearly loved by people. He had a pretty
wife and were adored marriage counselors. They mentored a lot of
people, supported a lot of people towards their marriage and were best
couple to many. One thing they lacked was a child of their own. Years
and years they lived praying and fasting for a child until they gave up.
They accepted the fact that they didn’t have and couldn’t get a child,
adjusted by loving one another regardless of the lack, concentrated on
helping others fulfill their dreams and advanced by adopting a young
boy from a children’s home. This was a cute boy and they really
treasured him. After a while, the Pastor died and the widow was very
discouraged. Her pillar was this adopted young man who helped her
pull together the pieces and move on with the ministry. The man grew
to a very hardworking and adored gentleman, married and got three
beautiful and lovely kids. All these brought special joy to the widow.
One child was named after her and a boy named after the late Pastor.
Today the widow is a vibrant servant of God having immense support
from the son and family. She always travels with them and proudly says
that it was her God ordained family and reason for her living. She had
to accept, adjust and advance and behind the scene God was sewing a
garment of honor and praise for her. She is invited to a lot of forums
to either receive gifts or witness crowning of her son, daughter in law
or grandchildren.
Whenever you are in such a situation of hurt, loss, pain, misfortune or
misery, just accept, adjust, advance and let God take control for His
glory. It is not a surprise to Him what you are going through. His
intentions are right and to your favor. Nothing just happens.
Sometimes our plans may be interrupted because God has somebody
He wants us to touch or something special He wants us to do.
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happening, but God is using us. Sometimes as a football player, you
may feel disappointed that the coach did not put you in the starting
lineup, but your 25 minutes play towards the end of the game might be
the ultimate energy that the team will need to get that crucial goal to
guarantee them three points and a win. You could be the custodian of
the last minute finishing stamina behind the scene.
God has His way of surprising you and ensuring that you have a
testimony, witness a miracle and learn
a lesson and experience which will
make you acknowledge that He Has
done it for you and glory go to Him.
You will use this experience to
encourage others tomorrow and it will
be very sweet as you will have risen to
great heights of blessings and
prosperity.
If God would reveal to you what He was preparing for you behind the
scenes, you would be amazed. He is not yet over with you, just as He
was with Joseph even to the pit and prison, was with David when he
was an ordinary shepherd and was with Joshua when he was just a
subordinate staff of Moses. Your better days are ahead, what you have
been going through is not meant for your harm but its God working
behind the scene on you, for you, with you and around you for your
favor.
Sometimes nature and circumstances of life do not give us what we
want at the moment but what we need to get what we want at the
appointed time. Things unfold step by step, from a grain to a tree and
we must never assume the seed in us. The position we are today is a
unit and a subset of where we ought to be. It is part of the dots that
will be connected towards our destiny so must not be disillusioned by
these dots which looks like they may not grow to much.
“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work
begin…" Zechariah 4:10
Our creator has plotted and architected our life and destiny and He
bring situations, circumstances, people and events in our lives with
clear and good intentions. Nothing that happens in our lives is a
surprise to God. He bring them to shape our destiny, to help us be
“We must never be
afraid to go too far, for
success lies just
beyond."
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equipped with the virtues, the lessons and experiences that will work
together to take us to our serving our purpose on earth and His
purpose over our lives and His Kingdom for eternity.
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love
God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28.
When things happen in our lives that seem negative and discouraging,
we should always know that God never have any evil plans over our
lives. Heavy rainfall doesn’t necessarily mean distraction neither is a
long dry spell or drought. Sometimes it’s through these tough times
and seasons that we develop ideas, strategies, experiences, learn lessons
and plot policies that gives us a great future and hope. Most of the
great people we see, the legacies we celebrate, the heroes and heroines
we recognize had to identify and face a challenge in life and it is
through their endurance that we see what we see in them, and celebrate
their pursuits and achievements. If Prof. Wangari Maathai did not go
through the hard time of defending the environment, she could not be
in the history books. The defining moment of her life was in the tough
and painful moments she went through that shaped her destiny, legacy
and Nobel recognition. Nothing just happens. God does not waste an
experience, He does not make idle introduction.
Nearly all musicians and other categories of people to go through a
bruising experience, enduring and persevering with a lot of patience
and today we know them by their names and achievements, not by
their toils, sweat and pain.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not
to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah29:11)
In your pursuit for your life’s purpose, in your determination to add
value to life and in your efforts to leave a legacy that will stand times
eternal, God will give you the grace, the ability and divine connections
to take you to your destiny. Things will be tough but God has
promised to take you through it.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the
rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be
burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” (Isaiah 43:2.)
Behind the scenes God is seeing, hearing and concerned by your life
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“The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people. I have heard them crying
out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. I am coming to
deliver them.” (Exodus 3:7).
When your purpose and value systems are aligned with the will and
plan of God, you just need to be strong and courageous in your
pursuits.
“You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the
deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.” 2
(Chronicles 20:17.)
God will take you through every stage of your pursuit of your purpose.
Sometimes His hand doesn’t seem visible and many are the times we
feel like His presence is far away and that He doesn’t care but the Bible
clearly tells us that before we were formed in our mothers’ wombs, He
knew and predestined us.
“The LORD says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you
and watch over you.” (Psalms 32:8)
I would like to briefly share about a guy I greatly admire. Tyler Perry
had a rough childhood. He was physically and sexually abused growing
up, got kicked out of high school, and tried to commit suicide twice-
once as a teen and again at 22. At the age of 23 he moved to Atlanta
and took up odd jobs as he started working on his stage career.
In 1992 he wrote, produced, and featured in his first theater
production, I Know I’ve Been Changed, somewhat informed by his difficult
upbringing. Perry put all his savings into the show and it failed
miserably; the run lasted just one weekend and only 30 people came to
watch. He kept up with the production, working more odd jobs and
often slept in his car. Six years later, Perry finally broke through when,
on its seventh run, the show became a success. He’s since gone on to
have an extremely successful career as a director, writer, and actor. In
fact, Perry was named Forbes’ highest paid man in entertainment
industry in the year 2011. Nothing just happens. He went through a
challenging childhood but later he rose to greatness. Nothing could
stop him.
When you are inconvenienced, and things don’t go your way, don’t
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to cause you problems, but it also may prevent God from using you in
the way He really wants to. Stand firm, behind the scene the invisible
hand of God is in control. He is binding and sewing up things in place
on your favor.
We need to embrace faith and patience. It is hope that keeps us going
and we have to trust God’s leading. In most cases, events unfold step
by step, phase by phase and incident by incident and you have to
understand that one phase leads to other. When going up a storey
building, you go up step by step, and every stair matters. God wants us
to live in balance. In life, everything doesn't happen all at once. All of
our dreams, desires, and goals aren't fulfilled instantly; it happens a
little bit at a time. You grow one step at a time. You increase little by
little. You strengthen your marriage a little bit at a time. You lose
weight gradually over time. You get healthy one choice at a time. You
pay your debt off a little at a time. The scripture states that, "With God,
all things are possible" but notice that it doesn't say, "With God, everything
happens instantaneously." Yes, we do serve a God of miracles. We should
look for Him to act on our behalf but we should also do our part to be
faithful.
"The hand of the diligent will rule." (Hebrews 6:12) "through faith and patience, we
inherit His promises." (Proverbs 12:24).
When I came to Nairobi and was living along Thika Superhighway, I
joined a church congregation from the same church I fellowshipped
back at home but six months later, I was feeling like stranger and it is at
this time that I decided to look for another church. One Saturday
morning while taking a walk around Githurai 44, I met David Karuri
who was my primary school peer and church mate in my home
Church. We had a long discussion since we had not met for a couple of
years. We discussed church matters and he also narrated to me his
empty experience in the Church I had just left. He like me felt empty
and spiritual stagnation for several months. He then relocated to his
current vibrant church where he was enjoying the fellowship. He
invited me to attend in the following Sunday of which I obliged. I
went there and sure enough I felt at home with the congregation there.
On that Sunday, something happened. A group of young ladies known
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singing a glorious song, I noticed one beautiful lady amongst the team
and I had an inner conviction that she was the way my future wife
should look like. Her name was Keziah. She was very pretty that after
that service, my mind was thinking about her every moment. In three
Sundays time, we were friends and three months later, I proposed to
her and by the end of one year we had a colorful wedding. She is my
beautiful wife, mother of my kids that I love very much. Behind the
scenes, God had prepared a wife for me in a different church and I was
to get bored, meet David to invite me into a different church to get my
partner there. It just didn’t happen. I was to change my location of
worship to meet with my partner. We had to meet with David to stir
me up to get out of my comfort zone.
My friend, God is in the business of coloring your destiny. He is
behind the scene working on your case and yours will be a delightful
future. Learn to follow His Lordship, His direction.
While pursuing my undergraduate education, I had an opportunity to
work with Equity bank a chance that helped me raise school fees and
money for other projects. It was at the end of the semester and every
one was clearing their hostel to go home. I didn’t have cash to pay for
transport to go home and was waiting for my friend Mash to send
some money. I was forced to seek accommodation from a friend who
was staying at a private residence around the university since every
student had to leave the hostels. Incidentally, that evening, a notice was
mounted outside the dean of student’s office of a paid internship
opportunity for those clearing their fourth year. I had just cleared my
second year and immediately I applied for the internship opportunity. I
had not met the minimum qualification but because almost all the
students had travelled home, everyone who applied got the chance and
I was one of them. Two days later we went for training in Eldoret town
and we were paid for the days we attended the training. This gave me
fare to go home and some pocket money to help me report at Nakuru
Gate House branch where I was posted. It just didn’t happen, God
allowed me not to have fare and so was left behind for me to get the
internship opportunity which would later connect me to a lot of other
opportunities, people as well as get money to pay for the subsequent
semesters as well as help my parents.
God will always give you an inner conviction to do something.
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destruction, sometimes a loss to get something better, and sometimes
He will take you through a painful experience to put a ministry in you.
Sometimes you will lose a child or experience death for God to prepare
you to be encouraging other people who are on the same path. Don’t
ask yourself why He chose you to follow that path, who did you want
to go through it? You are the right candidate and all through He has
been working on you behind the scenes and His grace is sufficient.
Nothing just happens! It is at the time plan of God. He allows you to
lose a job to establish your own firm and entity that will solve a
problem for the community around and employ many. He can allow
you to face a break up in the engagement to avoid a broken marriage.
He can make you miss a boda boda ride to experience a Mercedes ride.
God can allow you to miss enrolment in to the university to get a full
scholarship to pursue your dream career in your dream country. He can
allow you to miss that promotion into a supervisor for you to become
a manager. He can make you not excel academically but successfully
flourish in business to employ professors and other intellectuals to
manage your ventures. Trust and obey Him.
Be strong and of good courage my friend, the Lord loves you and will
never give up on you. He is working behind the scenes in your favor
and greater is your destiny. Nothing just happens. What you see around
and in your life is not a surprise to God. He is joining the dots together
and you will look back and declare that surely His hand was with you
all this time. He sees the end from the beginning. He is the Alpha and
Omega. Your time of uncommon harvest is at the corner but you have
to be a little bit patient and have a little moment of faith as He finalize
on you. You are blessed and highly favored and it is well with you.
I can’t finish this without sharing about a caterpillar and butterfly.
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening
appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it
struggled to force its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had
gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. Then the man
decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped
off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man
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moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the
body, which would contract in time. Neither happened. In fact, the
butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body
and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that
the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get
through the tiny opening were God’s way of forcing fluid from the
body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight
once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are
exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our
life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as
strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
Nothing just happens. God is working behind the scene on that
situation and at the fullness of time and in His appointed time He will
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Chapter 3
GOD DOES NOT MAKE
IDLE INTRODUCTION
ur God has a way of preparing people to help us reach our
destiny. Some of these people are destiny carriers, destiny
shapers, destiny connectors, and divine connectors. Mostly
He will use the people we list expect and in most cases they
are those we disregard and wish away. It’s easy to focus on others’ faults
and what we would like to change about them. But, God is the one that
put the talents, creativity and strengths into each person.
I remember when I got the idea to launch the Nairobi Safety Shop, I
had prepared everything on paper; design of the shop, items to stock,
contents for the website, searched and preserved the name and my
mind was set for it. One Sunday afternoon I attended a medical camp
committee meeting at Deliverance Church Githurai 45 where I had
been invited to advise them on how to set up a medical camp. At the
meeting I met a gentleman called Richardson Ndege who was
representing a company known as Lochlabs Ltd. I was there in the
capacity of the Director Makinika Afrika and was to partner with the
church in setting up the camp. After the long meeting, I left and behind
me was Richard who left the meeting unsatisfied. We walked together
getting to share about ourselves. After about a 25 minutes introduction
and having asked me about what I do, we got so much connected and
he said that he would support the Makinika Afrika dream by making it’s
website for free. This was amazing and a great miracle. Months later
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Safety Shop website. This was God using him to launch me to the next
level and honestly after he did the two
website the companies grew
unanimously as I used the sites for
online marketing.
You see, God set up a forum where He
would later introduce me to Richard to
be my destiny connector and in his heart
He placed the heart and grace to help
me. Today am so greatful for what he
did for me.
After the websites were set and had started getting some few orders and
training opportunities, there was a need for an office and shop. I trusted
God for a shop at the Central Business District (CBD) Nairobi and as
you know this is expensive.
I had earlier on I connected with my Lawyer Sir. Nyoro and so when I
hinted to him that I was planning to establish a company, he offered to
do registration without any legal fee as a way to support me. This was
great news and I do thank God for him. Apart from that, he offered
me his office to be using it and was willing even to partition it to create
room for Safety shop stock. Remember he was doing this for free. The
office was at Parliament Road in Nairobi and this is a great offer.
All this time I was committed to prayers trusting God for a great break
through. In our church there is a room on the first floor that was meant
to be used as a studio but was vacant and I was using it as a power
room. Several days in a week I could get in that room with a notebook
and pen and would discuss a lot of issues with God, sometimes writing
two pages of the deliberation.
I had an idea of acquiring a bank loan but when I approached two banks
which I had an account with they rejected my request.
One afternoon after conducting prayers at the upper room, I had a
conviction to contact a friend and share with him my plan to launch a
Safety Shop. I called the friend and we met for a cup of coffee at
Stanmatt café. After sharing about my dream, he said that he had
admired my passion in safety and had been desiring to partner with me.
He asked me the budget I had to establish the shop and when I
“What the mind can
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informed him, he said that in two days he would send some cash and
true to his words, he furnished the budget I had and that is how Nairobi
Safety Shop and Makinika Afrika office was established. Today they
have grown and employed many.
After praying, God advised me to meet my destiny connector and
behind the scene he had prepared him to support me and had ensured
he had some money in his account which he didn’t have an idea how
to use it. He does not make idle introductions.
Remember Elijah at the Kerith Valley,
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide
in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed
the ravens to supply you with food there.” (1Kings 17:2-16)NIV.
So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine,
east of the Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and
meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank
from the brook.
God used ravens to feed him. These are scoundrels and could not at
any way be imagined that they could safely carry meat from whichever
source they got from but God used them. Sometimes you would
wonder why God never used a dove, a pigeon, peacock or another well-
organized bird. He does things His own way and can use any one to
bless you and help you reach your destiny. He can use a ‘Kigogo’ to fulfill
his purpose in your life.
For your dream to come to pass, it will require that you meet some
people along the way. Maybe it’s a pastor, a teacher, a guardian, a
landlord, a neighbor or in law. God can use them to shape your destiny.
There is a difference between having the best person in your life and
the right person. He can use the person you don’t value and regard
much in your life to help you get to your destiny. It could be a boda boda
rider, your nanny, your gate man, could be your tenant, a conductor, the
woman who sell vegetables at a neighborhood stall etc.
As sure as God wants to bring us divine connections, the devil wants
to bring us wrong connections. Sometimes we force ourselves to
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Sometimes we get special need children or maybe our partners change
either physically or character wise and we wonder why us but God can
make it happen for you to be what He want you to be. You just need
to accept, adjust and advance and not try changing them and nagging
God.
“We’re the clay and you’re our potter: all of us are what you made us.” Isaiah 64:8
Our job isn’t to change people. Learn to accept that God is the one
directing their steps, making them and molding them into who He
wants them to be. If you’ll learn to love, honor and accept people for
who they are right now, your relationships will go to a whole new level.
When I was growing up, I had great friends and still have most of them
as friends until today. One of these friends is Dadson Waititu, when I
gave my life to Christ in 2003 at Deliverance church Murunyu. We
became attached and one thing in him that helped me stand is his
consistency, element of surprise and inquisitive nature. He always want
to know and will openly ask and question and this helped me in my
Christian walk as anytime I seemed to tend to walk out of the way, he
would be right there and I would always feel guilty. He hits the nail on
the head and doesn’t mind how you will feel. It is better a person who
tells you a painful truth about you than a sweet lie that will hurt later.
He does not pretend and will not beat round the bush and this has been
very instrumental in shaping up my life. I can call him accountability
partner.
In 2006, after I completed my secondary school education, he invited
me to attend a KSCF Camp and he even paid for part of the fee and so
he introduced me to KSCF which has really impacted my life, trained
me for service and also given me an opportunity to impact the lives of
many young people.
When I cleared my University education, Dadson hosted me for about
two months in a small cubical he had rented in Nakuru. The room was
about 10ft by 10ft and we actually survived, eating ugali and beans or a
handful of sukuma wiki almost every day, sometimes taking strong tea
as we could not afford milk. I have never paid him back for this but I
know I owe him a lot.
In every event I had in my life whether it’s fundraising to join university,
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I remember when he first visited my small self-confused house at
Githurai 45, before he even got to the house, he had complained
severally about the place and kept pushing me to shift. The place was
pathetic, dirty, muddy, dark, smelly and shoddy. When he got to the
house, I was using the small high school size mattress which was on the
floor as I could not afford a bed. We shared one room with a family of
four, sharing a door but different rooms. Behind the house was a
swamp thus the floor was always full of molds because of dampness. It
was a dark room, smelly and didn’t have privacy as you could hear what
is happening from the neighbor’s rooms including those meeting their
conjugal obligations. He was frustrated and pushed me to get out of my
comfort zone until I shifted. He used to make impromptu visits where
I was working and could raise concerns and advise where I need to
improve. I remember when I shared of my intentions to marry, he
worked hard to ensure he met the lady to approve her before I proceed.
When I shifted from the self-confused house, to a two rooms at the
same ghetto, he frequently visited me even after we got married. There
is this day that after paying us a visit as I was seeing him off, he fell in
an open sewage ditch at the entrance of our flat and you cannot imagine
the experience, it was embarrassing. He really pushed me to shift from
the house and every other day he reminded me that it was not of my
class. It is from his continuous challenge that we shifted from my
comfort of Guthurai 45 to a nice serene environment of Kahawa Sukari.
The two episodes made him hate Githurai with a passion and as well
stir me up to bring up my family in a conducive environment. We all
need friends who will challenge us to shift from our place of comfort
and move to greater heights, from mediocrity and complacency to
better and productive lives.
God allows such people in our lives some to bring out the best in us,
keep us on check and in track and others to challenge us. Thank God
if you have such a friend. It started with respecting him for who he is,
not that he is perfect but because God wanted us to grow together and
help each other live a purpose full life.
I would like to encourage us that respect should be constant,
irrespective of the other person. This also answers the question, "Should
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simple nod and smile, whether or not they respond. Do it and move
on. Remember it's about being true to who you are. Being assertive is
not about proving a point- soar high and remain grounded. Show
respect even to people who don’t deserve it, not as a reflection of their
character but a reflection of yours. God doesn't make idle introduction.
The person you assume might be your destiny connector, his or her one
idea might be life changing.
Sometimes it’s a stranger or even an enemy who God uses; sometimes
it’s a person so close to us that we were looking elsewhere but God
looking at the person close to us. Are you facing something that seems
unfair? Is there opposition that you've been praying would lift but it's
still there? Let this message remind you of the sovereignty of God in
your life. What you think is a disappointment; that person that left you,
that coworker that's trying to make you look bad, that friend that
betrayed you can teach you to trust God and His plan through every
unfair and unjust thing in your life. Take a closer look at the scripture
and see how God uses our enemies and affliction to make His glory
known and bring about His plan in our lives. You'll be inspired to trust
God no matter what you face.
It is very important to have mentors and people who inspire us to go
further and higher. God brings these people to connect us with our
destiny. Who you spend your time with will have a great impact on what
kind of life you live.
"He who walks with wise men will become wise." (Proverbs 13:20).
Make sure you're hanging around the right people, the type that will
inspire you to come up higher and be all that God has created you to
be. As you do these, remember even the weak and the easily overlooked
have their place. Learn how to make the necessary boundaries and
changes necessary so that you can thrive in life. Learn to recognize the
right and God ordained people in your life.
When people die, we hear and see a lot of people send condolences of
how they valued them but unfortunately they never express this until a
person is gone.
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17), every one
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Who has been there to comfort you in a time of loss? Who encourages
you when you’re down? Who can you count on when nobody else is
around? Have you told those people how much you appreciate them?
Don’t wait until it’s too late to tell them, express appreciation while they
are still around. Take time to thank those who have made you better.
Acknowledge and appreciate them now that you have the chance as this
will inspire them to do more.
The way to tell how mature you are is by the way you treat people who
can’t do anything for you. We can all be kind to the boss. He may give
us a promotion. We can all be friendly to the popular person at school.
If they like us, everybody will be our friend. That’s easy. But if we’re
going to live the way God intends, we’ve got to learn to be good to
everyone. Jesus said, “When you do good to the least of these, you’re doing it unto
Me.”
