Not many knew that Myles Munroe was
in Nigeria from February 21 to 23, 2013. From those who got hint of his presence can say why he was in town.
Friday 22, 2013 was a quick one, within a twinkle of an eye, the day was a wrap.
The evening was fast wearing out, the
fear of Lagos traffic was visible on every face present but none of these deter
the acclaimed speaker’s intention to instill leadership qualities into the mammoth
crowd of young men and women packed in the 5000 seating capacity Elevation
Church auditorium.
In the end, the 2 hours lecture was
indeed a time worth spent.
UNDERSTANDING
YOUR PERSONAL POTENTIAL
Potential
Munroe started his lecture with a pep
talk on potential. What potential is and what it is not.
- § Potential is your dormant ability
- § Potential is your untapped power
- § Potential is your hidden strengths
- § Potential is your unreleased talents
- § Potential is who you are but no one know yet
- § Potential is the greatness you are yet to attained
- § Potential is a seed that is awaiting the execution of it host – you.
He spoke about how every human want
to be successful. How we dream of success and what we will like to do with our
position and power. However, success, in every human is predictable. This he
illustrated using the example of a seed.
“A seed, we all know, brings forth
tree which in turn bring forth fruits. If you have a seed and you want to plant
it with the aim of growing a tree which in turn will yield fruit for you to
either eat or sell, how will you plant it?
On a cemented-tiled floor or a fertile soil?
The seed of success is guarded by
laws. The same law that said, “If you place the seed on a cemented-tiled floor,
it will rot” is the same that said “if you plant it in a fertile soil, it will
grow.
“A seed is already a success before
it was planted. The potential of a seed is that it will grow and bear fruits,
this is CERTAIN. But what happened when the law of planting is not obeyed?
SUCCESS
“For everyone alive, success is
attached to them.
This I will explain like this; why
will Apple incorporation manufacture Ipod or Ipad and place it logo on it, give
you a tiny card that informs you that this gadget you’ve just bought is covered
with one year warranty?”
“Why will the same Apple Company warn
you not to take the gadget to roadside repairer, promise you a full replacement
in the event of damage within the time of the warranty?”
“It is because Apple trust their
product, because they value their name and they want you to know that they will
do anything for that product to last in your hand, so that when next you want
to buy another electronic gadget, you will remain Apple loyalist”
Apple wants their products to
succeed, knows they will succeed and that no dirt can smears their name and as
such, they dangle offers. Many of which are never redeemed because their
products are good.
Before Apple can boast about their
product, they must have done what is needed for such product to be something to
boast of.
A
SEED HAVE IN IT, EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT A FOREST
“God will not send you, His product,
into the world if He is not sure that you are complete. Like a seed that have
in it everything to make a forest, God installed, in every man and woman, the
needed potential to succeed.
“Open the potential in you, like a
seed, is all you need. Success is already in you”
He looked into the crowd, our eyes
fixated at him. Except for the speaker’s amplified breathing through his lapel
microphone, the crowd was still.
“God needs you to succeed for his
reputation. And because he valued his name, he created you, a perfect machine
succeed”
WHAT
YOU ARE BORN TO BECOME IS ALREADY FINISHED
“Like a seed which have, in it, a
tree and which will bear fruits that in turn yield more tree and finally, a
forest (from a seed), what you need to be successful was manufactured, run and
tested.
“Every process of success in you have
been run, tested and found ‘okay’, then the process is compressed, roll and
packed in a small seed > You.”
THE
SECRET OF SUCCESS IS LAWS
Like a seed planted on a cemented
tiled floor which will (surely) rot rather than grow, success is guided by laws
which must be observed in other to be successful.
Success respond to faith
Because many fail to respond to
taking the step of faith, the graveyard is now the biggest resources location
where trillions of trillions of potentials lay buried.
At this time, Myles Munroe opted to
entertain questions from the teeming audience who are beginning to shoot their
hands in the air.
Questions were written in small piece
of papers, collated and sent to him.
The first was from a young man who
seem confused about multi-potential, his question was:
Question: “I have
talents in many areas and it’s a huge challenge managing everything. Am afraid
that soon, all may lie wasted without me being able to harness and make good
use of any of them”
Myles
Munroe: “Fear is a very good thing especially when it pertains to executing an
idea, a project. When God want to surprise you, it is always something bigger
than what you’ve achieved and since it’s bigger, you have to be afraid BUT what
makes you go even in the face of fear is courage and that should be your
motivator.”
“There is hardly anyone who is not
multi-talented. I am a motivational speaker, a pastor, investor, a musician, I
had degree in music, am an artist, a father, husband, manager, am consulting
for companies, leaders, nations and I have parent to look after.
“In this case whereby you have much
potential and have been thinking of what to do about them, do this, focus you
attention on one potential only.
“In your environment, your area, look
for something that makes you angry most, something you see everyday and have
this convulsion that you can do it better.
“Focus your attention of that thing;
learn what makes it work, how it works and what others have done about it.
“Make yourself an authority on that
thing.
“Why will you go to a doctor whenever
you are sick? Is it not because he/she spent seven years learning just that
thing?
“Why will you go to a lawyer when you
have dispute? Is it not because he/she spent six years learning just that
single thing?
“Learn, learn, and learn one of your
potentials when you are established on that one, it will pave way for other
potentials that you have.”
And with these words, Myles left the
right side of the stage to a chair set in the middle of the podium; we were
there, our eyes still locked-in, expecting more.
“That is it”, he said
I checked my time and I knew that
truly, we’ve had enough for that day.
At fifteen minutes to midnight, I opened
the door of my house, no light, and with no fuel in my generator, I spread my
hands wide, feeling my way in semi-darkness but with a heart filled with light.
Many thanks to Adedunmade Onibokun @adedunmade (UK), Olusanya Adeniyi @lusaniyi (Nigeria) for their immense support and pressure else this article wont be here.
Don Abiodun Odedeyi
nice one, Bro
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