Nigeria: A place that inspires you to be brave.
ABSTRACT-
Empirical studies of the sources of inspiration incontrovertibly subscribe to the assertion that mankind derives inspiration either from “the forces of society” or from “the forces of the wild”.
In this essay we have tried to highlight inspiration as constituting God’s act of honouring the words of his prophets, while adding our endorsement of the fact that he is indeed a place and a person upon which one could challenge difficult situations with courage.
INTRODUCTION
One of the major problems confronting enterprising men and women worldwide is that of finding a place to anchor their “inspiration”. This is even further compounded by the proliferation of perceived sources of inspiration. For instance, while the Beatles of Blessed memory had a thriving musical career hinged on the Hare Krishna Mantra, a fledgeling 21st Century Musician in faraway Jamaica derives his inspiration from “illicit-drugs”.
DEFINITION OF INDEX TERMS
In his notes and comments on the meaning of particular concepts of the Bible, Dake did define “inspiration” as constituting God’s act of “putting words in the mouths of prophets and being with them in all they say”.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia defines “place” as “an area with definite or indefinite boundaries or a portion of space which has a name in an area”.
Dictionary definition of the word “brave” derived from Vocabulary.com interprets it as one that is being “courageous, dauntless, perhaps a little bit daring, a person who is brave faces dangerous or difficult situations with courage”.
Deductively, one is by this Essay -“Inspiration: A place that inspires you to be brave” expected to establish how the words that I speak are honoured by God and constitute a locale upon which I “face dangerous or difficult situations with courage.”
HOW GOD HONOURS THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK AND USES THEM AS THE LOCALE FOR COURAGEOUSLY OVERCOMING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
The earliest acquaintance I had with the Holy Spirit was in a dream environment; way back in the late seventies. The scenario had me in the company of my friends. We were on our way to watch a wrestling match in a nearby community, when the foot-path we chose suddenly ended in front of a mud-hut, where an old man with paralysed limbs was seated.
As soon as the old man saw me, he started weeping and cautioned that “there is nothing greater than humility in this world”. He asked me to look at him very well; and that he was once one of the greatest wrestlers in the world, but today he cannot even jump across a gutter. I responded by inquiring who he was but he growled at me and disappeared. My friends who were with me questioned the rationale for my questioning the old man and decided to go back. I was left alone “with no friends”; the old man had since disappeared, the only thing left was the mud-hut, which suddenly shifted aside and revealed a straight road which I followed. As I stepped into the road hands came from the sky from behind me and blessed me saying: “I have given you everything; do not look for trouble”.
Ever since, I have come to see the Holy Spirit as a “person” as well as a “locale” upon whom declarations could be made that would bring succour to hitherto perturbed people. Two examples would suffice.
Mrs Okure’s case was in Akwa Ibom State. She had revealed to me on a Friday that she was living under the same roof with her husband but denied marital relationship with him. I declared in the name of Jesus Christ that their relationship would resume at the weekend; and it was so.
Mr. Shobambi’s case was in Abuja. He was incapacitated to do his work as a Set Designer on account of his being too full in his stomach and unable to excrete. I declared in the name of Jesus that he would instantly be relieved of the anomaly; and it was so. He instantly vomited and immediately resumed work on the Set.
CONCLUSION
From the foregoing one cannot help but conclude that my declarations in the name of Jesus have always been honoured by way of prompt restoration of hitherto pitiable conditions. In line with the definition of “inspiration: a place that inspires you to be brave”, God has not failed me but consistently stood by my “declarations” in his name and guaranteed fulfilment. He is indeed a person and a place upon which I could challenge and overcome “difficult situations” with courage.
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