FINDING THE RIGHT VIEW

There are struggles in choosing to stand for one thing when there
are several options. If a person is not careful in making choices
within the conflicts of life, he will end up pleasing people, instead
of God. Since God is our Creator, we need to obey Him if we are
to achieve lasting positive results in meeting the needs we were
created for.
A medical doctor said that he had the passion to become a
doctor since when he was a child. After his remedial programme
in one of the universities in Nigeria, his friend convinced him to
let go studying medicine because it is difficult. When they got to
the office where they were to change the course, the person
incharge rejected their request and sent them out of his office.
Eventually, he studied medicine and became a doctor. He is one
of the best doctors I have known and is of great value to our
family.
Another person I interviewed also had the passion, in his
early stage, for becoming a medical doctor, but he ended up as an
ordained minister and the General Manager of a big Christian
books and publishing house. He told me that his passion for
becoming a medical doctor manifested in his commitment in
secondary school as the head boy. He loved taking sick students
to the hospital to the extent that he was known in the hospital.
Eventually, his efforts to study medicine proved abortive, few
times after getting admissions respectively. Strike actions embarked upon by universities denied him the opportunity of
enrollment.
After sometime, he decided to enroll in another college for a
medical related programme, but still he did not get the admission.
He was advised by his pastor to enroll in a seminary or Bible
school, but he rejected the idea. Eventually, he enrolled in a
theological college, studied and became a pastor. His love for
buying and distributing Holy Bibles in small scale led him to
someone who took interest in him and gave him a working
opportunity. That was how he grew up and became a General
Manager.
I can advise you on what to do if you need any of my
children for a task. I know the one you should ask for critical
advice. The one who is good at risk taking, and the one you can
get series of insightful and provoking questions. All of them have
the same parents, but each one is unique. This illustrates how
different we are yet equipped by God with different abilities for
achieving His purpose.

(Excerpts from the book, THE MEANINGFUL LIFE, by Pusonnam Yiri).