Instead of rushing by the security attendant you see at work each day,
why don’t you take time to see how they’re doing? That person at the
office that others ignore, why don’t you reach out to them and share
the love of Jesus? We build the kingdom of God one life at a time. Show
love, show His goodness, tell people about salvation through Christ. As
you reach out and help others, just like the Good Samaritan, that help
will come right back to you, and you’ll move forward into the blessing
and destiny He has prepared for you. So I request all of us by the
mercies of GOD to be compassionate to a person who doesn’t deserve
our attention today and the rest of the season. You’ll see how GOD
will change your life and again isn't that setting yourself in the self-
actualization stage in the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
After Elijah left the brook, God was to connect him with someone else
in line with serving His purpose.
Sometime later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Then the word of the LORD came to him; “Go at once to Zarephath in the region
of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” So he
went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there
gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in
a jar so I may have a drink?” (1 Kings 17:7-16) NIV
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a door for you and is linked to your divine destiny to introduce you to
someone, to put in a good word or give you a shoulder to step to. We
ought to treat all people with dignity regardless of rank or influence.
Jesus said, “Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for Me." (Matthew 25:40)
When you take time to help others, really, you're helping yourself
because every seed you sow, you're going to reap a harvest. Every good
deed you do, every time you go out of your way to make someone feel
special, God sees it. He will make sure the right people come across
your path. As you treat everyone in your life as a gatekeeper, God will
make sure the right doors open, the right opportunities come your way,
and you will walk in favor, promotion and increase. You will walk in
your God-given destiny. Some of these are our parents who hold a key
to our destiny.
“'Honor your father and mother which is the first commandment with a promise.”
(Ephesians 6:2).
Every time your parents are happy because of you and talking positive
and words of hope upon your life, it will always go well with you.
Anytime you annoy your parents, overlook them, despise them and
make them feel deserted, are complaining about you being careless and
not taking care of them, it does not go well with you. There is a blessing
connected with supporting and being in good terms with your parents.
Every time they are smiling and blessing you regardless of the distance
those blessings will overflow.
Everywhere we go, we should look for an opportunity to bring honor
to others in our conversations and the way we treat people. Where there
is honor, there is promotion. If we would show more honor, we would
not only have better relationships, but we would enjoy our life a whole
lot more. Want to see change in your life? Show more respect and
honor to those in your life. Set out to honor someone - your spouse, a
coworker, a friend, and your parents.
Just as Electricity is generated by the contact of positive and negative
wires. Similarly progress too is achieved with the confluence of two
streams of thoughts. Sometimes consultation lights up the future path
for man and sometimes it brightens up a vast horizon. Sometimes you
will require a mentor, a critique, a teacher or a counselor to guide you
and coach you through life. They may be harsh, might tell you what you
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comfort zone. Some of these people might be guardian angels who you
come to recognize their place later in life.
I remember when I launched the online safety shop before opening a
physical store, one time I got a huge order to supply first aid kits and
dozens of high quality overalls to a truck body making company. The
payment terms was cash on delivery but had been given an LPO. I
consulted my supplier who advised I pay 50% to get the items and
deliver then pay the balance after the client submit the payments. I was
given three working days to deliver and the supplier assured of this but
six days later they were not ready. Every day I would go to the
workshop and there were different stories and excuses. A staff called
MaryAnn was very professional and she intervened and with her great
customer engagement skills I was ready to wait. Were it not for her I
could have cancelled the deal. When the work was ready, I went to
collect but the director of the company who had earlier given a go ahead
to pay after I receive my payment now authorized that I must pay the
whole amount. I didn’t have money so he took my laptop and after
giving me the stock, 60 minutes later I was back with the total amount.
MaryAnn apologized for the mistreatment but the director didn’t
bother at all.
Two months later immediately I opened my store and was looking for
a staff, in my mind I wished to have someone who was in the safety
industry before and was wishing to have someone like MaryAnn. Two
days later I received a call from her telling me that she was jobless for a
month now and looking for something to do. I was excited and when I
asked whether she could work at my shop she was excited and
immediately she started working with me. She has seen the shop grow
from not making a single sale the whole week to being a multimillion
firm. She is a strong lady that would carry a Fire extinguishers, deliver
to clients in Nairobi and install all by herself. She has been instrumental
in its growth that I thank God every day for her. God does not make
an idle introduction. The situation you are in today and the person you
meet could be the exact person that you will require to get to your
destiny.
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The enemy will come into your thoughts trying to discourage you but
this is the Goliath that God will use you to defeat and make you the
king. Don't be intimidated, we grow in tough times and that's when our
courage and faith grows. When the enemy puts you and pressure you,
he prepares you to push you further with high pressure. Your boss may
be intimidating you but it’s the Lord who is using him to push you
ahead and your boss will be a witness. God will use your enemy to push
you forward and soon you will say it was good that it happened, just the
same way David said, “It is good Goliath came that I was promoted from a
shepherd to a King and given the King's daughter to be my wife." Before the
foundation of the world, He laid out an exact plan for your life. And in
this plan, He has marked moments that are going to come across your
path. These moments are not ordinary; they are destiny-altering
moments. They are designed to thrust you years ahead. It says in
Ecclesiastes that “time and chance come together for every person.” That means
you’ll have opportunities to meet the right people, opportunities to
advance in your career, and opportunities to fulfill your dreams. God
has already pre-arranged times of increase and blessing. He has put in
place people, circumstances and events to connect you to your destiny
and behind the scene divinely connect you.
Develop a culture of honor everywhere you go no matter who you
come across or where you are. The amount of honor you show will be
directly related to the amount of God’s favor you will see. If you will
make it a priority to show honor wherever you go, God promises all
will be well with you. Because you’re honorable, you will have honor in
return and live a blessed, satisfied, prosperous life
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Purpose, Extraordinary God who
expects you to occupy till He come. He uses people to stir us, as
catalysts of change. He can use a prophet, a spiritual leader, an enemy
or a stranger and you have to have an open mind to recognize the
presence and voice of God. Behind the scene He prepares and use
people we list expect in the bible to fulfill a specific purpose. We could
not have expected Saul to become the Paul we read about.
God has a long track record of calling people the world thinks are
lightweights, cowards, or no good and making them great in his service.
Who else but God called Gideon to lead the fight against the
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in the world for not heeding the call to
fight. He rattled off all excuses in the
book. Still, God’s angel called him a
‘mighty man of valor.’ Gideon might have
laughed since this description hardly
squared with his own perception of
himself.
God called David, the son of Jesse. David was very small. David was a
shepherd. Surely, God could have called his bigger and stronger
brothers. Instead, God called a simple shepherd boy. Finally, God
called Rahab to help the Hebrews. Surely, he could have called on a
woman more reputable than a prostitute but He called Rahab. Indeed,
so important was Rahab’s action for the cause of God that she is an
ancestor of Jesus Christ. All these examples point to one central truth;
God may not always call the equipped but he sure does equip the called.
God is constantly calling all of us to do his will. The question is whether
we will answer or not. From feeding the poor to helping those who
can’t help themselves, there are just so many ways we can help make
the world a much better place. We only need to heed the call. The
problem a lot of people have a tough time heeding God’s call on their
hearts is the fact that they don’t think they have enough time, money,
resources, patience, or the personal background to provide the help
God wants them to provide. The reality is that God has called people
with no resources through the centuries and they have helped make
miracles happen. All we need, to make extraordinary things happen, is
to listen to God and follow by faith. He will supply the rest according
to the riches of his grace. That’s the kind of loving Father God is. What
has God been calling you to do in furthering his will? What has been
the reason for your resistance? Understand that God is not calling on
you to rest on your own strength but to heed the call and claim the
strength and power He Has ready for you. May you occupy till He come
and heed to His calling.
Right now, God is working behind the scenes in your life. No matter
what you may be facing, no matter what trial you may be going through,
God has a plan to turn things around in your favor. Right now, He is
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working out a plan for your good. Right now, He is orchestrating the
right people to come across your path. He is orchestrating the right
opportunities to open up to you. He is using the introductions that He
Has made in your life. You can be in a Matatu with no fare but He can
use the person next to you to pay for it. In the midst of that lack, pain,
loss, misfortunate, confusion and rejection, there is a person divinely
connected to answer your prayer. Do not despise any one around you
whether of the family of faith or non-believer. Tell God to open your
spiritual eyes and ears that you may not miss your hour of visitation.
You may not see it in the natural, but look with your eyes of faith today.
Keep standing. Keep believing. Keep hoping and do not dare close a
door for your gatekeeper, destiny connector, destiny career and
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Chapter 4
THE SECRET OF GRATITUDE
small town chamber of commerce invited a speaker to
address its annual dinner. The community’s economy was bad,
people were discouraged, and they wanted this motivational
speaker to give them a boost. During her presentation, the
speaker took a large piece of white paper and made a small black dot at
the center with a marking pen. Then she held the paper up before the
group and asked them what they saw.
One person quickly replied, “I see a black dot.” “Okay, what else do you see?”
Others joined in agreement: “A black dot.”
“Don’t you see anything besides the dot?” She asked. A resounding
“No” came from the audience.
“What about the sheet of paper?” asked the speaker. “I am sure you have all seen
it”, she said, “But you have chosen to overlook it.”
“In life, we also tend to overlook and take for granted many wonderful things that we
have or happen around us and focus our attention and energy on small, dotlike failures
and disappointments. The so called ‘problems’ that we have are usually like the black
dot on the paper. They are small and insignificant if we can widen our horizon and
look at the whole picture.”
Don’t be one of the person who focus attention and energy on dot-like
problems. Focus on opportunities and good things. Focus on chances
and good moments. Regardless of the several dots you may see around,
there are hectares of sheets of papers around. There are wonderful
things happening around that you can thank God for.
One of my year 2015 resolutions was to reach out to people to share and
lift their souls through various initiatives and one of it was through the
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in traffic along Thika road for about one hour and a half and throughout
this time I was thinking of how I could be an inspiration to someone,
even specific to some men who meet somewhere at Githurai 44 to play
football and volleyball at chiefs area.
When I arrived at our offices, I met my boss Mr. Davis Mogaka who
had parked there and he called me, we had a general discussion and then
he requested me to take him somewhere and without hesitation I went
to the office, signed in and left not sure where we were going but were
having a general man to man talk-developmental issues.
The guy told me that he had been invited for a TV interview in one of
the local channels and that he wanted me to take him and so we drove
all the way to the Hope worldwide TV Center, Kilimani. We were
received warmly and the studio was ready waiting for us but to my
surprise my friend told me that I would be the one to be interviewed and
off he left- I was surprised. The program went on well and from the
discussion we had and my presentation, the program director and the
interviewer were so amazed, claimed of how inspired they were by the
volunteer and compassion issues I shared. The words of gratitude and
appreciation really inspired me and built my self-esteem. I felt very
refreshed and ready to move mountains and scale heights. That became
my first time to appear on a television program. My boss tricked me and
left because he feared being infront of the camera but God was
preparing me to be impacting lives through several media and so I had
to learn how to behave in front of cameras and behave during TV
interviews. On my way back, there was a minor accident along Kenyatta
Avenue and so I stopped to assist and when I was living, one gentleman
followed me and said, ”Thank you for what you have done to them, I wish I
knew a bit of first aid.” As we were walking talking, I kept on thanking him
too for volunteering to help the casualty even without any lifesaving
skills and this really inspired him and he kept saying that he would like
to study the skill. When we reached at Parliament road, we parted ways
and he surprised me…..he gave me several hundred shilling notes and I
assure you I had an urgent need that needed some finances which God
used that guy to provide, Glory be to His name.
Learning to be thankful and regularly expressing gratitude is an
important part of being happy. Being thankful gives the power to
appreciate for what we have. Even when you don’t feel like you have
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world of 6 billion people who would look at your life and trade places
with you in a heartbeat.
When you thank and appreciate people for any achievement or act, you
may never know what that would mean to them. It might take them
miles and stir treasures in them that could impact the world.
One time in my business I felt like we were going through a dry spell.
The much we were able to get was just to pay the staff and few bills. I
remember one Monday morning a gentleman came and ridiculed the
shop. He asked, “Is this a Kiosk or stall, what do you have?” You can imagine
the feeling. My staff felt disappointed and I could see one of them called
MaryAnn was burning with an urge to give a rude response. Immediately
I took charge and told the client we had the capacity to supply anything
and any quantity. He asked for some items, looked at them with an ugly
face and returned them and after about 45 minutes of offensive
questions, he bought a dust mask worth 10 Kenya Shillings and left. I
looked at him with a smile, thanked him and welcomed him for another
purchase next time. That weekend I helped a stranger in need of several
thousand shillings, went for a three days prayer and fasting session at
Heaven’s gate prayer center in Nakuru (my place of solace and communion
with God where I visit dozens of time) specifically for thanking God with no
any special prayer request, and the following Tuesday while travelling to
Rongo for a Training, we got a more than one million deal and the client
paid 80% in advance. This is the same client who frustrated us and
bought a dust mask worth Ksh 10. He made me touch the first million
in my business less than one week from when he frustrated us. What if
we were rude to him? What if our response wasn’t friendly? I could not
be sharing this testimony. I remember at the prayer center I thanked
God for making me a millionaire and few days later I had slightly above
a million in a day, within hours.
There is always a lot around to be thankful for; appreciating that PSV
driver for driving you carefully, thanking your child’s teacher for the
impact on your child, thanking God for rain, sunshine, a new day,
arriving home safely.
Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When
you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks
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living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured
the fault is in yourself.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not
on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is.
Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes to simply be
human…At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still
be standing is reason enough to celebrate.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough,
and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and
confusion into clarity. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace
for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
When you go through difficulty in life, one of the ways to keep the right
perspective is to take a moment to look back over your life and
remember what God has done for you. Remember how He made a way
when you didn’t see a way. Remember how He opened doors that should
have never opened. Remember how He put you in just the right place at
the right time, promoted you, healed you and restored you. If He did it
for you once, He can do it for you again. When you read what He did
for the people in the Bible, you can have confidence that He will do the
same for you.
This is how you build your house on the rock. Hold on to the promise
that no matter what comes your way, when the storm is over, when the
trouble has passed, you’ll still be standing. As a believer in Jesus, you
have the DNA of Almighty God. The same power that raised Christ
from the dead lives on the inside of you. You may get knocked down,
but you’re not going to stay down. You’ll rise up and stand strong when
you build your life on the Rock. The same God who has conquered for
you today will do it tomorrow. Be thankful. Our God sees the end from
the beginning. He is the Alpha and Omega. He is Ebenezer and so we
should be grateful for what He Has done, is doing and is about to do.
What you dwell on is what you will draw into your life. We can either
focus on our problems, or we can focus on our blessings. The question
is: do you want more problems, or do you want more blessings? One
thing I’ve noticed is that when you live with an attitude of constant
gratitude, not only do you thank God for what He’s done in your life,
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for opening doors for you in the future. You thank Him for increasing
you. You thank Him for bringing the right people into your life. When
we say “Thank You” to God for the things that are coming, it’s really a
declaration of our faith in Him. It’s like saying in essence, “God, I’m so
sure of Your goodness, I’m so sure that You’re working in my life that I’m going to
thank You right now for what You are going to do tomorrow!”
Every day when I wake up, most of the times I don’t present a list of
needs and requests to God. I thank God for what He Has done, is doing
and is about to do. The faith that He is about to do something gives me
an excitement for the day.
Friend, that’s the kind of faith that
pleases God. He wants us to trust in His
goodness and believe that He is a
rewarder of those who diligently seek
Him. He delights in seeing our faith. He
delights in an attitude of gratitude.
Isn’t it wonderful to know that God
promises to always lead us into victory?
That means no matter what is going on in your life today, no matter
what’s happening in the world around you, no matter what anybody says,
you should always be thanking God because victory is always on the way.
You don’t have to wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to
celebrate what God is going to do in your life. Praise is putting action
behind your faith. In the middle of adversity or a tough time, start
making a list of who you’re going to invite to your victory celebration.
That means if you’re in the hospital, start planning what you’re going to
do when you get out. If you lost some money when the economy went
down, start planning your coming-out-of-debt party, if your fiancee has
rejected you, just start planning for your colorful wedding, if you have
lacked school fees start preparing for your graduation ceremony. When
things don’t look good in the natural, remember, we serve a supernatural
God. With God leading you into victory, you can always plan for
increase. You can plan for restoration. You can plan for a comeback,
and you can plan for victory because He is leading and guiding.
In the next chapters I’ll share some testimonies and real life experiences
that will touch your heart. I will give more details about how I went back
“You just can't beat
the person who
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to school with no school fees after four years in the streets. The last day
after completing my KCSE exam, I felt an urge to go thank the
management of the school for allowing me to thrive through the three
years despite the financial challenges I had. When I went to Mrs.
Gatimu’s office and told her that I came to thank her for having allowed
me to study through, she wept. She was deeply touched by the fact that
I recognized their compassion and she cleared the huge school fees
balance that I had. Note, I did not go to request for a waiver but thank
her but this activated a miracle. I cleared debt free to God be the glory.
Be thankful my friend.
I have suffered hurts, rejections, betrayal, harassment and other negative
experience in life, being heartbroken by the person I loved most and so
on, but note, some people are always grumbling because roses have
thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. From the experience, am a
better person, a better lover and knows how to treat even difficult
friends with dignity. I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me
but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally
conquered the loss and have learnt necessary lessons and experiences
along the way from the loss. That means when you break up from your
relationship, learn to accept, adjust and advance with gratitude because
God is working behind the scene for something better for you.
It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every
good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And
because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should
include all things in your gratitude.
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is
generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
I want to give you a secret. When trouble comes, the devil expects us to
get worried, complain, mourn, lose hope and give up but when you
praise God, be thankful and worship the Lord through it and this will
confuse the devil. In the scriptures, Job complained a bit and when he
knew the secret, he thanked God and said, ’I have been hearing about Him
but now I have seen Him.’ He even prayed for his friends when they visited
him and it is at this moment that there was a turnaround in his life. If
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There will always be something to sour our day; people, interruptions,
disappointments, we can't find the house keys, gas ends while cooking
ugali, somebody is rude to us, experience a tyre puncture along the way,
or what should have taken an hour, ended up taking three hours. If we're
going to live in victory each day, we have to have the right approach to
life. Learn to praise the lord in such times knowing that He is in control
because behind the scene He is working out things on our favor.
We all face difficult seasons in life. How you respond in the difficult
times will determine whether or not you make it into the fullness of your
destiny. Praising and thanking God is such times are the tools to stay in
faith during seasons of loss, disappointment and unfair situations. By
staying in faith and speaking out in faith over those difficult times, you
will stay in a position of power and peace. Discover how men and
women in the Bible faced trials just like you, and their faith in God
brought them to their promised land. As you have the attitude of all is
well, you are showing God that you trust Him. That’s what allows Him
to give you beauty for ashes and take what was meant for harm and use
it to your advantage.
Our God dwells in the midst of Hallelujah not complaints. He is your
provider, your guide and your shepherd.
Sometimes the best strategy is shut up and praise God through the
valley. He is pleased and takes charge of the situation.
Be grateful, be happy, appreciate what God has brought at your disposal
and know that nothing surprises God. In everything that you go through
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Chapter 5
WHEN WE ARE THE ANSWER
TO SOMEONE’S PRAYER
ife rewards the diligent, the aggressive, the dreamers and those
who do not give chances to lose opportunities, more so
opportunities to show kindness and compassion.
It’s easy to be consumed by problems and difficulties in life
and become ingrown and only think about our own situation.
“Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.”
Psalm 37:3 (NIV). When you’re in a time of need, sow a seed. If you
need happiness, make someone happy. If you need help, help someone
else. Have a problem? Help solve someone else’s problem. When you
not only trust God but do good to others, that’s the seed God will use
to bring a harvest in your own life. Sow a seed in your time of need. As
you refresh others, God will refresh you.
“If you know people who have wandered off from God's truth, don't write them off.
(James 5:19-20).
Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives
from destruction.
We all know people who used to be strong in their faith, who were
excited about God and their life. But somewhere along the way, they
got off course or experienced a disappointment – maybe a sickness,
rejection, a divorce or a loss, and now they’re discouraged and have
checked out of life. God is counting on us to reach out to them in love
and compassion. Who is discouraged, struggling, going through a rough
patch? You can call them, text them, WhatsApp them or give a surprise
visit. When people know you care, you can be the catalyst that turns
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In 2015, I received an email from a lady who introduced herself as my
former student in a first aid class. She sent it from Australia where she
was working in a high profile company and part time lecturer in a
middle level college.
She wrote to me sharing how she was motivated by an encouragement
session I once gave after a training on volunteering and service to
mankind. The email was on how she changed from a job seeker to a
financier and the life changer of her family.
Three years before after completing her undergraduate studies in Public
Health and for a long time she was looking for internship or volunteer
opportunities but in vain and decided to pursue a first aid course so that
she could probably volunteer somewhere as a first aider probably in
hospitals, local dispensaries or a children home. She attended one of
my trainings in Nairobi one year after her graduation. The information
of a first aid training course in Nairobi was shared to her by a campus
friend and so she traveled from Eldoret to Nairobi to do the five days
training. In all my training sessions, I ensures there are regular insights,
motivation and encouragement sessions. This has made my students to
complete the training happier and passionate to serve humanity. She
completed the training on a Friday, passed her exams and received her
a certificate of merit, and she was very happy and ready to serve, ready
to save lives and impact the society.
