You!

Readers, it is going to be really painful if you also belong to the class of people who think the road to greatness is a bed of roses. Bunch of ‘miracle seekers’ who see no reason they have to work themselves to greatness. They never thought it well to prepare themselves for the journey of greatness. What a band of wishers! No wonder they are no inch away from the ground level. It seems they have forgotten the adage that says if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Have you ever thought that the number of people at the top do not make up one-tenth of those who desired they were? This is quite alarming! Anyway, let me give you a clue. Together, we shall examine the life of a biblical character- David McJesse. I hope it is not expensive to assume we all know him- his beginning and his ending. Before I proceed in this writing, I must say that this topic can’t be exhausted just in one post and this is why it’s going to come in series. You want to know the road that leads to greatness? Then, follow me as I look closely at the life of David.

1. Little Beginning: Great things don’t start big but little. I’m quite sure that you’ve at a time or other seen a skyscraper; probably in real life or in a movie.  It didn’t grow out of the ground just of a sudden, but, it started with a block in its foundation. Greatness is not an event but rather a result of a conscious and progressive effort on the path of an individual. It is the aftermath of a process. You can’t become great in a twinkle of an eye. You have to go through a process.  No one is born ‘Bill Gates’ or ‘Mr. President’, you have to become it.

David was never born the King of Israel. In fact, he was from a poor background. He never had the opportunity to choose his background but he was able to choose his future-his landing. And this did not happen to him by chance or by some kind of magic, but, it took a conscious and purposeful effort on his path. He started out with his father’s sheep-by taking the responsibility of keeping them. This, he did well. If someone asks me how he was able to protect his nation? I’d say that he’d done it before; when he was with the sheep. He was able to protect the sheep from the attacks of lion and bear, how much more will he not do for his people whose lives meant much more than the lives of the animals.

You can also start by taking responsibility for those little tasks. Start doing the little, for in it, abounds greatness. Little drops they say make an ocean. Are you not gambling with your own little drops? If you desire to be great, you wouldn’t despise the days of your little beginning. If you’ve started something, don’t stop. It’s an edifice of hope. Seek to be the best at it. Have you for once received any commendation for that little thing you’re doing? If you are not good at little tasks you do, how then will you handle great tasks when they surface? You are not able to control your siblings and you say you want to govern your state or nation. How is that possible? Dear, you’ve got to be good at that little/small job first. Give it all it takes in order to ensure success- be it diligence, persistence, knowledge and whatever it takes.  Get busy with the little, for therein is greatness. Not until you are great at the little are you fit for the great.

Thanks for staying with me this far. Catch you in my next post. Bye.