The Insights

ANCHOR TEXT: “Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin” Proverbs 10:14. What does the future hold in store for you? What is it that will make you remain as the leader next year, 5 years’ time, 10 years etc? What makes you think your business or career will continue to thrive profitably tomorrow? What makes you think you will still hold your job tomorrow? These are some of the questions one must address today in order to have a better tomorrow. We are now in a dispensation where nothing is certain. No one can predict what will happen in the next minute. Government goes, government comes. No one can predict the next governmental policy. To help us understand the need to anticipate the next moment; and that nothing must be left to chance, King Solomon drew our attention to the ants. ‘Go to the ants, you sluggard, consider her ways and be wise…’ (Proverbs 6:6-7). As tiny as they are, they prepare ahead for what they will eat next season. How much more we hu...

“But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God” Luke.9:62  The opposite of concentration is distraction. What are the things that are distracting you and distracting your forces? Get rid of them. Why? Because if you do not actively get rid of them, they will spread you too thin, you are going to dissipate energy and you will be totally ineffective. There are many things that you could be doing, but there are also things that only you should be doing. Focus your energy and concentrate your powers on the things that only you should do. Get rid of distractions! A man came to Jesus really excited and expressing his desire to follow Jesus and Jesus accepted him. Then he said to Jesus, wait let me go and kiss my family goodbye. If you decide to give all your life to God, is going to kiss your family goodbye a bad thing? So distractions are not necessarily bad things. In fact, a lot of the time they are good things. L...