A week later after the training while walking along Moi Avenue in
Nairobi, she met a large crowd gathered around a sixty years lady lying
on the ground at the street. The lady appeared unconscious and the
people around were wondering what to do. Using the knowledge she
had acquired, she stepped in, introduced herself as a trained first aider
and assessed the lady, conducted a primary and secondary assessment
and found no any clue. After a thorough assessment, She turned her to
recovery position and using some emergency contacts that I had shared
with them she called the St. John Ambulance and in 17 minutes, the
medics arrived in an ambulance, took the casualty and this young lady
wrote her name and contacts on a piece of paper and gave it to the
medics. The Ambulance left with the casualty and they were feeling
happy they helped and after some discussion with the bystanders, she
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medics were still checking the vitals and somewhere the lady started
gaining consciousness and wondered where she was and what was
happening, the medics explained what happened and after she inquired
who called them, the medics reassured her and gave her the piece of
paper which had the lady’s name and contacts and put it in her handbag
and after some minutes before they got to Kenyatta National Hospital
her condition started deteriorating again. She was admitted, treated and
discharged the following morning and with a desire to thank the Good
Samaritan. She remembered the piece of paper in her bag, she took it
and called the young lady and invited her to their home in Westland
where she met part of the family members who could not hide their
joy. While sharing a meal, they interrogated her and realized she was a
disappointed job seeker and her story of the desire to serve mankind
that motivated her to learn first aid touched the family members.
Two of the woman’s daughters lived in Netherlands and she called one
of them sharing on how a young lady saved her life and she was
struggling with life looking for something to do. She connected her with
them and she was invited to Netherlands, all her Visa and Passport
needs were taken care of by the family members.
In Netherlands, she was connected to a government supply deport
where she worked and also got a full scholarship for a one year master
degree studies which she started pursuing part-time. After completing
her studies, she got a job in Australia in a mission hospital which was
well paying. In the same town, she got a lecturing job in a mid-level
college.
The lady has been able from her salary she to buy a house for her single
mother at Mlolongo and shifted her from a rented house in Langas
Eldoret to the beautiful three bedroom house with a perimeter wall.
She is still working doing more things for herself and the family,
neighbors as well as the community she is serving in Australia.
That is what God can do, she wanted to have a skill to help her
volunteer and change lives but behind the scene God wanted to use the
same skill, reward her compassionate heart and not only change her life
but many lives including entire family and community in Australia. She
was pursuing to be the answer to someone’s needs and when a need
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Friend, the lord is working behind the scene, behind that dream, desire,
wish, behind that desperation, behind that compassion; a life changing
opportunity is coming your way.
Behind that skill you obtained, something good is being prepared in the
supernatural, something good, a great surprise, great experience and
testimony, something you never imagined, exceedingly, abundantly,
above and beyond whatever you ever prayed, asked or imagined.
It will steer you far above the imaginable. Do not hesitate seizing any
opportunity of showing compassion or kind acts that comes your way.
Be diligent in doing good and good will come your way in good
measures, pressed down, overflowing , running over and in double
portion. Those who refreshes others the bible says that they will be
refreshed. Good acts never go unrewarded. The hand that gives
receives in multiplication.
In 2014, one Monday morning during a training in first aid, I requested
whether there was anyone who had acquired the skills before and have
a testimony or experience related to the skills obtained. A gentleman in
the name of Ian stood up and said that his was life changing. He had
acquired the training a year before and was my student in November
2012.
Months later while walking around in South B, Somewhere he saw a
personal car, wavering along the road then stop alongside the road. He
thought it was drunk driving but when passing next to the car, he
realized there was a gentleman inside who appeared to be in pain and
hurriedly he rushed to check what it was. The person was sweating,
having breathlessness and was bending forward holding his chest and
Ian suspected it was a heart attack. Immediately he opened the car door,
tried to assist but he realized the best thing was to have him taken to a
hospital immediately. He had basic driving skills but his driving license
was expired. He lifted the gentleman to the other seat and sat on the
driver’s seat and drove him to Mater Hospital where he was admitted.
The following day, he decided to go check him but was informed that
he was discharged. That evening, he received a call from a man who
introduced himself as a son to the gentleman and when they asked
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wait there and after about 40 minutes, he saw the gentleman’s car come
with him driving and two other men.
They showed their gratitude of having saved their father’s life and that
they wanted to give him a gift. He was given a document to sign and
was informed to produce his original ID and then the following day
they took him to a place called Ngoigwa on the way to Thika town
where he was given a 50 by 100 piece of land as an appreciation.
God gave him the desire to help, and behind the scene a piece of land
was being prepared for him. He did not know that the sacrifice he made
of just driving the person to the hospital would amount to a piece of
land along Thika Superhighway.
May Compassion be your passion and service to mankind your
aspirations. You never know how many lives you would save or impact
and the impact it would have in your life. Sometimes God will allow
you to show up and give your money, resources, advice or time to
prepare you for greatness. Seize any opportunity that comes your way
to do well.
One morning as I was walking to my place of work at parliament road,
I was surprised to see a young man giving a Ksh. 1000 note to a beggar
around Agha Khan Walk. I have never seen anyone give a roadside
beggar a note but only coins and so this surprised me. I have been good
at giving coins to beggars but this act challenged me.
The guy was ahead of me as he was hurrying and when he reached past
Vigilance house along Harambee avenue, he received a call and he
seemed so excited from the news he received and though I could not
hear what he was told, I could hear him say, "Oh my goodness, I cannot
believe you did this to me, you never know that this is a dream come true, glory be to
Jesus, God bless you a million times....,"
I wondered what that was and wished I
knew what it was but must have been
very good news. Nothing moves the
heart of God quite like taking the time
and effort to meet the needs of hurting
and desperate people. When you focus
on meeting the needs of others, you
won’t have time to worry about your
“You just can't beat
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own needs - which is actually fine since God has promised to take care
of your own needs when you spend yourself on behalf of others. The
Bible says that God wants to bless you and give you in abundance what
you need, so why wouldn’t you give? Give anything and everything you
can, whether it’s time, money, prayer, or just a kind word. So if you
want God to satisfy you with every good thing go out and help
somebody in need. Give your life away.
Over time I have been cultivating the culture of giving. Actually after
paying my tithe, before I think of how much to save and how much to
invest, I ask God how much He want me to give and to who. Honestly
since I began doing this, I have experienced divine provision in a mighty
way. Am a testimony that when you meet the needs of others, God
Himself will ensure that you don’t lack any good thing.
There was a classic navy blue suit that I once had. It is the best suit I
ever had and a lot of times I had friends borrow it when attending
crucial events. One night I had a conviction of giving it to a specific
young man called Moses who was cooking Mutura and Soup at Guthurai
45. Inside I felt like it is a waste because probably he would sell it all
maybe have it stolen but I obeyed the voice. Today am not sure whether
it was useful to him but one thing am sure of is that I have a dozen of
suits that I don’t have time to put some of them. God has ensured that
I don’t have a problem with clothing.
You might give out something and end up becoming someone else
answered prayer. How great, fulfilling and blessed it is being an
answered prayer to someone.
During one of the morning devotions at Nakuru counseling and
training institute, our counselor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the
questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who
cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman
several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper,
leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student
asked if the last question would count toward our mark. "Absolutely,"
the counselor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are
significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say
hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also got to know her name that
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Every so often, we assume the people around us and disregard our
neighbours, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind
word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of
caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
I read an article about the Lotus plant that really inspired me. The lotus
is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will
only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must
have the mud - the obstacles of life and its suffering. The mud speaks
of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations
in life. Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with
the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to
strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more
compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open
each petal one by one.
Once a group of fifty people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the
speaker stopped and started giving each person a balloon. Each one
was asked to write his or her name on it using a marker pen. Then all
the balloons were collected and put in another room. The delegates
were taken to that room and asked to find the balloon which had their
name written, within five minutes. Each person was frantically
searching for their balloon, pushing, bumping on each other, and there
was total chaos. At the lapse of the five minutes, no one could find
their own balloon. Now each one was asked to randomly pick a balloon
and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes
everyone had their own balloon.
The facilitator explained that this is exactly happening in our lives.
Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing
where it is. Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give
them their happiness, you will get your own happiness. And this is the
purpose of human life.
When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and
preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world
expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so
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A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal, a
compliment and kind words may open the heart of a hurting person.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited
in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as
something separated from the rest. Our task must be to free ourselves
from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all
living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Friend, stop judging and classifying people. Let today be the day you
look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant
of the weak and strong. Because
someday in your life you will have been
all of these. Be compassionate, as long as
you live, you will have people around
you and will have an opportunity to
practice kindness.
If you make someone happy you will be
two happy people, if each one of us
would make someone happy, we would
have a happy society. You don't need
gold or dollars to make someone happy but the simple kind acts like
encouraging people, kind gestures, and sweet compliments and
listening to other people.
I have been a volunteer with Kenya Red cross, St. John Ambulance
Kenya, Younglife Kenya, KSCF and others and 80% of my time is
spent on kind and compassionate acts and there is no great fulfillment,
peace, contentment and satisfaction than knowing that by the end of
the day you have touched a life. Sometimes it might not be giving
money or resources but your time. Visit a person or buying a cup of
coffee to a friend, acquaintance or stranger, you might realize that the
person was going through a difficult situation that just required an idea
or advice to solve it and you become a solution and a blessing to the
person.
When your plans don’t work out, don’t get negative and sour. Don’t
start complaining, “I can’t believe this is happening to me. God, I just can’t afford this
“Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss,
you will land among
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delay.” God may be protecting you from an accident. How do you know
God has not allowed that delay so you can meet somebody He really
wants you to know. Don’t get upset and let minor interruptions steal
your joy.
Sometimes our plans may be interrupted because God has somebody
He wants us to touch or something special He wants us to do. Many
times we don’t even realize such “behind the scenes” events are happening,
but God is using us.
Let me assure you that all deeds done unto others are rewarded. A good
act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each has its own
reward so always do unto others what you'd wish done unto you. If you
take an evil act on someone, it will come to you later, sometimes, so be
good.
I ones witnessed County Council Police attack a lady who was hawking
oranges on the streets of Nairobi near the National archives. The lady
had an infant and the Kanjo Askaris (County Police), the female one to be
précised; snatched all the oranges in the gunia, (Sisal sack) emptied them
to the ground and started kicking them. The action angered the
passersby though we just watched in amazement wishing that
somebody would punish them. The lady was desperately crying for
help, so the County police left her perhaps out of fear. As the Kanjo lady
was walking away, she fell in an open ditch and I highly suspect that she
was injured. I hope it was a reward for the brutal treatment she gave to
the poor and desperate business lady.
It takes many good deeds to build a good
reputation, and only one bad one to lose
it. Memories of our lives, of our works
and our deeds will continue in others.
Doing Good is a simple and universal
vision. A vision to which each and every
one of us can connect and contribute to
its realization. A vision based on the
belief that by doing good deeds, positive
thinking and affirmative choice of words,
feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world.
Be good my friend, be kind, be compassionate, be considerate, be
empathetic. May compassion be your passion and may you value
A tree is known by its
fruit; a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost;
he who sows courtesy
reaps friendship, and he
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everyone as your sister or brother, na dukanacaithie mundu tondu ndugakua
utacaithetio.
Every now and then God may lead you to an entirely different way, just
so that you can give somebody a smile, just so you can say hello. Your
very countenance can give people hope. God can cause people to look
at you and see His love and compassion.
When you are inconvenienced, and things seem not to go your way,
don’t give in to the temptation to get bent out of shape. Not only is it
going to cause you problems, but it also may prevent God from using
you in the way He really wants to.
We all have the potential and capacity to make people happy and will
always have a person around who you can make happy and change his
or her life.
A story is told of a young boy who was a dummy of the school, he was
the dumpiest, always last in class and his performance caused an alarm
to the school administration until they were planning to expel him from
school. One day, his class teacher out of care and concern told the
young boy, “Because you have never asked any question in my class and have never
answered any question, I want you to ask yourself a question and then answer the same
question so that we can be saying that you have ever answered a question in class.”
The boy said, “Well teacher, just allow me to come infront.” He was allowed
and he went and picked a piece a chalk and started writing on the black
board 1 plus 1 is equal to 2. 2 plus 2 is equal to 4….200 plus 200 is equal
to 400…until the whole board was full. One thing the other pupils
realized is that he did not think a lot, when it came to any number say
187 plus 187, the answer was automatic.
Late after, he said that he would like to explain what he meant and he
went on, “1 plus 1 is equal to 2, this means that if one person would help one
person, we would have two happy people, if two person would help one person each,
we would have four happy people…” then he sat down, the teacher and his
classmates were astonished and amused, they clapped for him and since
then, the teacher and the pupils committed themselves to help him and
his performance improved tremendously. On the 7th
grade, he was
awarded as the third best student in class and the best in both art and
craft and home science.
My advice on this, if each one of us would help one person every day,
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little things we do. Have you attended a Church, party, dinner or just at
your place of work place and someone told you, “You are so beautiful; I
like your dress, shoe, hairstyle…” You feel so good, right? It changes and
lightens your mood for the day. Right?
That time you realize that you don’t want to just sit in the office but
want to move up and around to be seen, talk and be part of discussions,
and even after office work you wish there was another event to attend
and when you go home you do not feel like changing and wish you
would meet with a certain important person, that is the day you take
photos and post them on all your social media pages. By the end of the
day you will feel that was a very great day for you.
Principally, nothing tangible was given to you but simple words that
illuminated your esteem and boosted your spirit. If I tell you, “Hey man,
you are strong, I like your suit, your shoe is classic, you are a champ, you are a great
man and is going far, you have great potential, I admire you…” you will start
thinking about it and if there is a post that requires a nominee, you will
start campaigning for it, why? Because of the little things that were said
about you. Actually most of the political leaders we have went for the
post because of words from the people around them calling them
Mheshimiwa, Mtu wetu, Mkubwa, tuko na wewe and those words stir them
up and they end up becoming.
Remember, when you were young and there was this neighbor who use
to pass by, make you smile, greet all of you, tickle you, lift you up and
give you gifts every time you saw him you would feel so nice, stop
playing and wait for him or her smiling and incase he or she assume
you, you feel bad and even attempt to follow and touch him or her. I
had several in my childhood such people e.g. Dr. Wabilianga, Maiyo,
Tang’i, Sunday, Pole Pole, Mutheca Itu…among others and even today
I still do remember those acts of kindness, those good acts and today
when we meet with my childhood buddies we do remember those
personalities and admire them even long after they die, their memory
remains.
That is the power of the little things we do and give. You don’t need to
give dollars or cars to make people happy and I don’t mean they won’t,
but an appreciation, kiss, a hug, sweet, word of extortion and
appreciation, respect and love.
God allows some people to come to our lives that we may show
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beggar at the street to come to you or someone to call you when in need
or just to bump a person in need somewhere and the moment you act,
you will see blessings stream towards you.
You will always have somebody around you to make them smile and
will always have something in you that can change a life and both of
you (the giver and the receiver) will be happy and if each of us will make
somebody happy each day, we will have a happy society and the world
will be a better place for each one of us.
Mostly we invite our families and friends from other counties,
countries, towns, and estates for Christmas, holiday, birthday and other
events and we overspend to make sure they enjoy. We buy drinks,
chicken, pizza, but we have never bothered to even say Hi to our
residential neighbor who is starving and their children not in school for
lack of school fees, probably even with ailing family members in their
house, yet they will be the first ones to know when it is not well with
you, example if your house is on fire, there is robbery, flooding, your
car get stuck in the mud or any other thing happen. Even if you are
insured, have direct connection with the police and Fire Brigade, the
direct neighbors who you disregard are always the first responders and
requires your respect and acknowledgement.
We have never allowed them even to step into our compound, even
gave them a take away meal and God has strategically placed them there
for us to take action and tap our blessing. Behind the scene God Has
crafted that environment and the individual in it and yours is to connect
with His Purpose. Just try one day to invite them for a cup of tea or
dinner – just ugali with vegetables and see how you will change the
relationship, the attitude, the value and respect they will give you. At
the end of it, both of you will be happy people and it will be a happy
neighborhood.
Before you invite those who are very far for Christmas, just invite your
neighbor for a cup of coffee and it will bring a great difference.
When you help the needy, the Lord will give you more than enough and
it’s when we learn to share the small that God has given us that we will
receive the great that He Has in store for those who are faithful. A man
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her, she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the
efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man
possessed, moving heaven and earth to
bring about her restoration to health.
His best efforts proved fruitless, however,
and the child died. The father was totally
irreconcilable. He became a bitter recluse,
shutting himself away from his many
friends, refusing every activity that might
restore his poise and bring him back to his
normal self.
Then one night he had a dream. He was in heaven and witnessing a
grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in an
apparently endless line past the Great White Throne. Every white-
robed, angelic tot carried a candle. He noticed, however, that one child’s
candle was not lit. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was
his own little girl. Rushing towards her, while the pageant faltered, he
seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and asked, “How comes that
your candle is the only one not lit?” “Father, they often relight it, but your tears always put
it out again,” she said.
Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its
effects were immediate. From that hour on he was no longer a recluse,
but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates.
No longer would his little darling’s candle be extinguished by his useless
tears. Are there candles that have gone off because of your actions or
inactions? Help light other people’s candles.
God Has positioned a lot of needy people around us to measure our
love and faithfulness and when you are helping them, He is working
behind the scenes to give you more that you will continue being a
blessing. No one was ever credited for what he or she received, credit
is given for giving.
Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD
your GOD will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to do. There
will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I Command you to be openhanded towards
your brothers and towards the poor and needy in your land. (Deuteronomy 15:10, 11)
Remember even a smile, appreciation, listening, loving, sharing, and
encouraging are also ways of giving. Tenda wema nenda zako.
“One step - choosing a
goal and sticking to it -
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Chapter 6
LET GOD TAKE THE
STEERING WHEEL
ne day while in the university and during the examination
period, I was requested by a group of missioners to
accompany them for a Sunday service at Tulwet High School.
Everyone in the Campus had exam fever and even church
service had low attendance as people were busy in libraries. We had a
very active group work team and we studied together but when they
requested we spend the whole day in library I told them I would spend
my whole day motivating the students of Tulwet high school.
Now, on Monday we had Mathematics for Economists exam and this is
not an easy subject. All my counter parts were brighter than me and it
made sense for me to spend the whole day with them in the library
studying but chose the gospel.
We had a successful mission at Tulwet and as it was several kilometers
away and had to walk all the way, one of our colleagues fainted and after
recovering she was very weak and thus we had to carry her all the way.
When we arrived in campus at around 7:30pm, I shared with a friend
and course mate called Francis who was a year ahead about the exam we
had the following day. He gave me the tips of mastering the subject and
he gave me one revision paper. Immediately I called our group team
leader called Simon and he said they were on the way from the library
going to their hostels and said that I missed a lot and would suffer during
the exam. I begged them to wait for me as I had a crucial revision paper
and so they did and together we went back to the library. For about one
hour we scrutinized the paper and they found it very easy and in the
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The following morning we woke up ready for the exam and when we
went to the exam room, surprisingly the
whole exam was the exact duplicate of
what I took to them from Francis. We just
looked at each other from our different
sitting positions and smiled and within
one hour we had all finished the exam and
left the other students wondering. They
came and celebrated with me. I assure you
that I scored 72% in that exam.
I committed myself to do God’s business
and when it came to my business-exam, He handled it. What other
people spend days and nights studying just took me one hour to revise,
grasp and pass the exam. God took the steering wheel. When I was
minding the kingdom business, behind the scene God was minding my
affair of passing the exam.
A boy once said to God, “I know what I want when I grow up.” He proceeded
to give God his list: to live in a big house with five bedrooms; to marry
a tall, blue-eyed woman; to have three sons-one who will be a senator,
one a scientist, and the other a Bank Manager. He also wanted to be a
mountain climber and drive a red Ferrari.
It was unfortunate, the boy hurt his knee one-day while playing football
and so he could no longer climb trees, much less mountains. He married
a beautiful and kind woman who was short with brown eyes. Because of
his business, he lived in an apartment in the city and usually rode the
subway. He had three loving daughters, and they adopted a fluffy cat.
One daughter became a nurse, one an artist and the third a music
teacher. One morning the man awoke and remembered his boyhood
dream. He became extremely depressed and heartbroken, he sought
after God, “Remember when I was a boy and told You all the things I wanted?
Why didn't You give me those things?” “I could have,” said God, “but I wanted
to make you happy.”
God Has our best interests at heart. He knows what is best for us and
sees the end from the beginning. Let Him take the steering wheel and
direct your path towards your destiny. He can make anything out of you
for His glory.
Its several years now since the time I graduated from Moi University
with a bachelor Degree in Economics. We took some group photos on
“The key to happiness
is having dreams; the
key to success is
making them come
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the eve of the graduation day and the reason why I didn't smile is known
by me. Most of my course mates pursued other professional courses like
CPA, ACCA and CPS and when I tried to do the same I failed twice and
quit studying CPA. It is at this point that I decided to pursue a passion
that I had, saving lives. I started studying courses on Disaster
Management, Health and Safety, Emergency Response and Fire safety,
Gender Based Violence, Counseling Psychology etc. Amazingly, ever
since I left the University I have never applied any of the statistics,
econometrics, macroeconomics and mathematics for economist’s
formulas and equations that we learnt bearing in mind how I had
mastered these quantitative analysis and even making a book by Prof.
Mukras an intimate literature material.
Despite the fact that I spent four years in the university and even doing
my attachment with the Ministry of State for Planning and Vision 2030
as well as acquiring Second Class Upper Honours, there was a passion
within pushing me to another assignment and a different field. I even
won the Mr. ESA (Economics Students Association) contest which requires
you to show a combination of brilliance, style and fashion.
Today I have two health and safety companies; www.makinikaafrika.org
and www.nairobisafetyshop.org both playing a crucial role of helping in the
building of a culture of safety and wellness at all places within the region.
I have responded to more than 250 incidents to save lives, trained more
than 12,000 people on First Aid, done research and written publications
on Safety and Emergency Response, recognized and awarded by several
institutions as well as organized in the first time in Kenya the World
Safety at work day and World First Aid day events. I have been hosted
severally by various media houses and facilitated in dozens of
conferences, seminars and workshops speaking on Safety and
Emergency Response - An Economist made Safety expert.
Sometimes God will take you through an unfamiliar path to help you get
to your destiny, sometimes not how you want or are supposed to be
done but in His own style and plan.
Just like with David and Joseph, the experience and lessons will make
you one day sit and say, "Surely it is the Lord who did this. My life is not my
own to God I belong." In the situation you are in today, either jobless, single,
lack of opportunities or money, feeling like you are in the wrong place
doing the wrong thing, let God guide you through. It is living and
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the key and plan. Remember, you and everything you have belongs to
God. It is Him who gives you the power to make wealth, teaches your
hands for battle and so He wants you to be used by Him to be a manager
of His resources, a steward. Trust His Lordship. Let God take the
steering wheel and enjoy the adventure.
God Has given us special capacities and capabilities. Even before you
were knitted together in your mother’s womb He had engineered and
equipped you with special gifts, talents and capacities. So what you
require is equivalent power. Looking at all the great men in the Bible
such us Jesus, Moses, Jeremiah, Gideon, Saul, David etc., they already had the
capacity to be what God intended them to be. He had already engineered
them and when their appointed time came and power was given, they
became. Look at Jesus, He was already a son of God with a defined
mission but when He fasted for 40 days, He received the power and His
ministry started. You have the capacity and requires equivalent power to
manifest and be what you were created to be.
In Kenya and many other parts of the world, it’s quite a great challenge
to find the right dream job and have a fulfilling career path. I was not
the odd one out in this. I stayed in Eldoret and Nakuru for two months
after completing my undergraduate studies and later went to stay with
my uncle in Kiserian so that I could be waking up in the morning to go
round dropping CVs in Nairobi. My official job then was looking for a
job. It was not easy. I dropped more than 200 CVs and submitted
hundreds of applications online.
One day I received a call from Jack a college friend, and he informed me
that St. John Ambulance was hiring and he was convinced that was my
opportunity. Inside I was sure he had better qualifications than I did. I
did not have money to travel to a place where I could access a cyber café
neither money to pay in the cyber. When he realized I was reluctant, he
copied the job advert, sent to my email and sent Ksh. 100 to me via
Mpesa. I went, applied for the job even without reading the job
description. A week later, I was invited for an interview and surprisingly,
they were looking for either a Public Health, Nursing, Medicine or Disaster
Management graduate with a minimum 5 years of experience but I had a
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and I was awaiting to graduation with
no major experience or degree certificates. Behind the scenes God was
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only Eva Nyangasi and I got the job and I was hired as a First Aider
Trainer. Our God doesn’t look at our qualification or experience but can
change any situation to favor us. When He is at the steering wheel, he
can convert an Economist into a Safety Consultant, a P1 trained teacher
into a banker, a civil engineer into a Pastor, a community health worker
into a successful motor vehicle dealer, a disabled person into a great
business person, counselor and motivational speaker. He can make you
what He wants you to be. If He converted Saul to Paul, your case is
minor. Let Him take the steering wheel. Let God steer your life to what
and where He want it to be. He sees the end from the beginning and
never wastes an experience. There is always the God’s side in every
situation.
I was hosted by my uncle for a month then I rented a house at Githurai
45, one night when going back home, I encountered an incident that was
disturbing and later had a good ending. It was at night and in a Serian
Matatu and I fell asleep and when I woke up, I thought we had past my
alighting Bus station, so I quickly asked the tout to drop me along the
road. When the Matatu took off, I realized that I still had a long way to
where am supposed to alight at but already the vehicle had taken off and
so I started walking home prepared to cover about 3 kilometers ahead
on foot.
An incident was happening ahead that probably required my presence
to witness or help. A lady had been raped by a mad man a few kilometers
from Kiserian town, she was walking along the road crying in anguish,
pain and shame flunked by three ladies and two gentlemen. I introduced
myself as a first aider and asked two women and a gentleman to take her
to the nearest dispensary immediately, though she hesitated but we
convinced her. I had to reassure her and persuade her of the need to go
for medical checkup immediately to take care of any STDs and STIs,
She later accepted but she was emotionally torn and disturbed. The lady
was treated and discharged and for several months she was living in
rejection, self-denial, deep depression and under the care of counselors
and a caring mother she recovered gradually. One major cause of the
depression is the fact that she became pregnant during the intercourse
and with psychological support, she accepted the pregnancy. She later
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strong, healthy, composed, intelligent, ever smiling and never had any
health complication. The boy is not only a genius having been always
the first pupil in their kindergarten but also all rounded doing well in
sports, electronics handling, humor among other areas.
This has given the mother great joy, bearing the fact that she was 37
years and she was raped, not married, did not have a child and was
wondering what would happen to her life in that age because she was
getting old and all her age mates either were married or had children of
their own.
The lady was later overheard saying that she was grateful to God for
giving her such an adorable son and removing her from the humiliation
in the society and she is happy that now she had a family of her own.
The son was truly a blessing to her and brought immense joy and life.
That is what the Lord can do. Your situation may be humiliating, not
adding up, almost giving up and having suffered a misfortune in your
life, maybe even ending up losing a loved one, suffering physical
disability, losing a job, divorce, lacking school fees, unwanted pregnancy,
overwhelming infection, failing your exams, losing all your properties.
Losing your position in the society among other levels of difficult
situations. The Lord will convert that situation to a testimony, from
shame to fame, from dust to glory.
It will be a great testimony and at some point you will thank God for
the misfortune just like the way the lady thanked God for the end result.
Just let it go and let God take the steering wheel. He sees the end from
the beginning and says He has good plans for us to give us a future and
an expected hope. His intentions are to ensure that what we go through
brings glory to Him so after the experience is a great testimony that you
will always share to encourage others. God does not waste experiences.
He takes you through Preparation time, appointed time, Departure time
and time to give an account and all those stages are crucial in your
purpose journey. You are in that situation because you are at the
preparation stage.
Everyone experiences adversity. It’s a part of life no one escapes. In fact,
if you haven’t experienced adversity you haven’t lived long enough.
Something unpleasant happens, often unexpected, and we suffer.
Sometimes it's a mild inconvenience like a flat tire, a toothache, failing
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severe like an illness or the death of a loved one. Or the car engine just
goes for a temporary power nap, Your bank rejects your loan application
request, Power goes off when you are about to give your presentation,
Your house broken into, You lose your phone, Your client delays in
clearing your LPO, we lose a job, your fiancée leaves you. Things don't
work out the way we hoped or planned-instead, we experience trials and
tribulations.
In the previous chapters I shared about the story of Joseph on how God
took a steering wheel and fulfilled His mission upon his life. In the Old
Testament, Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery with evil intent. Yet
God used these misguided brothers to accomplish his purposes. He
placed Joseph in high Egyptian office so Joseph could later save those
very brothers from famine. Later when the events unfolded and his
dream came to pass, He said “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for
good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives” (Genesis 50:20).
Sometimes I read the story of Job and despite the fact that I read
knowing the end result, there is a lot of reasons that could have caused
him to give up or even die. Job, too, experienced adversity—
overwhelming, spirit-crushing adversity, none of it due to his
disobedience.
In the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah1:5, God says, "Before I formed you
in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart”. You and I are not
accidents. We are on this earth because God wanted us to be here,
knows that we are here, has a purpose in our being here, and determines
how long we'll be here.
The Bible states that He Has inscribed our name on His palm that He
can never forget us. His plans are great to give us a great future and
Hope and thus He is on the steering wheel and we ought to let Him be
Lord of all and in all. Now if that is true, and it is, it stands to reason
that what happens to us occurs within the sovereign purpose of God for
our lives. There are no accidents. Nothing just happens. His is working
behind the scene on your favor holding the steering wheel. God's
sovereign engagement in our lives includes the troubles we just escaped,
the troubles we're in now, and the troubles we're about to be in.
God knows when we rise up and when we lay down. We belong to the
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Behind the scene, God is preparing something for our good. It’s not a
surprise to Him that we are going through a tough moment.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have
been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)NIV.
Whatever you are going through will soon become a great testimony and
encouraging story because God is taking you through it.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release
from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor to comfort all who
mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit
of despair. (Isaiah 61; 1) Instead of your shame you will receive a double
portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And
so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will
be yours.
My brethren, be strong and rejoice in the Lord through it all because He
is working behind the scene for your good.
Whatever you might be going through today will soon be your funny
throw back time (TBT), You will be laughing at where you have come
from and for sure there will be a great testimony out of what you are
going through today. God is working behind the scenes on your cause
and He purposes to greatly favor you. It shall be well with you. Please
take a photo and preserve it because you will be using it to share of the
power of transformation.
Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin...
(Zachariah 4:10). A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it
takes sweat, determination and hard work. You need to keep fighting,
persevere, endure and through patience your dream will become a
reality. Strong enough to make holes in the rock are tiny drops of water
that persist to fall. Persistence is the attitude that breaks down
mountains one rock at a time.
Do not despise little beginnings. It'll all make sense as you're staring at
an opportunity that you realize the difficult moments merely prepared
you for. Every big castle was once started with a single block; despise
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Imagine watching Manchester United
play with Arsenal repeat game when you
already know the outcome. You already
know who is going to win. No matter how
far behind the winning team falls, no
matter how bad it looks for them, you
wouldn’t get upset. You wouldn’t be
worried. Why? You’ve got inside information. You know the final
outcome. That’s what God is saying to us today. He knows your
outcome and so even as you walk around worried, not sure how your
end up will be, not sure where the rent will come from or where your
right partner will come from, not sure how that sickness will end or
when you'll get your dream job, God is laughing as He knows you will
end up victorious and glory will be His. When it gets tough and things
don’t look like they’re going to work out, we know that with God, we
are on the winning team. Today, you can laugh with Him knowing that
He has favor, strength and victory in store for your future. Rejoice and
be glad my friend and keep your head up knowing that behind the scene
God is in charge of the steering wheel and the journey will be safe and
you will reach the destination He Has in store for you.
I remember the last day after finishing my KCSE exam at Anestar High
School Nakuru my major worry was how to clear the huge school
balance that I had accrued over the years. The following morning I went
to thank one of the co-director of the school, Madam Gatimu, for
allowing me to work in the same school as I study and I remember her
looking at me and say, “Steve, you have worked so hard and again I have not
seen anyone come thank me and for that reason I'll clear all your fees arrears." That
to me was God's hour of visitation. If I didn't obey the inner voice that
pushed me to go pass my gratitude maybe she couldn't have cleared the
arrears. If you want to experience God's hour of visitation, focus on His
power, His sovereignty, His love for you and the fact that He Has good
plans for you. If you have an intimate relationship with God, there will
always be a voice directing your path, ordering your steps for divine
connection and divine provision. He'll give you ideas and strategies. Do
not fret over minor matters or things beyond your control, behold seek
the values of the kingdom of God. Your anxiety will melt, your heart
will swell with gratitude, your life will fill with meaning and you will
“Your success and
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discover the assurance that your ultimate destiny is in God's hands. If
we are honest with ourselves, many of us let our anxieties govern too
much of our time. We worry about concerns that are minor in the
scheme of things or we spend an inordinate amount of time worrying
about things that are beyond our Control. When our worries control us,
we view everything in a negative light. We don't have enough money,
we lack genuine friends, our work is meaningless, no one cares, that is
why Jesus said, "Look at the birds of the air...lilies of the valley they don’t worry
or fear about anything because their provider is always able. They allow Him to take
the steering wheel..." Fear is a thief and a murderer, you cannot trust God
and fear at the same time. Let go all the worries and let God take charge
and reign. He is in charge and wants to be the Lord of all and in all
circumstances. He has your best interests at heart and he cares so cast
your worries and burdens unto Him.
Let go all the worries, Let go the fears and Let God be God. He sees the
end from the beginning. He is the Alpha and Omega. He owns this
kingdom and His intentions concerning your life are great. He delights
in your prosperity and He is going to do anything in you and with you
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Chapter 7
THE POWER OF A
POSITIVE ATTITUDE
ome years ago I was working at a barber shop called Universal
Kinyozi at Tumsifu in Nakuru. I liked the job very much even
though in several occasions I shaved people the wrong style and
they would be offended. In some cases I made a mistake and the
moment I realize it before the client was aware I would walk away and
leave him waiting and my colleagues would handle the bitter client and
sort him out. I feared making a mistake and facing the wrath of a bitter
client. One day I was alone and a famous pastor came for a shave. It
was an early Sunday morning and he came for a shave before attending
service in his church, I regret what I did.
Normally before a shave there is cover clothing that is put on the person
to prevent hair from falling on the client’s clothing. I forgot to put on
the clothing and his mind was occupied that he did not realize. When I
finished shaving him I realized his shirt, suit and tie were full of hair
and it is at the time I started dusting them off that he realized the mess
and I was ready to face his wrath. He asked me, “What has happened?” I
said, “It’s like I forgot to use the shit,” He said, “its ok, I’ll sort it out.” He cleared
the bill, smiled at me, gave me a part on my back and left looking ugly
with hair on his shirt, tie and suit, am not sure whether he went to the
church that way but I assure you the following Saturday he came for a
shave with his wife and requested that I do the shaving and not forget
the sheet. What an attitude? He composed himself even at such a time
that you expect him to be mad about the situation. He had every reason
to change the barber shop or decline paying for the shoddy service but
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In our day to day endeavors, a lot of
good and bad things happen to us.
Some come with a great impact that if
not careful they affect our attitude and
lead to a chain of other effects. Let's
use an illustration. You're eating
breakfast with your family. Your
daughter knocks over a cup of coffee
onto your business shirt. You have no
control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined
by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for
knocking the coffee cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding
her, you turn to your spouse and criticize them for placing the cup too
close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm
upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs you find your daughter
has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school.
She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You
rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late,
you drive 130 kilometers per hour in a 50 kilometer per hour speed
zone. You get stopped by the traffic police. Delayed for 25 minutes and
charged a fine of Ksh. 10,000 then you arrive to school one hour later.
Your daughter runs to the building without saying good-bye. After
arriving at the office more than one hour late, you find you forgot your
briefcase.
Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and
worse. You look forward to going home. When you arrive home, you
find a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.
Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning.
Why did you have a bad day? Did the coffee cause it? Did your daughter
cause it? Did the Policeman cause it? Did you cause it?
The answer is YOU caused it. You had no control over what happened
with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused
your bad day. Your attitude determines your altitude. You set the pace
and direction of how things happens around you.
You should not let circumstances set your mood. You do not have to
let the negative comments affect you. React properly and it will not ruin
“We must never be
afraid to go too far,
for success lies just
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your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired,
getting stressed out, et cetera.
I like travelling and adventure so much that every year I travel to a
number of tourist destinations. This motivated me to start my
company, Stewa Safaris Kenya Limited which deals with booking of
venues, hotels, game drives, ticketing and holidays. When travelling by
air using the small private jets, it’s not a very pleasant journey as the
waves above keeps beating the jet that you feel like you will come
crushing down. When you look at the pilot, they seem to be very
peaceful and composed regardless and their attitude is always, ‘We will
get there.’ If you board a boat or ship, you might think that you will not
safely arrive at the sea shore because of turbulences and waves but the
pilot is always there saying, ‘It shall be well.’
My good friend, your life is like a ferry full of passengers and goods of
which you are the controller. Your successful docking at the sea shore
depends on what you do in between. You may lose focus and direct the
whole vessel to the deep sea, you may start drilling holes on the surface
of the vessels and little by little it will sink and you will perish together
with the passengers on board and all the goods. These holes are your
attitude and decisions. It’s all in your control. Live your life well, lay a
good foundation of your life by diligence, consistence and courage and
in case you encounter limitations, use the challenges, hardships,
frustrations and disappointments to learn lessons and through patience
and endurance you will achieve your goal. There is a kikuyu proverb
that says old age is built during your
youth. If you save today you‘ll have
enough tomorrow. If you buy a piece of
land today, tomorrow it will have
appreciated and you’ll enjoy the rewards.
My friend, for as long as we are young,
we are the pilots of our vessel and your
end up will depend on your makeup
today. There is a quote that says,…
You have to act now and today. Do not
procrastinate. Seize moments and
opportunities and be the best today.
“Twenty years from now,
you’ll be more
disappointed by the things
you didn’t do, than by the
things you did do.
So throw off the bowlines,
Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails.
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When you set your attitude and mindset right, behind the scene other
forces takes charge and you start influencing your surroundings, and
you break all limits.
There is a gentleman I deeply liked now deceased, Mr. Boniface was
our physics teacher as well as Christian Union (CU) Patron at Bavuni
secondary school. A lot of times he said that the greatest person on
earth is the one who conquers himself. I believe this is about how we
perceive ourselves, set our mind and forge our way towards a greater
destiny. Setting our mindset right by changing our attitude. The
moment you conquer your attitude, mind, perspective and chose to
shift from mediocrity to greatness, you will have conquered and aligned
into your destiny.
We were created to be fruitful, rule, multiply and have dominion and
we must live as such. God created us in His own image and likeness,
not slightly lower or weaker but similar. That means if He said let there
be light and it became, you can also create anything by the words of
your mouth. You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the
master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life.
There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be except the
limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.
Once upon a time, at a large mountainside there was an eagle nest with
4 large eagle eggs inside. One day, an earthquake rocked the mountain
causing one of the eggs to roll down to a chicken farm, located in the
valley below. The chickens knew that they must protect the eagle eggs.
Eventually, the eagle egg hatched and a beautiful eaglet.
Being chickens, the chickens raised the eaglet to be a chicken. The eaglet
loved his home and family but it seemed his spirit cried out for more.
One day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of
mighty eagles soaring. “Oh,” the eagle cried, “I wish I could soar like those
birds.”
The chickens roared with laughter, “You cannot soar like those. You are a
chicken and chickens do not soar.” The eagle continued staring at his real
family up above, dreaming that he could be like them. Each time the
eagle talked about his dreams, he was told it couldn’t be done.
That was what the eagle learned to believe. But the eagle stopped
dreaming and continued to live his life as a chicken.
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Moral: You become what you believe you are. If you ever dream to become an eagle,
follow your dreams, not the words of chickens.
If you don’t recognize your position and be the best you were meant to
be, you will not serve your purpose.
I know some times I talk about some issues like my life has been perfect
throughout but I have gone through hardships, through rejection,
disappointment and humiliation even by friends. There was a time I had
called off my life when I was in the streets but when I rediscovered
myself and ensured that am in full control of my life and God being the
head, everything else has been obeying. I realized that through
discovery there is recovery. If you discover the power in you and the
God you serve has good plans for you, you will recover your lost hope,
you will recover your childhood dreams.
It doesn’t matter if you grew up in church or not; it doesn’t matter what
you know or don’t know; God wants to work in your life today. You
may not see how things will work out, and that’s okay. All you have to
do is believe God. With God, all things are possible! He did not create
you to just exist, hustle, survive and just be there, no, you are a coheir
with Christ. This Kingdom is yours and that is why Jesus taught us
when praying to say your kingdom come. This is the kingdom of God
that has gold, silver, cattle on thousand hills and all treasures. It is yours
for the taking.
God wouldn’t give you the desire to do something without giving you
the ability to fulfill it. If you are willing and obedient you shall eat the
fruits of your labor. Wherever there is a will there is provision. He
would not have given you the desire to drive a car of your dream or
own a home without giving you the ability to fulfill it and without a
provision plan.
My friend Martin Ndung'u from Deliverance Church Murunyu-Nakuru
has always reminded me that where there is a desire there is always a
divine provision.
I have learnt to always confess and declare good things to my life and
even some which looks unachievable but truth is that I have been
receiving exceedingly, abundantly above more than my desires and
declarations. Confession is possession. I want you to be positive and
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power in your perspective. You will draw into your life what you
meditate on. You have to be willing to let go of what’s in your hand to
make room for what God has for you next. Don’t let the things you
don’t understand keep you stuck. Turn the page, start the next chapter!
Even when life isn’t fair, God is always fair. He is always working
behind the scenes on your behalf.
If you feel life has weighted you down, know that your condition does
not represent your position in the Kingdom of God. With God, the
ordinary becomes extraordinary. We all have opportunities to either
shrink back and settle or take a step of faith and embrace all God has
in store and God always have a reward for our faith.
My friend, put your faith into action by declaring that your trust and
hope are in Him. Thank Him for working behind the scenes in your
life. Use your mustard-seed faith, and it will go stronger and stronger.
Always remember, you have everything you need when you have
mustard-seed faith and it’s this small faith that causes God to act. Stir
up your faith my friend! Square-up your shoulders! Take a step of faith,
a rise and shine for your time of breakthrough, establishment, unlimited
harvest and possession of your desires has come!!!
It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty,
but faith with action is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but desire and work
is invincible. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in
life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus,
everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement
it so you need to identify who you are, know and pursue your purpose
and you’ll reap the fruits. If you want to be successful, it’s just this
simple: know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe
in what you are doing. Put a positive attitude in it.
Reverend Richard Muchangi is a passionate servant of God and
spiritual authority that I sincerely love and admire. He always remind
us to pray until something happen and as we commit ourselves to
prayer and fasting, something crucial is that we combine faith and
action and for sure it’s so sweet putting your faith on something and
concentrating it there just like a magnetic glass on a paper until it
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mountains. As you patiently wait for
the mountain to move, you have to be
singing a song of victory and
celebration thanking God for the
provision and breakthrough even
before you literally see it happen. You
have to remove your mind from
mediocrity and focus it above, to a
greater purpose and greatness.
Mediocrity is a serious serial killer of dreams, destinies and purpose. It
can turn a president into a beggar. There exist words of mediocrity,
songs of mediocrity, and life lessons of mediocrity. Advice of
mediocrity, books of mediocrity and companions of mediocrity are also
available. One may also meet songs of purpose that can make us ponder
to wonder and advice filled with authority to dare in life. We may also
hear life lessons that can challenge and change us.
What do you listen to? If what you listen to will not make you, it will
mar you and mess up your life. Even what your inner voice is telling
you. If there is a negative voice from within, you must master it and
replace with positive substance.
No matter what’s happening in your life my friend, remember, you are
not limited by your resources, your family or your background.
Almighty God has equipped and empowered you. He has given you
creativity, ideas, inventions, skills and talents. Don’t you dare settle for
a mediocre life. Buddie, you got to call forth the seeds of greatness
within you! Remember what the bible says;
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”(Philippians 4:13, NKJV)
Declare that your best days are ahead. Declare that you shall pursue
your destiny. Declare that you are going further than anyone in your
family ever did, that you are going to dream bigger and live higher and
remember you have power within;
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind. (2 Timothy1: 7 NKJV).
Hey, just get a little bit mad about your current situation and position,
get crazy about your current status. Say enough is enough. No more
“Human beings can
alter their destiny by
changing their
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stagnation, no more mark timing, no more mediocrity, get mad and act!
Don’t fit in mediocrity, raise your head high and scale higher heights.
Don’t get stuck in your average performance. If you are a millionaire,
that is not enough. There are higher heights to scale. If you are not
angry with your average performance, you can't effect a change. Don’t
get stuck and confined by what you have by comparing yourself with
yourself. The world requires more enthusiasm from you to conquer,
impact and influence. You must get upset to grab the energy to break
the fence confining you. Break that ceiling above you and break all
barriers and limits. It is the Kingdom and you were created in the image
and likeness of the king and owner of the kingdom. You have been
given the Holy Spirit as the helper and the power that raised Jesus from
the dead is inside you. There is no any barrier unless the one you put.
Step out of the crowd and reject the flocking instinct. It’s your race,
your purpose, your destiny and you must pursue it with all might and
determination. Set your mindset right. Be yourself and run your race.
Others may seem to be moving fast but theirs might be a short race but
concentrate on bettering yourself. Comparing ourselves instead of
taking lessons from ourselves is not only a catalyst to diminishing our
true purpose but also a great ingredient to thinking negative and staying
in mediocrity. If you don't want to be average, don't rush into doing
what the crowd is doing.
I have received dozens of awards and monetary gifts out of the safety
training and awareness that I do. A lot of times I have been recognized
as the best First aid trainer. I am not a trained doctor but an Ecomonist
who passionately pursued an agenda, learned through it and didn’t
compare with the mass and today I go by the name Doctor Steve
Mbugua. When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether
it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people
love you in a way you did not expect. They will not care about where
you are coming from but the impact.
When the devil realizes that you have a great destiny and is committed
to pursue it, he gets traumatized and works overtime to halt it. One of
the tactics he uses is to answer some of your current needs for example
you desire a car, house and business and so he gives you a nice Probox,
a two bedroom house at a sub urban area and a small business that
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your attention is concentrated on the small blessings and you forget
about your great destiny. With this you go bragging with your small car
and yet God Had purposed that you will bless 40 people with vehicles
and will have a venture that would employ thousands and solve a
society problem.
Mediocrity kills dreams, it kills purpose and destinies. Don’t be retarded
or distracted. Look ahead and don’t see the little things you do now as
the final products to ever stand out of your personal actions. The
greatest killer of purpose and a purposeful life is compromising on
mediocrity.
You are blessed and highly favored and must always declare this in your
life and walk with that conviction. Before anyone put a curse on you,
God Almighty put a blessing on you. Walk and live in that blessing by
following His commands and stay fully committed to Him in everything
you do. All the promises listed in the scriptures belong to you and it’s
yours for the asking, for the taking.
My friend, you have to take 100% responsibility for your life. In a
society where people blame everything from their parents to the
government for their failure to get ahead in life, the successful people
looks at things differently, these men and women refused to buy into
the mentality that says "I could succeed if only it weren't for so and so." You
blame the primary school you went to, where you were brought up in,
a drunk parent or absentee father...etc.
I went to Kamurunyu nursery school and Kamurunyu Primary School
in Murunyu village-Nakuru and this didn't stop me from being who I
am today. The walls of our classes were mud, and you could see through
to the classes as since the walls were porous. When it rained, you had
to shift to some specific areas within the class room. I walked bare
footed for seven years and the first shoe that I had was in class eight
which my dad bought after he got a job with Konoike Construction
Company as a bulldozer operator. In high school, the shoes I wore were
mostly donated to me by Mama Shiru Kajei and for a better part of my
form two I used a ladies wedge shoe which was not comfortable.
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You have to realize that when you say someone or something outside
of yourself is preventing you from succeeding, you're giving away your
power to that someone or something. You're saying, "You have more
control over my life than I do!"
You have to know that what you perceive is what you achieve; your
confession becomes your possession.
My friend, you are better than good, better than most. Sometimes that
adversity knocks you down but when you are knocked down, that's
where growth starts. Challenges give us lessons in life and stir us up.
Don't just sit down complaining and giving excuses, you will get stuck
there if you do not take full responsibility of your life.
Successful people don't buy into this victim thinking. Rather, their
personal credo is "If it's to be, it's up to me! They take the bull by its horn.”
There are certain things in life you can't control, such as nature, the past
and other people. But there are things you absolutely can control, such
as your thoughts and your actions. Taking 100% responsibility for your
life is one of the most empowering things you can do for yourself.
But, when you live your life on purpose, your main concern is doing the
job right. You love what you do and it shows. Your conviction is as
evident as it is persuasive. And you will find that people want to do
business with you because they sense your commitment to giving your
all.
Spend as much of your day as you can focusing on achieving your goals
and dreams. Every day, ask yourself, "Is what I'm doing right now bringing
me closer to my destiny?" If it's not, do something that will. Focusing is like
any habit, the more you do it, the easier it gets.
It may sound simple, even obvious, but when you're truly committed
to achieving your goal, giving up isn't even an option. You must be
willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen. Be ready to pay the
price.
We must remember that we don't have forever. The clock is ticking,
there are no time-outs, and sooner or later your number is going to be
called.
It doesn't matter where you start, it matters where you finish and how.
Maybe somebody did hurt you and messed your life up, forgive and
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Everybody has a story and not everybody will sympathize and give you
a shoulder to lean on, don’t let the past ruin your life. Make a declaration
to wage war to all factors, everything that can happen will happen and
you have to deal with it.
Help somebody and help yourself so that your surrounding and
environment will be suitable, activate the vigour in you and purpose to
be the best you can in whichever way you can.
Be willing to go against the tide, say no to what that don’t matter! Stop
majoring on the minor, it’s not easy but you have to fight your way
through with expectancy. There is a seed of greatness in you. You were
created to be a victor, to shine, to partake the kingdom blessings and
unless you realize who you are in Christ, you will live in a life of regrets
and excuses. Arise and shine.
You are unstoppable, unless you think otherwise. Take responsibility.
For you to lose weight and keep fit you must take the decision and be
focused to pay the price. The same case applies to all areas of your life.
Take the responsibility to change the problem. Don’t be a volunteer
victim, push, push, push until something happen. Recreate and re-
invent your life. Decide to live each day like if it’s your last day. Don’t
keep on postponing your breakthroughs, your time to rise, shine and
accomplish is now and you have to take full responsibility.
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than
anything else, will affect its successful outcome. The greater danger for
most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in
setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be
the world. There is a lot in store waiting for you to explore, the vessel
you are riding right now depends on your power of control. There are
a lot of people in this world whose fate lies in the actions you are taking
today. You may be struggling in your place of work as an employee but
God created you to be an investor and a boss to employ a lot of people
and so these people will be suffering until you discover your place.
Control the vessel and God will reward your diligence and in the end,
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At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on
a lady. She started screaming out of fear. Her face showing visible panic,
scare and a trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands
desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was
contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally
managed to push the cockroach away but… it landed on another lady
in the group.
Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the
drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of
throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood
firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach
on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his
fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.
Well, the question is, was the cockroach responsible for their
melodramatic behavior?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to
perfection, without any chaos. It is not the cockroach, but the inability
of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that
disturbed the ladies.
Get this, it is not the shouting of people that disturbs me, but it’s my
inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that
disturbs me. It’s not the traffic jams or the shouting of my wife that
disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the
traffic jam or the yelling that disturbs me. More than the problem, it’s
your reaction to the problem that creates chaos in your life.
Let me give you an illustration from Omosh (Not the real name).
One day Omosh hopped into a taxi and they took off for the airport.
They were driving along the highway when suddenly a black car hurdled
out of a parking space right in front of them. The taxi driver slammed
on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches.
The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling
at them. The taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean,
really friendly. Omosh asked him, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost
ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”
This is when the taxi driver taught him what is now known as, “The Law
of the Garbage Truck.”
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around
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piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on
you.
Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Don’t take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home,
or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let
garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the
morning with regrets, so… love the people who treat you right and pray
for the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety
percent how you take it. Have a blessed, garbage-free life.
Our ears and eyes are the gates to our soul. What we watch, what we
listen to, and who we associate with are constantly influencing our inner
man, which in turn, influences our actions and destiny.
“Keep me from paying attention to worthless things.” (Psalm 119:37).
Today more than ever, we have opportunities to feed our minds with
the wrong things but Paul stressed in Ephesians, “Do not give the enemy a
foothold.
A door of opportunity is opened when we allow negative influences in
our lives. What seems harmless, a compromising TV show or a negative
song choice eventually influences your thought life. Spend time building
yourself up, not wasting your time with activities that can tear you
down.
You are a temple of the Most High God called, appointed and anointed
to do great things. Do your best to keep your temple pure and be
selective with what you feed your spirit. As you do your part, God will
take you places that you have never imagined. Raise your bar high.
Set bigger targets for yourself. Roll up your sleeves, raise your shoulders
head high and face life with enthusiasm. Set the pace, set the mood,
celebrate your achievement and live to tell the story of an achiever
because the reception of life will depend on your perception of it. Set
your mindset right, beat all odds, go beyond all limits, be the best
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Chapter 8
THE POWER OF
CREATIVITY
od has engineered in each one of us great potentials and
capacities to be come. We all have seeds of greatness in us and
our actions today determines our end up. You have to think
about now and prepare for a great tomorrow. What you're
doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can
do next and in the future. Creativity is the process of having original
ideas that have value. It is a process; it's not random. It requires
consistency, boldness and focus. I carefully watched the mood,
preparation and events that took place when Rick Ross visited Kenya.
All media stations focused on him throughout. This is not an academic
giant who had written and presented several thesis papers to acquire a
doctorate degree but a young man who put some few words together
in rhyme, got some beats, sagged his trouser, got some swag and the
whole world celebrated and adored him. How many Professors get such
a reception in our country even after putting on a high class three piece
Italian suit? It’s about creativity and talent. I have never seen a president
rise up to dance with a professor or a great business person but they
are thrilled by art.
In this I don’t mean academic excellence isn’t an achievement but you
can turn it to be an art and be celebrated because of your work, your
passion, your charisma and impact. The Bible declares that our gifts will
take us to place and cause us to share a table with Kings. You have seen
Bahati, Diamond, Sauti sol, Jayzee and other musicians rub shoulders
with the mighty and powerful people in the society. A talent will within
a very short time take you to the palace and other great places where
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There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those
who are in kindergarten schools, must nurture creativity systematically
and not kill it unwittingly. Many highly
talented, brilliant, creative people think
they're not because the thing they were
good at school wasn't valued, or was
actually stigmatized. You can't be a
creative thinker if you're not stimulating
your mind, just as you can't be an
Olympic athlete if you don't train
regularly. We live in worlds that we have
forged and composed through different
people’s creativity. I mean, it seems to me
that one of the most distinctive features of human intelligence is the
capacity to imagine, to project out of our own immediate circumstances
and to bring to mind things that aren't present here and now.
It is God who puts in us this creativity and wisdom,
“But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,
and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.”
(Deuteronomy 8:18).
If God gives power to become rich, wealthy, successful, then he must
not be against riches, wealth and success. He must want us to be rich,
wealthy, and successful. When Solomon asked for wisdom, God not
only gave him but also much wealth, riches and honor. Whether or not
you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity.
If you've never been sailing, or picked up an instrument, or tried to
teach or to write fiction, how would you know if you had a talent for
these things? This applies to all sports, music, dancing, acting, scatting
etc.
I like athletics, not to run but watch other people run. Kenyans are
known for this and a lot of young people have made a fortune out of
running. What we really don’t know is that pain, the sweat and the
struggle these sports people go through to qualify and win these medals.
It’s a painful experience that if some of us were exposed to maybe we
would even lose our lives.
It is said that desire is the root of all our pain. To become desire less is
to rob ourselves of our creative power and our ability to create. The
“The difference
between the
impossible and the
possible lies in a man's
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issue is not desire. The issue is what we desire, why we desire what we
do, and that which we hold rather than release.
They say that discovery is recovery. The moment you discover a special
gifting or talent within and pursue it, you can achieve much and the sky
would be the lowest limit. More often than not, it is not what our mind
thinks. We all will need to do our own experiments to explore the depth
and breadth of our creativity.
What is that one thing which you love
doing and can do again and again
without being paid? What is that one
thing that when it comes into your mind
you feel excited? Maybe that is where to
start. We need to allow ourselves to
become mindful and aware of what we
think and feel in the moment. We need
to become aware of the relationship
between what we are feeling and the
thoughts we are having. They are more connected than we can imagine
and become.
God Has given each and every one of us special deposits of gifts and
talents and behind the scene He is connecting them with our destiny.
Each of us will need to spend some time to do our own explorations
and need to do our own experiments as to what our creative power and
creative ability really look like. Without the exploration, we will be
unable to access the depth and breadth of our creative power and
creative ability. How we choose to do our exploration and who we
choose to help us is our choice.
Remember that we are all the product of what we imagined about
ourselves in the past and so what we imagined and think of ourselves
today has a great impact to what we’ll become in the future so keep on
imagining and work on your creativity. Get out of your comfort zone,
the special deposits within you and put creativity in it and you shall be
surprised by its outcome. These deposits will make room for greatness
and connect you to your great destiny. Behind the scene God Has been
trying to help you realize and explore your potential to tap to your great
destiny. Creativity pays. It employees and can build a venture. It can
help you impact the world, live a purpose full life and leave a great
“When a person really
desires something, all
the universe conspires
to help that person to
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legacy. Your work of creativity can speak on your behalf even when you
will be long gone like Lucky Dube, Dr. Myles Munroe, Mother Theresa,
William Shakespeare, Billy Graham, Angela Chibaloza, and Bob Marley
among others.
Look within and do a self-analysis of the unique potential and
capabilities that God Has placed in you. Set your mindset right. What
is that one thing that makes your heart skip when you see or think
about? What is that one thing that you can continually do even without
pay? Focus on it, pursue it with all excellence and the sky will be the
lowest limit.
Your great destiny could be connected with it and heavens will throw a
bash for you in that line. It’s time for kingdom manifestation and you
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Chapter 9
FACE YOUR FEARS,
PROCRASTINATION,
AND BE FREE
couple of years ago, I was a bachelor with a great desire, a
longing waiting to be fulfilled and a wish in my mind, to get a
lady by my side, a wife. There was this cute lady who always
made my heart skip a bit every time I saw or thought about her
but the fear of unknown always pushed me away from approaching her
and days and weeks passed with wishes in my mind. I kept on
procrastinating but the moment nilitoa mikono kwenye mfuko and
proposed to her, the next thing I heard was, “YES! YES! YES! I WILL
MARRY YOU!” and today am the husband and had a colorful wedding
ceremony. Fear and procrastination would have led to losing all these.
My mum always told me that kiguoya kiainokeile nyina and a guy called
Mr. John Ndung’u from KSCF told us that fear will eat you alive, rob
all the opportunities from you and leave you a miserable man in the
world of I wish I knew which will always come last.
As soon as you become afraid to do something, you immediately put it
off. Once you put it off, then they have you right where they want you.
You wait and wait and wait. As you wait, fear weaves its insidiously evil
web inside you. It becomes harder and harder for you to summon up
enough courage to complete even the simplest of tasks. You are frozen
by the fear of failure. Fear puts you in a comfort zone of mediocrity.
Fear and procrastination. Procrastination and fear. You rarely find one
without the other. Regardless of which one you write down first, they
spell big time and can ruin your life. They rob dreams, kill visions,
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create is they seem to literally paralyze their victims from head to toe.
They disfigure your face and give you cold feet. Once fear and
procrastination set their hooks in you, it becomes doubly difficult to get
anything done.
The longer you wait, the greater the fear
factor inside you becomes. As the fear
grows, the longer you wait. This is not a
pretty picture, but it is a harsh reality that
cripples the creativity of millions upon
millions of people every day. Remember
all these originate from your mind.
Remember earlier in the previous
chapter we said that the greatest person
on earth is the one who conquers
himself. The one who conquer fear and
worry.
Fear is daring. If you don't stand up and
conquer your own fear, it will show no
mercy. It will not stop until it put its
death grip around your throat and chokes the life out of you. Its sole
purpose is to take absolute control over you and it will if you let it. But
do not fear. You can turn your fears into high flammable fuel once you
realize that fear is only an emotion and you can control your emotions.
You simply need to get your emotions working for you, not against you.
The biggest fear most people have is the fear of failing, fear of losing.
Rather than try something that may result in failure, many people opt
instead to not try it at all. There is a huge difference between not trying
because you think you might fail and giving it your best shot and failing.
When I resigned from Training Manager Job in an International Non-
Government Organization to start my own venture I had no capital, fear
could have held my neck and squeeze it but I mastered it and today I
have employed many and impacted lives. What if I gave up or decided
to push it ahead and wait until when I will have enough money to start
a company?
Back to the athletics field. All those who win gold did not achieve this
with their first marathon or race. They lost severally but the loss did not
“We must remember
that one determined
person can make a
significant difference,
and that a small group
of determined people
can change the course
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make them fear and stop. The loss motivated them to pull up their
socks, work extra harder, train more until we celebrated their win. While
failing is never fatal or final, refusing to give it your best shot can be.
We all fail. Nobody likes to falter or fall short and that includes winners.
But winners are never afraid of failing and that is the key. They keep
plugging away, getting better and better with each successive failure.
Fear and Procrastination suspends and postpones our win. They bring
pain and tears. They are always accompanied by regret. We face
challenges and give up. An opportunity shows up and we shy away
because of fear and self-unbelief. Winners look at failing as a necessary
"growing pain." None of us likes pain and sure, it hurts when you get
knocked down. But let me ask you a couple of questions. How much
pain have you and your family already endured because you lacked the
courage to take a chance and give it your best shot? How much more
pain are you willing to suffer by continuing to allow fear and
procrastination to rule your life?
As a business man running a number of companies under Busara
Investment Group (BIG), I have a lot of times faced opportunities that
are daring. Sometimes we get huge orders which requires to take a risk
and import some goods or offer a service we have not done before and
there are normally two options; Fear and lose or face it and gain. I have
with time learnt that the way to eliminate procrastination is to always
put the things I fear the most at the top of my to do list and then do
them first and get them out of the way. It’s very fulfilling and we have
to know that in most cases what we fear is actually not there. We create
it. That is why it’s called fear of unknown. We make other forces to
team up against us when we fear and procrastinate.
Look inside. Think about all of the things you’ve always wanted to do
but haven’t because of fear. Whenever you’re tempted to doubt your
ability to start something new and accomplish something, recognize
that feeling as a symptom of fear, it’s not reality. Pull back that curtain
of fear and believe that God is working in you and wants to do great
things through you. You have seeds of greatness in you. There is a great
potential in you and behind the scene God is crafting together
everything you need but your fear and procrastination hinders its
manifestation.
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We have been given divine power to overcome and subdue. We have
divine self-control which helps us to do what is right and have
discipline. I believe our lives as Christians should be the most exciting
because we have the favor and blessings of God on our side. Behind
the scene He is preparing great things for us but the devil use worry
and fear to cause us to lose track and not pursue our great destiny. We
have the assurance of divine power and self-control thus we must
master fear and overcome it.
My friend, remember that fear is not from God but from Satan. He uses
it to stop you from living a purpose full life and enjoy your life. If you
tried and failed before, do not let fear build on that foundation rather
build success on that failure. Failure is only a temporary change in
direction to set you straight for your next success. Close the fear
department in your life and replace it with the department of faith.
Fear is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever,
treacherous adversary, and has no decency, respects no law or
convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it
finds with unnerving ease. It begins in your mind, always so you must
fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words
upon it. You have to purpose and commit to defeat fear and master it
else it ruins you and put you to ground. If you entertain fear, it will give
you a technical knockout and it might be too late to recover so don’t
dare give it a chance.
So go ahead, start exploring those seeds of greatness inside of you. And
dream big! God put those desires in your heart and nothing is
impossible for Him. Take that step of faith, and as you do, be confident
in this: God is with you every step of the way, however big or small,
and will help you accomplish everything in His Great Name.
Trust God and obey Him for He is the Alpha and Omega, He sees the
end from the beginning and He is the right place to cast all your worry,
fear and trouble to. God told you to do it, put your trust in Him and
go forward.
I have to apply this same principle to my life all the time. Years ago, I
realized that I really needed to give back to the society but I did not
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of reaching out to the poor, children homes, churches et cetera but still
felt something more was needed but I feared launching a program of
my own. I had a choice. We had prayed for growth with my wife and
friends so we could help more people. And everything did increase—
mission’s invitations, motivational speaking engagements, incoming
phone calls, mail, etc. It was God's timing, and He was moving.
I remember two major opportunities
that I missed because I felt inadequate.
I was invited by Laikipia University to
give a talk on Christianity vs Politics and I
feared to go as the subject required
much research so I gave someone, a
stranger, the chance. Later I was invited
by NTV to be a guest at Victoria Lounge talking about Youths and
Leadership but again I gave lots of excuses. I have missed a lot of other
opportunities due to fear of unknown.
It got to a point in life where my wife and I felt that we were missing
on a lot of opportunities for growth and exposure and had to make a
decision. We had to make a decision to either stand still in fear or move
with God. If we had not been willing to take a step of faith, we would
not touch as many lives as we do. Today I run an initiative called
Makinika Afrika International which is a youth empowerment program
currently with programs in Kenya like Nakuru youth program, Githurai,
Moi University etc. We couldn't have kept up with the growth. I can
tell you for sure that fear tried to stop me. I heard things like, "Mbugua,
you're getting in over your head." “You don’t have what it takes to take up such
opportunities”, "That's too much money to spend and risky engagements." "What
if it doesn’t work?" What if you don’t get supporters? You are an Economics
graduate, get a job at AFDB or World Bank…”
We certainly don't want to move in the flesh or out of God's timing,
but when God is moving, you can't be afraid to move with Him. In my
situation, I had a choice to be led by my head which was listening to the
external factors instilling fear or follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in
faith.
One day we went to the library with members of Makinika Afrika Intl
initiative Moi University chapter and got a typed list of known
“Every
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phobias—it was four pages long. A student called Cheche got a lot of
types, meaning, causes and effects of fear. It even included phobaphobia,
which is the fear of being afraid. It seems that the list is endless. It
convinced me even more of how extensive Satan's work is in this area.
Almost every day we fear something.
Fear not, for I am with you. I believe God works gently with us to bring us out of
bondage and into liberty. (Isaiah 41:10)
If you've been afraid of something and desire to be free, the time will
eventually come when you'll have to face your fear and not run away
from it. Just take Jesus' hand, acknowledge that He is with you, and do
it. God is assuring us that He is with us and you cannot trust and fear
at the same time.
Many years back, I had the fear of people in authority. I could not face
the Village elder or a Sub Chief. I was uncomfortable in their presence.
However, today I have mastered this fear and comfortably addressed
the Governors, President and Deputy President with ease. If you're
afraid of people with authority, the time will come when you'll have to
confront an authority figure and not cower in fear. God will have
arranged the time. He'll be there, but you'll have to choose whether to
go through or run away.
Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your
faith and what you believe. There are no schools and college courses to
build up self-esteem and courage. If you don't get those values at an
early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them. Overcoming fear
is one of these elements.
If you're at one of these crossroads in your life, let me encourage you
to go forward. Don't stand still in terror, but take His hand and go
forward. Remember, fear torments and God wants to deliver you from
all of your fears. Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds
confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home
and think about it. Go out and get busy.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in
which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing
which you think you cannot do.
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discipline as our culture. We had regular early morning exercises and
covering kilometers of rough terrain and massive training from the
coach. I remember when I was selected to be part of the team that
would represent the University to compete with Egerton University and
despite the fact that I was one of the best, I feared letting down our
team and the coach could see some fear in me and really encouraged
me. Honestly the next Saturday when Egerton team was arriving, I
switched off my phone and didn’t go to participate in the competition
and that was the end of me and Karate. The coach believed in me, gave
me a chance but feared failing our team. So many people today are living
with less than God’s best because they’ve allowed fear to creep in and
take root in their lives. Fear is the greatest weapon the enemy uses to
try to hold us back. Fear is not from God. Scripture tells us that fear
brings torment. It’s designed to paralyze us and keep us from God’s
blessings.
The good news is that God is greater than fear. His power in you is
greater than any power that comes against you. Remember whatever
you confess, you possess. So confess greatness, prosperity, love,
happiness and celebration, excellence, good health, beauty, long life,
great future and for real that’s what you'll possess.
So go ahead, start exploring those seeds of greatness inside of you. And
dream big! God put those desires in your heart and nothing is
impossible for Him. Take that step of faith, and as you do, be confident
in this; God is with you every step of the way, however big or small,
and will help you accomplish everything in His Great Name.
Have faith and be curious to achieve and be more. Curiosity makes you
achieve the unexpected. Look at the very young kids skating in our
Kenyans roads, they admired and took the risks and they can
comfortably skate on the highways. Some are even making a living out
of skating. Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the
time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Fear not buddy! Go
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Chapter 10
TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY
OF YOUR LIFE
e all are given chances in life. Unique opportunities to be
great. Everyone has been put in an environment where he
or she can excel. Whether in suburbs, ghetto or rural areas,
there are experiences and lessons in those environments
that if harnessed can thrust us to greatness. Most of the great people
we see, know or read about came from the ghetto, rural areas or
hardship environments where they had to make a decision, endure and
workout their way through. We all should understand clearly what we
need in life; I have met people of whom I could imagine how easily
their life would be if at all they would stop copying other people's life
and start being real living their dream life. We understand that our
background doesn't matter but we should also remember that our
background differs, when they were running with reasons, you were
walking with reasons, when you were struggling to find school fees, they
were struggling to buy a new car and a house, you then started your first
job together but you had to support your family as the first priority and
they were busy spending their income for their own needs building their
dream life with what they make from both parents and personal
income.
There will always be a difference among us, what matters now is not
how fast you run but whether or not you complete the race. If you have
God, time and yourself you can become absolutely anything you ever
wish or desire. I grew up in church and every time a visiting pastor
would preach I would hope that they would give me a “Rhema word”
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Throughout my life, on many different occasions, various people have
spoken prophetic words into my life. Some have come to pass, some
are yet to happen but all these is because
of a greater desire of pursuing my destiny
and purpose.
I had to learn to hear God’s voice for
myself and stop depending on others
regarding my future. When it comes to
the future and hoping for glimpses into it, we begin playing a dangerous
game. We have the spirit of prophesy within and by the words of our
mouth we can create and forge the direction to which our life will take.
The bottom line is, your future starts with you. You and I have such
incredible power inside of us, we sadly have so many limitations and
restrictions placed on it, some of us have even forgotten how to harness
that power. Now, I’m not talking about some crazy inner abilities or old
age stuff, I’m purely talking about our ability to dream, plot and plan.
Our ability to see the bigger picture and start the journey to pursue it.
We need to envision our future – imagine what we want it to look like,
dream about it, and work towards turning that dream into a reality.
Your future starts with you and no one else. If you’ve been waiting for
someone to give you a financial handout or some kind of a blue print
for your future, then STOP it, and begin taking action for yourself, right
now.
Trusting and obeying God is the fundamental step to taking
responsibility. He’s not inclined to help us when we feel sorry for
ourselves. No, God is moved by faith. When we step out in faith and
use the talents He’s given us, we show that we trust God, that we believe
He will bless our actions and cause us to succeed.
Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant, or rather
ordinary. Perhaps you don’t see how they fit into the big picture for
your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose
for it. You just need to be faithful, and when you’re diligent in handling
the little things, God can increase and promote you to larger
responsibilities. By being faithful with what you’ve been given. You may
think you’re working at some meaningless job, or you’re just raising
your kids, or you’re doing something that seems ordinary, it’s not
exciting; you can’t see where it’s leading you. Let me encourage you to
be faithful. Stick with it. Give it your all. Keep a good attitude, and God
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will increase you. If you will be the best that you can be right where you
are, God will promote you and give you more.
God is working behind the scenes on your promotion and
manifestation. Understand that those silent times — those times when
God is doing something in your life that doesn’t seem to make sense
— those are times of growth. God is working on your character. That’s
when God is preparing you, and if you’ll be faithful and pass the test,
you’ll be ready for manifestation.
The majority of people are not willing to go through the tough times.
They’re not willing to stick it out. They’re not willing to use their talents
for God when their efforts go unnoticed. Some people don’t use their
gifts and talents because they’re in a negative circumstance. Maybe they
don’t like the job they’re in. Or they’re constantly around people that
they dislike.
So they’re sitting back waiting for God to move them and give them
another opportunity, to put them where they can more easily use their
gifts and talents. Then they’ll have a good attitude and do what God
has told them to do. But the Bible teaches us to make the most of every
opportunity, not just when the circumstances are fun and exciting. No,
we have to use our gifts and talents no matter what situation we’re in.
I think about Joseph. He was sold into slavery. If anybody had a right
to have a bad attitude and feel sorry for himself, Joseph did. But Joseph
realized that God had placed leadership qualities and administrative
skills in him, so he continued to develop his potential in spite of his
negative circumstances. He was falsely accused and thrown into prison,
but he kept using the gifts God had given him, even there. Joseph did
the right things although wrong things were happening to him. Before
long, Joseph was promoted to be in charge of the entire prison, and
because of his persistence and his discipline, he continued to rise to the
top, eventually becoming the second highest official in the country of
Egypt.
The Bible says that your gifts and talents will make room for you. That
means if you’ll stick with it, be persistent, and continue to use what God
has given you, those gifts will cause you to move forward and help you
to make progress in your life. You will rise to the top.
You have a deep well of talent on the inside of you, but the only way to
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determined. You’ve got to learn not to
embrace the obstacles but embrace the
opportunities. When we stay with it and
do our best, listening to God and
learning the lessons that He wants us to
know, He’ll draw those deep talents out
of us.
God wants to do something similar for
every one of us. He wants to bring out
the talents we don’t even know we have,
and He wants to give us a greater
opportunity to be of service.
But our untapped talent and potential
will lie dormant for a lifetime unless
we’re willing to get busy where we are
right now, doing what God is showing
us to do. We can’t just sit around waiting
for the big opportunity, dreaming about
all the wonderful things that God wants
to do in our lives. No, we need to invest our talents wisely right now.
If you have a desire to sing, join the choir. Don’t sit around and wait
for a major recording company to sign you up to some big deal. If you
have a desire to teach or to minister, join the Children’s Ministry. What
better impact could you have than to teach children the goodness and
faithfulness of God?
Use what God has given you; make the most of every opportunity. And
remember, if God is placing an opportunity in your path, He’s given
you the ability to do it. No matter how big or how small your talent, if
you’ll be faithful and invest it for Him, God will bless and increase you.
“When you get into a
tight place and
everything goes
against you, till it
seems as though you
could not hold on a
minute longer, never
give up then, for that
is just the place and
time that the tide will
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Chapter 11
A DIVINE SHIFT
IS COMING
ver thought of what would happen if the earth gave up going
round with the other planets; maybe chose not to complete
the revolution and rotation, what would happen? Probably
we would have darkness the whole year and would cause
crushing of other planets and heavenly bodies. Giving up would cause
destruction, confusion and affect other planets along the way.
This life will always give you an option on giving up which has regrets
and that of pressing on which has rewards.
I don’t know what you may be going through, dealing with, or facing
today, making you wonder whether God still cares much about you,
maybe asking, “why me and why now?"
The dreams and desires in your heart, the things you want to
accomplish, the situations you want to see changed will happen. Don’t
give up just because it has taken a long time, or just because you’ve
tried and failed. I encourage you today — get your fire back!
Don’t be complacent about pursuing what God has placed in your
heart. It may be taking a long time, but God is a faithful God.
No matter how long it’s been, no matter how impossible it looks, if
you’ll stay in faith, your time is coming. Every dream that’s in your
heart, every promise that has taken root, God not only put it there,
but He has every intention of bringing it to pass.
Declare today, “My time is coming…God is working behind the scenes on my
behalf…I will fulfill my destiny…I will fulfill the plan God has for my life!” As
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grow. Your hope will grow. And you’ll step into the destiny God has
in store for you.
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it, it will
come to pass.” (Habakkuk 2:3)KJV).
Know that God is working behind the scenes. He is perfecting that
concerns you. Don’t give up! Instead, start thanking Him for His
faithfulness in your life. Thank Him for His promise that He is a
rewarder of those who diligently seek after Him!
Great Bible characters didn’t live a life of great exploits every day.
They lived most of their lives the same way you do, taking care of the
day-to-day things. Take the life of
Noah, for instance. It must have
been a great day for Noah when the
rain finally started falling and his
family raced onto the ark. And it
was probably the high point of
Noah’s life when God brought him
and his family safely to dry ground
after months on the ark. But
compared to the 120 long years it
took Noah to build the ark, these
brief chapters in his life were almost
nothing. Noah had to keep his faith strong through all of those
ordinary days while building the ark so that when God was ready to
do something great through him, Noah was ready too. What does
God want to do through you? Being faithful today is another step
toward discovering His best.
My friend, ask God to make you sensitive to His working in everyday
occurrences. Thank Him that He is working on your behalf even if
you cannot see answers to some of your prayers yet. He is behind the
scenes crafting it out for you, believe it.
Keep asking. Keep seeking. Keep knocking on the door, and it will be
opened to you.
The whole world knows about Oprah Winfrey, but if you do not
know her, let me share briefly about her. Oprah dealt with a lot
“Success is not final,
failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to
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throughout her public life—criticism about her weight, racism,
intrusive questions about her sexuality, just to name a few—but she
never let it get in the way of her ambition and drive. When you look at
her childhood, her personal triumphs are cast in an even more
remarkable light.
Growing up, Oprah was reportedly a victim of sexual abuse and was
repeatedly molested by her cousin, an uncle, and a family friend. Later,
she became pregnant and gave birth to a child at age 14, who passed
away just two weeks later. But Oprah persevered, going on to finish
high school as an honors student, earning a full scholarship to college,
and working her way up through the ranks of television, from a local
network anchor in Nashville to an international superstar and creator
of her OWN network (we couldn’t help ourselves).
I don’t know what you may be going through, dealing with, or facing
as you read this. But this is God’s way of letting you know He cares
about you and is working things out on your behalf.
As long as you remain persistent and keep trusting Him, He will move
heaven and earth to bless you, and meet every single need you have.
God has dealt with me in some ways that in the beginning seems to
lead me to nowhere but latter a great testimony came out of that.
After the KCSE exams were out and knowing very well I had
performed well and was the fourth best student in 2006, I stopped
working at the mjengos and started moving around looking for a better
job in supermarkets, wholesale joints, hotels and other places I
thought were suitable and of a higher class but unfortunately I was
not considered even in Mpesa shops and hardware shops. I decided to
go back and continue with the Mjengo. Now, we were digging an
underground tank at Anestar Precious Girls School and for a whole
week it was like hell to me. It was a rainy week and we had to beat all
odds to meet the timelines given unto us. At the end week, I was
completely weak. The school Director Mr. Gatimu took me through
an exam that later made me graduate into a primary school teacher. I
was given a very difficult task of scooping several tons of mud with a
shovel which was not easy. It was heavy, broken and didn’t have a
handle. It was drizzling, the mud was heavy and the assignment was to
be completed that day. I was supervised from 10am to 3pm and a
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upright. I declared to myself that it was my last day in such a job and
surprisingly after we were through, the Manager told me,”Mbugua,
Monday asubuhi enda huko primary school uanze kufunza mara moja.” That
was the end of Mjengo in my life and the beginning of my teaching and
training career.
The Manager told me that they have been waiting for me to shift from
the manual work to teaching but when they realized I was not putting
a request to them and seem content, they decided to give me a
difficult task for me to quit. Remember, I didn’t like working in
Mjengo but they were waiting for me make an offer to be given a
teaching job.
Behind the scene God is watching and knows what is good for you.
He might take you through a painful experience for you to pick up
some lessons that will take you to the next level in life. He might be
interested in changing your attitude, character and faith today in
preparation for the new assignment that He is putting you to and so
it’s working together for good regardless of how you are feeling now.
Probably the situation you are in right now makes you feel like you are
using a broken shovel to lift tons of mud and being rained on but it’s
preparing for the next big venture. Do not give up because He is not
yet over with you.
You might not see it right now, but God is working behind the scenes
in your favor. God can allow things to walk in His own pace and style
to fulfill His plan and purpose over your life. Never give up because
the author and finisher of your story is still working on the manuscript
of your life and one chapter leads to another. From suspense to
surprise.
Even if He has to tell somebody to go shop in a store they don’t even
want to go into just to meet you there, He’ll do it. That’s the kind of
God you and I serve. He can cause a delay and make you miss a flight
to prevent you from a misfortunate.
So rest in Him and place all your confidence in the Lord, trusting that
He is working it all out.
To remind you of this truth, I’m stirring a very familiar passage of
scripture into your cup of inspiration found, which says,
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to
them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)

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It might be a bitter cup, a rough road, journey full of storm and
turbulence but the one who hold your destiny know which other
lesson and experience you require.
When you drink down the contents of your cup, may your faith be
renewed in the sovereign will of God, who is an ever-present help in
your time of need.
Despite any obstacle, setback, disappointment, or trouble you face,
someone is setting you up for a breakthrough. That someone is the
almighty God who loves you far more than you could ever imagine.
Whatever trials you are going through today I would implore you to
avoid a state of depression as if it were the plague. Don't let your
inner life die. If there is a meaning to life then there is also meaning to
the trials we experience. DON'T GIVE UP! Don’t do it! Don’t you
dare think about giving up! EVERYTHING has a process and have a
reason. Work with the process, not against it. Move forward with
purpose and never stop believing. You can do this. You know you
can. Before you reach your destination, you'll find yourself going
through the wilderness just as the biblical celebrities like Joseph,
David, and Moses among others who went through wilderness and
had a glorious end.
There's some survival skills that you'll need master through the
wilderness journey. While in the wilderness, your faith will be tried
and tested. You'll become humble. Your vision for your life will get
clearer. You're in training for your purpose. You'll lose some friends,
because there's some folks who are only with you because of where
they think your journey will lead them. Don't worry, they're a little
confused and they have to get out of the way because they were only
meant to be around for a season... and step out during this phase. Walk on.
Continue on your journey. You have been down and through the valley, soon, you'll
be approaching the mountain. Get ready to climb!”
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD
your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6
You have to roll up your sleeves, put your head up, shoulders raised
and declare that nothing will keep you from achieving that which you
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So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
(Isaiah 41:10).
I went through trials and ended up as a street boy in Nakuru town,
suffered challenges of life and lost hope, I later met a man of God
who led me to Christ and since then, my life has never been the same
again. The trails has made me who I am and the lessons I learnt in the
streets have made me change lives. Despite the fact that I was in the
streets, the street was not in me and I never gave up. Inside I had a
conviction that I will be a great person and a pillar to many. In the
street God exposed me to witness people being murdered, knocked
by vehicles, houses burning and other emergencies happen and it is at
this environment that I had a burden to venture in the line of Safety
and Emergency preparedness and management and my two
companies are built on this line.
Never give up the last of human freedoms; to choose one's own
way...the ability to respond positively to life's experiences. Do not
close your eyes and try to live in the past when things "were so much
better." Life for such people becomes meaningless! There is one
common element that goes with any trial we go through and that is,
how long will this go on? Look beyond your present circumstances.
Envision what you would like to do
when the trial is over. Envision the
attitude you would like to have while
going through the trial. Can you find
meaning in this trial? I believe you
can. Don't get so caught up in your
trial that you overlook the
opportunity to make a positive
impact on yourself and those around
you. Do not simply give up. Dig
deep, find purpose, find meaning and
in doing so you will inspire greatness in yourself and in others.
Nothing just happens, all things happen for a reason even though at
the moment we wish to know this reason which cannot be
comprehended.
There are no coincidences in life. That person that wandered in and
out of your life was there for some purpose, even if they caused you
“If you don't have time
to do it right, when will
you have time to do it
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harm. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense the short periods of time we
get with people or the outcomes from their choices. At the moment
you may not understand why the divorce occurred, why your partner
was not faithful or walked away. However, if you turn it over to God
he promises that you will see the big picture in the hereafter. Nothing
is too small to be a mistake. Don’t give up on His doing, He is
working behind the scene on your favor.
Wherever you are, right now, you can start, right now; this very
moment. The enemy uses those things your wife is insecure about.
Free yourself and take your power back by being secure in who you
are - flaws and all.
While working at St. John Ambulance as a Training Manager, I faced
serious disappointments and frustrations that even my wife hated the
organization with all her heart. At some point I was given six show
cause letters or warning letters within three months and there were a
lot of setups to frustrate me. Inside I knew behind the scene God was
preparing me for something great in similar field. When everyone was
busy frustrating me, I was busy learning the system, getting to the
office early at 7am and leaving at 9pm to make good use of the time
and it is at this point that Nairobi Safety Shop, Good Samaritan and
Makinika Afrika were born. I almost gave up and at some point I
wanted to go back to our rural home to start farming there but I
chose not to give up but build something out of the frustrations and
disappointments. The then CEO hated me with a passion that when
we met along the corridors he could not respond to my greetings.
During the management meetings, my presentations were always
terminated after facing a lot of criticism but God was preparing me
for some noble tasks ahead. Today the experience that I obtained
from the organization has made me run the two firms very well and
every now and then I do create time to go back to the organization to
encourage the staff and offer free advisory to the management.
When I submitted my resignation letter with a 30 days’ notice, the
CEO just received it, never asked a question but told me to start
handing over and sent a mail to all staff that I was leaving the
organization. He didn’t give me a chance to explain my reason of
resigning or chance to reconsider the decision. Surprisingly, by the
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frustrating me had already resigned and the CEO had his contract
terminated with immediate effect. This means most of my tormentors
left before I did.
Several months later, the same boss who had given me a couple of
show cause letters claiming that I was not competent hired me to
establish a training school for his organization as a consultant and
later Department Director. The same person seemed to be
incompetent is now being hired as a consultant by the same person.
I was busy working on the Makinika Afrika and Nairobi Safety Shop
dreams when he contracted me and when I insisted that I was busy
working on some projects, he advised me to be using his office for my
assignment, I was given a laptop, free internet for my phone and
laptop, office space with a desk and small board room where I could
meet my clients as well as a Subaru car with a driver in case I needed
to attend a meeting. This helped me to appropriately work on my
dream with all that I needed and within one year I had not only
established the training department, help get all the necessary
government accreditation, training equipment and acquire a training
team for the organization but also I had established the foundation of
my two companies.
That is a divine shift. God turning things around. What if I resigned
immediately frustration came my way; would I be where I am today?
Behind the scene God was putting things together on my favor. He
was bringing the right people in my life to stir me out of the comfort
zone to think out of the box and concentrate on my dreams.
You may have people in your life that frustrates your effort, some
who don’t like you, a boss who is hard to get along with, or a family
member who is disrespectful. It’s easy to become discouraged and to
think, “This will always be this way. They will always be against me.”
No, stay in faith. God has a shift coming. God knows how to cause
them to like you. God can cause them to see you in a new light. Don’t
you ever give up. They may have been against you year after year, but
when God shifts things they’ll go out of their way to be good to you.
Instead of hindering you, they’ll help you.
God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They
may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to
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I have a friend called Edward, he worked for someone he never liked.
Nobody at the company liked their supervisor, who was
condescending and a source of frustration year after year. He kept
frustrating them and every day looking for a fault on every one. He
was a no nonsense boss who never had feelings. At first, it looked like
this man could be supervising at this company for another twenty or
thirty years.
My friend has a good attitude, is hardworking but deep down he
thought, “Putting up with this guy for a long time will be a real pain. I don’t
know if I can take it.” Then, one morning he arrived at work, and
management called a staff meeting. They explained that the
supervisor’s wife had been transferred to Ethiopia for her job. The
unpopular supervisor had resigned that morning as they were to shift
to Ethiopia with the family to reside there. Half the staff fell on their
knees and offered a prayer of thanks to God. The management
announced that Edward would be the new supervisor effective that
day. Today he is a shareholder in that company and he has helped it
grow progressively. What happened? A divine shift. Suddenly, God
changed things.
Quit worrying about those trying to hold you back. God knows how
to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people
in. And even if God doesn’t move them, it says in Psalms, “You will
run through a troop and leap over a wall.” God can cause you to go over
them, or around them, or even through them, but God will get you to
where you’re supposed to be. The truth is, you are one shift from
seeing a dream come to pass. One shift from paying your house off.
One shift from seeing your health improve. One shift from getting
that promotion. One shift from meeting the right person. One shift to
your breakthrough. This is the year God will shift things in your favor.
He is lining it all up. What you could not make happen on your own,
God will cause you to accomplish. It will be bigger than you thought.
It will happen quicker than you imagined, and it will be more
rewarding than you ever dreamed possible. He is working behind the
scene on your favor.
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can ever learn. One of the most
powerful lessons in life is to
recognize that no one can give you
power, and many people don’t want
you to have it. You have to find the
courage to seize it, own it and hold
on.
Be careful you don’t give up on what
is yet to give you victory. Many
people quit when they were yet to
win. Successful people never quit and I believe no quitter had ever
been successful too.
Try again; you have millions of alternatives. Fill yourself with the
bullets of hope and you will kill failure with one shot.
Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long
before it breaks?
The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come.
When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up
and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is
soaring above it.
The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it
higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.
When the storms of life come upon us, like the eagle, we can rise
above them and ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness,
tragedy, failure, and disappointment into our lives.
What is your greatest challenge right now? Write it down. And then let
it lift you higher. Rise above the storms of life. Don’t give up because
there are forces against you. Just like the eagle, rise above the
challenges.
No matter what... don't give up. Don't stop believing in yourself and
in what you can do, because you are strong and you are capable. Prove
them wrong! Don't let them win! Remember when you are at your
lowest low - there's only one way to go now... and that is UP!
So my friend, I Amb. Steve Mbugua begs you not to give up because
the Lord is working behind the scene on your favor and will never
give up on you. I command you to move on, press on, go beyond all
limits and beat all odds to become the great person you are meant to
be.
“Keep on sowing your
seed, for you never
know which will grow -
- perhaps it all will.”
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Chapter 12
DIVINE ENCOUNTERS
nderstanding, being able to comprehend and satisfactorily
meet all the needs and desires of a fiancée more so a lady is
an art by itself. My wife Keziah has taught me to purposely
desire to be a good student to be able to make her happy
and feel appreciated. Years later, am still learning and get reminded.
One thing about her is that she likes surprises more than promises.
Any time I buy her a gift, an item, furniture for our house or takes her
for a holiday without notifying her in advance, she gets over excited
and the joy makes me feel like I want to give another surprise the
following day. When I promise her anything no matter what it is, she
always questions it, give me an alternative, a better version or better
way of doing it. All of us love surprises. Imagine receiving a call from
your boss to prepare for a holiday treat with your family to Zanzibar
fully paid. Kenya Revenue Authority sending you a refund of all the
taxes you have paid in the whole year or even DT Dobie offering you
a one year free car garage service for the whole year. How would you
feel?
Our God has great and better ways and plans for us and in every way
He want all the glory and owner to go to Him and thus He will always
allow things to happen not in the way you wanted or planned but
there will always be an element of surprise from Him.
In the year 2006, after finalizing my Form Four exams, my next
challenge was how to raise money to clear the balance of Ksh. 21,000
which had accumulated at Anestar High School. I had an inner
conviction to go thank the school management for having allowed me
to work, study in their school as well as boarding without registering
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who also happened to be the wife to the Director and when I
informed her that I just wanted to thank her, she said, “Stephen, you are
the first person to ever do this, am deeply touched and because of this, I have paid
all your school fees balance. Now go say hi to your mum and tell her to be at
peace.” I could not believe it. In fact, I just kept quiet staring at her.
That was a divine surprise. I didn’t expect or ever imagined this would
happen. My mind was set to go work hard for several months to clear
the balance but behind the scene God was preparing a divine surprise
and He just wanted me to hear His voice to obey and go thank the
secretary to release it. Am sure she was not prepared for it but when
God’s surprise came, she had to obey the conviction.
Life is full of surprises. Some of them are enjoyable, and some of
them are not. Sometime God uses our enemies, sometimes He uses
strangers and even sometimes people close to us.
God brings change in our lives and when we let Him lead. Somewhere
along the way we encounter divine surprises. Change is one of the
most difficult things we all face, but it is through change that God
births new dreams, plans and opportunities.
“For I am about to do something new.” (Isaiah 43:19)NLT.
Part of receiving the new is letting go of the old. If you are going to
see God’s increase, recognize when the wind is shifting. Don’t hold
on to something when God is trying to birth something new.
Remember, on the other side of change is a new season of favor,
increase and abundance.
When watching the 2018 London
Marathon, Dibaba and Mary started
the race on a higher gear and speed,
obviously Vivian was preparing for
position 3 and below and she
continued running with her pace
without giving up. A divine surprise
was waiting ahead. Both the
champions ahead got exhausted and could not keep up with their pace
and this gave Vivian a better chance of comfortably winning the race.
Many are the time when good things happen after bad things have
happened, we feel disappointed, we cry, mourn and complain but
after a while the outcome and end up become glorious and we all
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rejoice and celebrate because of this divine surprise. What do you do
when things don’t go your way? Do you give up? Throw a fit? Fight
all the harder and demand your way? Do you get so disappointed that
you just bag everything and decide to do what feels good to you? Do
you lash out at others to bend their will to yours? Do you blame
everyone and everything?
Our God sees the end from the beginning. Nothing is a surprise to
Him. It’s comforting to know that the same God that’s in control of
the good times of life is still in control in the tough times of life. Our
difficulties are not a surprise to Him. God will not allow a storm
unless He has a divine purpose for it.
‘That in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been
called according to his purpose.’ (Romans 8:28 NIV).
God will direct the winds of the storm to blow you where He wants
you to go. We see storms as being negative, but God uses the storm
to move you from point A to point B. The winds may be strong, the
circumstances may look bad, but those winds will blow you to a new
level of your destiny. Behind the scene there is his hand directing that
wind to give you a divine surprise.
God will allow us to go through situations and in the course of it
surprise us with an unexpected outcome that will bring honor and
glory to him and when this is happening He will put it in a way that
will help us change so we can be better equipped to handle change. If
we will let all be under the care of God and give our lives to Him, He
will help us learn to navigate the surprises of life in a way that brings
Him honor and produces something good in our lives.
Every time you find yourself at a close road not sure which action or
step to take and you are in a dilemma, just know that behind the scene
God is preparing something good for you. He wants to surprise you
by doing it His way so that in all glory and honor shall be to Him. The
best thing is walking with faith and hope knowing that the Lord of all
is in control and has your best interest at heart.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians
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In January 2011, I was a student at Moi University. When other
students were opening for their second semester, I was at home
because of a school fees balance of Ksh 10,000 that we to be cleared
before going back to school. We were going through a tough financial
crisis at home that we were fully relying on our Sister Martha who was
working with Great Rift shuttle. My parents were not able to raise a
coin at that moment even for my fare back to school. While busy
slashing at a nearby farm, I started worship God and in the midst of
the worship, I stopped and reminded God the reason why I was at
home while I was supposed to be at school. I said, “Dear God, thank
you for who you are and your ability to change the situation. I thank you because
am going to school on Monday by faith.” After this I continued slashing
with a lot of joy and peace. Few minutes later, I received a call from
an uncle who was enquiring on my school progress. Actually I did not
inform him that I was at home due to lack of school fees. Surprisingly,
he informed me that he would like to buy a soda for me, so he sent
me money. Alas! It was exactly Ksh. 10,000. That was an answered
prayer and divine surprise. I went back to school earlier than the
Monday I had requested God. That was a surprise from God. He did
it in His own way for His glory and honor.
Regardless of our built-in tendencies and reactions, I believe God can
and will help us change so we can be better equipped to handle
change. If we will go all in with God and give our lives to Him, He
will help us learn to navigate the surprises of life in a way that brings
Him honor and produces something good in our lives and in those
around us.
Jesus told His disciples, “I am the way, the truth and life.” This means that
any time you are in a dilemma and wondering how you’ll go through
and how things will work. He will be the way, guide and carry you.
Every time you wonder how things will be done, you do not have
answers to the matter and lacks the solution to the problem; he is the
truth and will give you the knowledge, wisdom, understanding and
revelation. If you wonder about tomorrow and the future and not
have the hope and strength to move on, he is the life. He will make it
happen, He will surprise you by handling it in His own style for His
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What are we stressed about? The economy. Finances. Indebtedness.
Family problems. Relationships. Our kids. Our schedules, Business, Politics.
Floods, Famine, Our jobs. Our neighbors. Our health. Our status. Our
possessions. Our spirituality?
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke
upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30 28)
God has assured us of rest, a rest that comes from Him alone and that
cannot be compared to anything. What is not guaranteed is the form
in which the rest will come. Will it be healing, a holiday, an idea,
special ability, change in our current location or status or achievement
of something that is clear and specific in our mind. The fact is that
when we cast all our cares and worries to Him and replace this with
worship, adoration and praises unto His name, behind the scene He
will craft a way for us that will be a divine surprise to us.
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you
are with me….” (Psalm 23:4).
Everyone has, is, or will experience loss in their lives. When we lose
someone or something valuable to us, it is natural for us to grieve that
loss. Some losses come through tragedy, some are expected.
Regardless of how the loss comes, it still carries a surprising sting. He
should always be assured that it is not a surprise to God. He is aware
and has the answer of why it happened.
One of the greatest tragedies that I ever faced is the loss of my elder
brother who died in an unclear circumstance in Kakamega in year
2012. I first received a call that he had been poisoned in a restaurant
and had been hospitalized but on my way to Kakamega, I received
another call of his death. That was a very painful surprise and I asked
God why it was happening at that moment when my only brother had
started doing well in his journalism career. Several months later, I
learnt and realized that the lessons I got when handling and trying to
overcome the pain of the tragedy was a preparation for me to be
encouraging and comforting other people who go through similar
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surprise me with a not suitable situation because behind the scenes He
is preparing me for something better and so I should not be afraid
neither should you. I have lately been handling a lot of cases of people
who have lost a close family member and require my emotional
support. What I went through during the loss has enabled me to be
able to encourage others going through the same.
The Psalmist asks a rhetorical question in light of the fact that God is
with him.
The LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the
stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1).
There is a lot of mistreatment that goes on earth. People are abused in
various ways every day, oftentimes by those closest to them who are
supposed to protect and defend them. They don’t deserve such
treatment. Perhaps, they did nothing to bring such mistreatment on
themselves; nevertheless, it is happening in real time. So many
people’s lives are broken by the hands or words of others. And then
there are many who are mistreated due to their faith. Jesus said not to
be surprised when you are mistreated for your faith. People mistreated
Him, as well as His prophets throughout the ages. In fact, if you never
experience mistreatment for your faith,
there’s a good chance you are being a
people pleaser. I don’t like to be
mistreated, so I try to treat others with
respect and dignity, even if I don’t
agree with them or approve of their
actions. However, if we avoid conflict
at all cost, it will cost us something. It
may cost us our own integrity.
Sometimes you will be mistreated either
by your partner, boss, parent and
colleagues and God will intentionally
allow it to happen in a very great way
that you will wonder why it has to be
you going through it. Later as God will
be working behind the scene preparing you for a great thing, He will
“The more intensely
we feel about an idea
or a goal, the more
assuredly the idea,
buried deep in our
subconscious, will
direct us along the
path to its fulfillment.”
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surprise you that you will be amazed by the change of things and
those who mistreat you will testify about you.
Your enemy will distribute your cards inviting people to come
celebrate your greatness and will want to be recognized by you. They
will witness your season of manifestation.
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something
strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ,
so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the
name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you
suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a
meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that
you bear that name. (1 Peter 4:12-16)
Jesus calls us to consider what really matters. What really lasts?
Certainly not the mistreatment or its effects. Yes, they are unpleasant,
but they carry with them a reward that is worth rejoicing over.
So if you have been or are being mistreated for you faith, you are
blessed, whether you see it or not. If you are being mistreated or
abused by someone else, my prayer is that God will deliver you from
that situation and bring complete healing to your body, mind, and
emotions. He can make you completely whole again. He will not only
restore you but also surprise you as he use your enemies and accusers
as your stepping stone to the next level of blessings. We are
overcomers because Jesus Christ overcame.
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will
have trouble. But take heart, I have overcome the world." John 16:33
Pain takes various forms. Physical suffering takes its toll and leaves
people exhausted and unable to think straight. It’s no fun. Some of
you live in constant physical pain, perhaps you suffer from some type
of chronic pain. People don’t understand what you go through until
they face it themselves. If you live relatively free from physical pain,
consider yourself very blessed. But for those in constant physical pain,
God knows your pain and He cares. Behind the scene He is preparing
a surprise for you. A great testimony and a new song for you.
There is also emotional pain. Some of you feel the deep devastation of
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leaves you feeling worthless and
disposable to such a point that you
might even despair for your life.
We’ve already mentioned the pain
of grief and the pain of
mistreatment. Some people know
little else than one form of pain or
another. In fact, some of you are
not surprised by pain at all because
you’ve dealt with it most of your life. God is about to surprise you in a
way that all the emotional pain that you have been going through will
be converted into a ministry that He will use to reach out to many
more on the same road that might not know how you are feeling or
how the journey has been, but I’m here to offer you some hope.
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the LORD delivers him out of them
all.” (Psalm 34:19).
Life is filled with pain and affliction, but when you are living life with
God, there is hope for deliverance, hope for growth, and hope for
healing. He is in control. It is not a surprise to Him that you are in
that situation but He will surprise you out of it.
‘For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far
outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For
what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18).
See, that pain will all go away one day. It is fading away, it’s going to
be a past story but God doesn’t want it to just end like that. He want
glory and honor out of that so behind the scene He is crafting it, to
give you a surprise that you will celebrate and testify about it.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying
or pain. (Revelation 21:4).
As we face life’s surprises of stress, temptation, loss, mistreatment,
and pain, we might reach a place where we just expect the worst.
Perhaps we think we will save ourselves some pain if we keep our
expectations low. But that is not living. One ingredient of faith is high
expectations. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, longed for. It
“Above all, be true to
yourself, and if you
cannot put your heart
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consists of great expectations as we get to know how amazing God is
and how much He loves us.
If you are running low on hope today… If you can see nothing but a cycle of failure
and pain and have come to expect nothing else… may you be surprised today by
God’s grace. His grace is enough for you. His grace is enough to provide your
forgiveness. His grace is enough to bring you healing. His grace is enough to help
you through your pain. God’s grace is even enough to lower your stress level as you
learn to trust Him. God’s grace is enough to make you alive with Christ so you
can do live with Christ. Receive divine surprise in Jesus Name!
I want to let you know this my friend that if God is for you, who can
be against you.
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.”
(Psalms 34:19).
The game is not over yet, not with God. With God you get another
chance. God not only gives another chance but chances.
I’m glad that my hope is not built on my job. My hope is not built on
my car. My hope is not built on my bank account. But my hope is
built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and his righteousness. He is
the Lord of all and in all.
I don’t know about you, maybe you can bear your own burdens;
maybe you can carry your own load. Maybe you can fight your own
battles, but I need a savior that will go with me to the end.
Sometimes our plans may be interrupted because God has somebody
He wants us to touch or something special He wants us to do. Many
times we don’t even realize such “behind the scenes” events are
happening, but God is using us. He cause the delay but at the same
time surprise us with the unexpected. He gives us what we need to get
what we want. You might complain of a delay leading to not going for
a date but behind the scene he was preparing you meet a person who
will give you crucial marriage and relationship counseling that when
you go for the date next time you will be informed, enlightened and
go with an open mind.
God has His way of surprising you and ensuring that you have a
testimony, witness a miracle and learn a lesson and experience which
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to Him. You will use this experience to encourage others tomorrow
and it will be very sweet as you will have risen to great heights of
blessings and prosperity.
God is not yet over with you, just as He was with Joseph even to the
pit and prison, was with David when he was an ordinary shepherd and
was with Joshua when he was just a subordinate staff of Moses. Your
better days are ahead, what you have been going through is not meant
for your harm but its God working behind the scene on you, for you,
with you and around you for your favor.
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love
God and are called according to his purpose for them.” (Romans 8:28).
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the
rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be
burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” (Isaiah 43:2).
“You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the
deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.”
(2 Chronicles 20:17).
“The LORD says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you
and watch over you.” (Psalms 32:8).
When you are inconvenienced, and things don’t go your way, don’t
give in to the temptation to get bent out of shape. Not only is it going
to cause you problems, but it also may prevent God from using you in
the way He really wants to. Let Him lead you through. Enjoy the
divine adventure of having God take you through it with surprises and
His goodness.
If God were to show you right now the good that He has in store for
your life, I believe it would boggle your mind. You may have seen
God’s goodness in the past, but it’s nothing compared to what He has
prepared for your future. God is shifting things in your direction. New
and unprecedented favor is coming your way.
Regardless of your circumstances, you don’t have to spend one more
day of your life worried, uncertain or stressed out. You’re too blessed
to be stressed.
If you’ll put aside worry and stress and just trust God, you’ll discover
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have to seek the blessings. Seek God and the blessings will seek after
you. He will surprise you with His blessings.
The right people will find you. The promotion will come your way.
That life-changing opportunity will track you down. Keep Him first
place, and God promises He will bless your life in ways you can’t even
imagine.
God has called you, equipped you, empowered you and chosen you
for great things. If only you would chose not to worry but trust and
obey Him, He will give you divine surprises and people will admire
your walk with Him.
Be strong and of good courage my friend, the Lord loves you and will
never give up on you. He is working behind the scene on your favor
and greater is your destiny. A great divine surprise from God is on the
way. Your time of uncommon harvest and manifestation is at the
corner but you have to be a little bit patient and have a little moment
of faith as He finalize on you. You are blessed and highly favored. A
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Chapter 13
GOD IS NOT YET
OVER WITH YOU
od will use your enemies as your stepping stone, that
condition that seems to push you down will be your way to
your major breakthrough. The enemy will come into your
thoughts trying to discourage you but this is the Goliath that
God will use you to defeat and make you the king. Don't be
intimidated, we grow in tough times and that's when our courage and
faith grows. When the enemy pushes and pressures you, he prepares
you to push you further with high pressure.
Your boss may be intimidating you but it’s the Lord who is using him
to push you ahead and he will be a witness of your manifestation.
God will use your enemy to push you forward and soon you will say it
was good that it happened, just the same way David said, “it is good
Goliath came that I was promoted from a shepherd to a King and given the King's
daughter to be my wife."
God created you to be successful! Before the foundation of the world,
He laid out an exact plan for your life. And in this plan, He has
marked moments that are going to come across your path. These
moments are not ordinary; they are destiny-altering moments. They
are designed to thrust you years ahead. It says in Ecclesiastes that “time
and chance come together for every person.” That means you’ll have
opportunities to meet the right people, opportunities to advance in
your career, and opportunities to fulfill your dreams. God has already
pre-arranged times of increase and blessing. You may not be seeing a
lot of good breaks right now, but be encouraged because there are
seasons of favor and increase marked for your future. There are God-
ordained moments planned out for you. Don’t get distracted by your
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so you can hear His voice. Approach today with an attitude of faith
and expectancy so you can embrace the God-ordained moments in
front of you.
The Bible articulates to us that what
we think about, we will become.
When you think thoughts of success,
victory, joy and peace, your life will
be filled with success, victory, joy
and peace. It doesn’t matter what’s
going on around you when the
greater One lives in you. You are an
overcomer through Christ. Today,
set your mind on victory and move
forward into the victory He has for you.
What you see is temporary, we serve a supernatural God, and you are
not on your own, God is directing your steps and leading you towards
the appointed time for your breakthrough.
You are closer to your breakthrough than you expected, God is the
only connection that you needed and is coming to show you the right.
I would like to encourage you this day, regardless of what you may be
going through and the anxiety and uncertainty in your life today, God
is not yet over with you.
Some of you are dealing with circumstances in your life that is almost
out of control. You see no hope and the only light at the end of the
tunnel is a train. You are discouraged and don’t know which way to
turn.
To be honest you have tried all you can try and done all you can do
now it is time to give it to the Lord. God says to you, “It is neither by
your might, nor by your power but by His Spirit says the Lord of Hosts.
Do not stress yourself with something you can't control. It is out of my
hands, it is out of my control.” Yet the Lord says, “You have got to pull your
hand out of it.” We talk about, “God is in control.” I will let God be God
yet we keep putting our hand in it and to be honest, “Mess everything
up.” God says you have got to remove your hand and any resemblance
of work you did. Let him be God that is what He is good at.
“Failure will never
overtake me if my
determination to
succeed is strong
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Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, said the
LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6).
Zerubbabel, governor of Jerusalem, was faced with what seemed to be
an impossible task. God had spoken to his heart and told him to
rebuild the temple. It is one thing to build one time but to rebuild is
almost nearly impossible.
One of the hardest spiritual experience you will have in your life will
not be a new experience but it will be “revival” experiences. Refreshing
and rebuilding and rekindling the fires.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind. (2 Timothy 1:7).
Zerubbabel realized this and opposition came. On my daily Facebook
and Twitter handle posts, I shared about Nehemiah a while ago. We
learned that Nehemiah came with the same vision, rebuild the city of
Jerusalem by its walls. In that story we learned of great opposition.
Zerubbabel was faced with the same challenges. The people
surrounding this city were trying to do whatever was necessary to
discourage the people by frightening them, stealing their supplies,
making them distracted with their own belongings and what belonged
to God. He chose to let God fight for him and surely the Lord fought
for the nation of Israel in a mighty way.
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are
fully committed to him. (2 Chronicles 16:9)
Nearly all the successful business people that we see and admire have
very touching stories of patience, perseverance and endurance. They
had to take risks, lose, be robbed, be taken advantaged of due to lack
of knowledge and experience but in all these allowed them to learn
through the hard way and rose in the ladder of achievement. They
have success stories.
When I started the Nairobi Safety Shop, I trusted every person, all
clients, all suppliers, and all distributors and with time I learnt the hard
way. Some experiences were traumatizing to the point feeling like I
would not proceed with the business.
One day, a customer came to our shop to enquire on the varieties of
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for a three days prayer retreat at the Heaven’s Gate Prayer Mountain
Center in Nakuru and my staff were not aware of where I was, my
phone was switched off most of the time. They were concerned
because they call regularly for different consultation, information and
updates.
At some point I realized that despite the fact that I was not picking up
any call, they became persistent and even sending texts requesting me
to urgently call back as there was a client who had been there for
about four hours waiting for my feedback. When I made up my mind
to call back, I was surprised by the deal that was waiting. The client
wanted safety equipment of more than one million urgently and so we
negotiated over the phone and he placed the order. The next day we
brought lorry full of the items and we placed them along the corridor
of the building. He had promised to pick them by his lorry and also
pay in cash. Unfortunately, the client called requesting that we hold
the goods for several days as they did not have cash. This was a great
tragedy for us as we did not have any space to stock all those cartons
of gumboots, helmets, dust coats, rain coats. I then requested the
Manager of the building to help us with an alternative store. Luckily,
she allowed us to use one store whose owner was away for a couple of
days. We did not have the keys to open the door and hence was
forced to break the padlock to store them. After a number of days,
the customer started giving instructions and threatening us to either
supply the goods to him to pay latter or he look for another supplier.
One mistake that we did is that we negotiated the deal via phone and
there wasn’t any binding document, contract or LPO. I wondered
what to do, because the owner of the building was pushing me to
clear the store.
Three days later, the customer came with Ksh. 100,000 and requested
to carry the part of stock and we allowed. Surprisingly after carrying
the boots and realizing who the manufacturer was and that he could
be able to access them for a cheaper cost, he called and said that he
was disappointed by the items and he didn’t need them he’ll go
purchase directly from the manufacturer. I was confused wondering
what to do with tons of gumboots and helmets and the investment in
it. I started praying for God to help me acquire a space to stock them
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Our God is a faithful God. He answered my prayer and about a week
later, the house manager informed me that our immediate shop was
shifting and asked if I had the capacity to occupy it. That is how the
Nairobi Safety Shop expanded from a stall to a big shop. Previously,
we use to have companies visit to sample our goods but they were
disturbed by our stock, size of the shop and capacity to deliver large
orders but after expanding, even international firms were now
comfortable and trusted us. I remember two occasions when Tullow
Oil Company and China Bridge and Road Construction Company staff visited
to assess our products and capacity. They openly said we did not
qualify to be their preferred supplier and thus we lost the
opportunities. We started receiving delegations, potential partners,
international manufacturing firms like Safety Jogger, Cortina Group,
Maxguard German Safety, Oxypas among other multinational companies
visited us to be their dealer in the region and they trusted and had
faith with us.
That is our God. Sometimes things happen to us that are not pleasant
and we feel like giving up. Nothing just happens. Sometime God
allow things to happen to challenge and stir you out of your comfort
zone. They make you change your mindset and break the camp. They
make you realize a potential in you that you never know, they make
you discover talents and gifts that you didn’t know you had. They
become a catalyst of change. God always have good plans for us to
give us a future and hope. He is not yet over with you. Never give up
on yourself as God will never give up on you.
You may be in a similar dilemma or worse situation and wonder
where your God is. You may be wondering how and why God
allowed you to move to that direction knowing that the results would
be painful. You may be wondering why the long period of waiting,
why the delay, why the misfortune, why the lack of resources, why the
breakdown but behind the scene God is preparing a testimony for you
that will bring glory to Him. Do not give up, surrender everything to
God, your worries, the uncertainties, the lack of capacity, all the
shortcomings are nothing to God. Victory comes from Him. You will
pass the interview, you will get that job, you will get that promotion,
you will get that deal, that fiancée will accept to marry you and take
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will be full of savings and you will invest
with no dept. It’s your time, it’s your
season. Arise and Shine for God has
come to fight for you and give you victory.
I visit a lot of companies to
conduct trainings and sometimes I
want to find out who are the
owners, how they run their
businesses, how they started, and
their background. The major
setbacks they have faced in life
which really help me to learn from
others.
One day I was having a discussion with the Human Resource Manager
of one big company that is growing very fast and opening a lot of
branches around the country and I was interrogating her about the
owner of the company and the story was motivating.
The company director was a professional teacher and in the evening,
during the weekends and on holidays she was hawking clothes in
Nakuru town. After a long period of part-time hawking she opened a
small stall where God blessed her and she expanded. She started
distributing more clothes to other stalls. With time, she started
supplying clothes and beauty products to some supermarkets and the
business was growing well.
One day, she received an order from Asian guy to supply a whole
truck of clothing and so she decided to import to furnish the order.
When the order was successful and the goods were on transit to the
country via sea. The order was mysteriously cancelled by the Asian
guy. If you were the one what would you do? Bearing in mind the
investment on the sea, the cost of clearing the goods, lack of a store to
stock them and no immediate ready market for the goods. The lady
had perhaps taken a hefty loan from the bank and had to start the
process of clearing the good at port immediately. What would you do?
Probably it is your first import and its delicate and perishable goods,
maybe its stuff you have never dealt with before and not sure of their
local market…..it is a dilemma.
“There is no chance,
no destiny, and no fate
that can circumvent or
hinder or control the
firm resolve of a
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When the consignment finally arrived at the port, she looked for a
godown along Mombasa road and kept the items there and got a very
nice outlet along Tom Mboya Street and that is where she started
stocking the items and selling. Today she is a prominent and
successful business lady that every person in the country knows her
brand name. God turned her life around through that challenge. She
was importing for another client but God turned things around and
she became the owner of the container, launched her first major store
at the CBD and today she has employed hundreds of staff and other
thousands benefitting from her store.
God will allow things that are unpleasant, that look like they will finish
you to bring you to where He wants you to be. He allowed Hannah to
be looked down upon by Peninah, and every time she was humiliated,
her desire to go to the next level was rekindled. Biblically, Hannah was
more loved by her husband and was treated well but still there was
another level to go. Once God blessed her, we never heard of Peninah
again but the offsprings of Hannah. Samuel became one of the most
prominent prophets that ever lived, one who even anointed kings.
You can imagine how Hannah was regarded by people being a mother
to the prophet. Am sure even other expectant mothers would tell her
to touch their wombs for them to have such a son. In her prayers,
persistency and pain, God was behind the scene setting a great destiny
for her.
Once God has allowed the catalyst of change in your life to stir you
up to rise to the next level and after you have landed to where He
intends you to be, you will forget about the pain, humiliation and
challenges you went through for that will be now good stuff to
encourage and empower others. Behind the scene the hand of God is
guiding things towards the direction He want you to take. He is not
yet over with you.
Weep no more, open your eyes and you will realize that the situation
is not to finish you but give you a glorious ending. Just like Hannah,
you will nurse a generation of prophets and kings. Just like the lady
whose deal was cancelled and she had to struggle through with her
container, God is making you rise that your success story will inspire
many. It’s payback time. You are headed to a glorious and flourishing
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behind the scene assuring you of His presence in the situation, that
you should never think of giving up for He is not yet over with you;
“Sing, oh barren woman, you who never bore a child; break forth into song and shout for
joy.” (Isaiah 54).
You may be at a place today where you have unborn promises; you
have loved ones you’re praying for, but aren’t seeing the change; you
may even feel barren. During times like these, it’s tempting to give up
and say, “Too bad. It’s never going to happen.” But that’s the time when
you need to praise God even more. Praise opens the door for God to
move and for breakthroughs to come.
When God breathed His life into you, He put something in you to
give you an advantage. There is something about you that makes you
stand out, something that draws opportunity and causes you to
overcome obstacles, to accomplish dreams. It’s God’s hand of favor
on your life. When you realize you have this advantage in life, you will
not be intimidated by your dreams nor be discouraged thinking that
the problem is too big. No, you’ll hold your head up high and go out
with a spring in your step, confident, secure, knowing that you have
what it takes. You have the favor of God.
I have some of my friends trusting God for a Job, marriage partner,
school fees, God to intervene in their family, healing among other
issues. God has heard your prayers, He has seen your tears and
sufferings, is concerned and is coming to rescue, reward and meet
your heart desires. It's payback time, weep no more, square-up your
shoulders, start thanking God as you step into your new season. You'll
not weep again rather you'll have a new song and name. Rejoice and
be glad in the Lord.
“Every good gift comes from our Father in heaven.”(James 1:17).
You may feel like God isn’t working in your life, but God is constantly
showing His goodness. The question is do we recognize it?
If you’re going to taste God’s goodness, you have to realize that every
good break, every time you were protected, every door that opened, is
God working in your life. It’s not a coincidence that you met your
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was God’s hand of favor. The fact
that your children are strong and
healthy is not just good fortune.
That’s God being good to you. All
through the day we should be
saying,
“Thank You, Lord, for Your goodness.
Thank You for my health. Thank You
for my spouse. Thank You for the
opportunity that You have given me.”
Be quick to give God the credit. As
you acknowledge His goodness, you
will see more of God’s hand in your
life, your faith will increase, and you
will walk in victory.
Sometimes God atakuchokoza
(provoke) for you to leave that
situation you are in, He'll cause your
boss to mistreat You or get bored
by that job so that He give you a better one. Your landlord is
respectful and plot pathetic to force you to leave to a better place
probably even own your own home. He'll make you feel lonely and
desire to get married then He bless you with the right and best
partner, loose your phone to get a better one...
Do not hesitate akikuchokoza, it’s because you have been there for too
long...break that camp, advance and possess in JESUS NAME!! May
God chokoza you today, to break the camp, advance and possess the
great destiny that He Has in store for you. He Has been working
behind the scene on your favor putting everything in place for you
and preparing the right people in your life, now, it's time for you to be
unleashed so be keen to hear His voice today, to understand His
timing and feel His presence in what will happen today. Mungu
akikuchokoza leo chokozeka, (If God provokes you today be provokable). Break
the camp, advance and possess the land He'll take you to. It is your
season of breakthrough, elevation, establishment, relevance and
influence in Jesus mighty name.
“What makes the
difference between
wishing and realizing
our wishes? Lots of
things, and it may take
months or years for wish
to come true, but it's far
more likely to happen
when you care so much
about a wish that you'll
do all you can to make
it happen.”
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Don't give up, great things take time, sometimes we feel tired and
discouraged, but we have to remember that no person fell on top of
the mountain, they all took steps to reach there and refused to give up
even when they felt tired and breathless, it's the same with life,
sometimes we feel we have done our best and we can't do anymore or
the results are not reflecting our work therefore we feel discouraged,
but we have to remember our end goal and stay focused, so today I
just want to encourage you : never ever give up no matter how
difficult it may seem, keep going, keep trusting God and soon you will
be celebrating success.
Are you feeling like you are in a tunnel and in a hopeless situation? Maybe
feeling like you are in the tummy of a whale ready to be digested?
Maybe feeling like your life is coming to an end or God is far from
you? There is nothing to smile about and everything not working as
you would have wished?
This is what Jonah did. Jonah 2:9-10, After complaining for eight
verses, he had a change of heart in verse nine. He said, “God, in spite of
my difficulties, I’m going to offer unto You the sacrifice of praise with a voice of
thanksgiving.”
While sitting in the belly of the whale, instead of complaining, he
began to worship. The next verse says that the whale spit him out
onto dry ground, and he went on to fulfill his destiny.
If you feel like you’re in the belly of a whale, if you feel trapped, if
things seem dark, remember, praise always precedes the victory. Open
your mouth and declare His praises. Say what the Word says and
watch the breakthrough come to pass. Start singing. Start celebrating.
Start rejoicing and you will see the victory God will give you.
God will use your enemies as your stepping stone, that condition that
seems to push you down will be your way to your major
breakthrough.
The enemy will come into your thoughts trying to discourage you but
this is the Goliath that God will use you to defeat and make you the
king. Don't be intimidated, we grow in tough times and that's when
our courage and faith grows. When the enemy puts you and pressure
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You are closer to your breakthrough
than you expected, God is the only
connection that you needed and is
coming to show you the right. He is
preparing a table in front of your
enemies.
Wherever I have been, whatever has
ever come my way is not by the will
of any man or any power,
principality, dominion, authority or
ruler. My God is in charge.
Some things are in his perfect will while others are in his permissible
will, but never anything out of HIS will. Sometimes some have
planned, connived and executed evil but God turned it out for good.
Like Joseph of old, being sold to a foreign country by his own
brothers was the height of betrayal, but God, who sees the end from
the beginning, turned it out for good and used it to save the very lives
of the brothers and their children. God was still in charge. All things
work out together for good for those who love God, those called
according to his purpose.
Stop blaming situations and people in your life, ultimately they are not
in charge, God is! Even the devil has no power over your life if you
have surrendered it to Christ. Your life is hidden in God. You're
covered by the blood of the lamb. It shall be well with you for the one
in control, the one in charge is NONE ELSE BUT GOD.
Ever thought of how your Eulogy will be like when you die? Will you
leave a legacy or any impact? Will you have served your purpose? If 10
minutes before then you were informed of your departure, would you
have changed anything that happened in your life? Are you living to
be what GOD created you to be or crying about your past and
worried about tomorrow that may never be and not enjoying the
today that is at your disposal? Think about that and do something
rest.....I wish I knew always comes late!
When I was in college I was a great fun of football of which still am.
Sometimes I would record a football game and watch it when I get in
my room later. I was a great supporter of Chelsea FC but once in a
while would support Arsenal FC. Most times, I already knew how the
“Some are destined
to succeed, some are
determined
to succeed.”
Swami
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game ends. I’ve talked to friends or watched the news. I know my
team won. While I’m watching, I don’t get discouraged is beaten. I
don’t get uptight if its halftime and we still haven’t scored. I’m totally
at peace. Why? I already know the outcome. The truth is that the
further behind we fall, the more excited I am because that means a big
comeback is on its way. I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen.
Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a
timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was
the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was
determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him
the area where he supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees. “Congratulations,” the
boss said, “Go on that way!” Very motivated by the boss words, the
woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees.
The third day, he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees.
Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
“I must be losing my strength.” the woodcutter thought. He went to the
boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was
going on.
“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.
“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”
Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take
time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is
busier than ever, but less happy than ever.
Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”?
There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should
not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like
our personal life, taking time to get close to our Creator, giving more
time for our family, taking time to read etc. We all need time to relax,
to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to
sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.
God is behind the scene working on us. Sometimes we may feel like
He is away and our life not adding too much but He is ironing the
axe. There is a divine break that will later catapult our manifestation
and we shall witness great breakthrough.
As believers, God has promised us victory. You may go through
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got to remind yourself, “God holds my future in the palm of His hand. He
already knows the outcome. God never ends in defeat!” He could be
sharpening you to cut lives trees with ease. Delay is not denial. Your
dreams might take long to achieve but it’s God taking time to sharpen
you as He prepare you for your manifestation where you will be
impacted with a spirit of speed. You are going to come out of it better
and stronger than ever before!
Remember, He knows how it ends, and it ends in peace, joy and
victory in every area of your life.
So when sometimes things happens the way you don't like or expect,
just know that the end is in HIS arms and it’s going to be great.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ambassador Steve Mbugua is one of Africa’s most powerful motivational speakers,
author, Bible teacher and great trainer in the area of safety and wellness. He is the
founder and Director Makinika Afrika International.
He is a sales achiever, business owner, a leadership and personal development coach.
Ambassador Steve teaches corporate, schools, Church groups and institutions. He
has featured on numerous TV and Radio stations, and YouTube, he speaks from
experience-inspired challenges, near failures, thrilling victories, and astonishing
workings of God and success.
He specializes in teaching on safety and wellness, success in business and personal
development, his valuable materials have been shared with thousands of
organizations, businesses, corporations, seminar groups and television audiences.
Countless individuals, businesses and leaders have been transformed and turned
around by applying the principles he shares.
He has done advanced emergency response courses, ILS, ICS, Disaster Management,
Fire Safety. Trainer of Trainers with St John Ambulance Sommerset United Kingdom (Approved
trainer) Training and Development Manager and designer of policies i.e. EMS, MCI, Fire and
Disaster Management plan. Designing of County Emergency Response plan and Training needs
assessment. Kenyatta National Hospital Disaster Response plan.
He trained and spoken in many seminars, colleges, schools, organizations and
institutions and companies on First Aid, blood drive, humanitarianism, Disaster
Management, HIV and Aids i.e. Police, General Service Unit (GSU), Military, Presidential
Escorts, Recce Squad, Fire brigade first aiders. Delloitte, Crown paints, Brookside Ltd, Kapa Oils,
Kenha, Central Bank, KPA, KRA, Safari Park Hotel Villa Rosa Kempiski, Alexander Forbes,
USIU, and Kenya Utalii College etc.
Ambassador Steve is a graduate of Economics from Moi University, he is a Certified
Safety and First Aid trainer. Has work experience from St John Ambulance and
Redcross. He has rescued many lives in fire disasters, road accidents and medical
conditions.
He has been a leader in many organizations and clubs, organized free safety
awareness through social media campaign, written articles for schools and church. He
is the founder of the first World safety day event and World first aid day events in
Kenya. Ambassador Steve resides in Nairobi Kenya and travels across the world in
speaking engagements.
For additional information on seminars and scheduling speaking engagements, or to
contact the author: Cellphone No. (254) 724036078
Email: info@ambstevembugua.co.ke|www. ambstevembugua.co.ke
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AMBASSADOR STEVE MBUGUA
P.O. Box 12092 -00400 Nairobi - Kenya
Tel. No. (254) 724036078
Email: info@ambstevembugua.co.ke
www. ambstevembugua.co.ke

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