It is said, “Success and breakthrough in life are possible” for someone who believes and accept that it is possible for him or her to be successful. In others, for this to be a reality, one must believe in him or herself and accept that it is possible.
Until you have faith in yourself and believe in yourself that those who are experiencing success and breakthroughs in their lives, have no two heads, neither are we endured less by the Almighty GOD. One of the major reasons they had success and breakthroughs in life was because they grabbed and utilized their GOD giving opportunities that came their way.
This post, therefore, is aimed at motivating us and as well prepare us to be able to recognize and accept/grab our own opportunities when it will appear. The first thing we should try to do is change our thought about success and breakthroughs. One of the reasons some don’t or may never experience real success and breakthroughs in life is because of their negative thinking pattern.
As long as our thought is dwelling on the negatives or failures, and we keep giving excuses and reasons why we could not have success and breakthrough, we may never achieve real success and breakthrough.
That is the reason I like one popular TV comedy and the slogan one comedian keeps using in his programs, which says, “To be a millionaire, think like a millionaire”. That is the very reason we are counseled to think success, and breakthrough thoughts if we are ever going to experience success and breakthroughs in every area of our lives.
To this end, I wish that you take note of the following sayings or facts:
(1) Success and breakthroughs are a journey and never a destination.
(2) Our present state or situation is never our final destination unless we accept and make it so.
(3) The background of our birth should never deter us from becoming who God has destined us to be in life.
(4) Life is not fair because it does not offer us what we desire, but only what we demand.
For that reason, I keep saying that our breakthrough in life is never over until we say it is over, and we are the ones to decide when it should be over. It is a known fact that some people were born with a golden spoon in their mouth, some were born with a silver spoon, and some with a bronze spoon, while the rest were born without any spoon.
However, there are some who were born without any spoon, but they rose up and took life by force, and today they are dining with a golden spoon. Another fact that we should equally note is that the success and breakthrough of others is never the reason we will not have our own success and breakthrough.
That should never be responsible or prevent us from achieving success and breakthroughs. In fact, we stand to learn from the breakthrough and success of others if we are to have our own success and breakthrough. The following example from the BIBLE will prove to you that we can make it and have success and breakthrough despite all odds against us.
We can see the example in Judges 11:1-11 which says, “Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot, and Gilead begot Jephthah. Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him. It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.
And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. Then they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”
So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead,”Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?” And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,
“That is the reason we have turned again to you now. That you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.” So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?”
10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,”The Lord will be a witness between us if we do not do according to your words.” Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them, and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
From the story above, Jephthah was an illegitimate child, and worse still, his mother was a harlot or a prostitute in modern-day language who was so despised by the other children of his father and was chased away. But he trained himself and became a warrior and that made him be relevant, and because of his relevance, he was sought after when a need arises.
You see, our success and breakthrough in life most often come when there is a need, and we are there to fill that need. Once we are able to fill that need satisfactorily, that will announce us to our world. In other words, you must prove yourself relevant in fulfilling a need in our society. Individually, you should make an effort and train yourselves in order to make yourselves relevant. Once you are relevant in society, breakthroughs and success will surely be your portion.
Above all, we must look unto GOD and trust HIM to see us through because when HIS favor is upon us, only a little effort could push us to have a breakthrough and success in life. Never think you will have true success and breakthrough by engaging in things that are against GOD and the society at large. See you at the top. Shalom!
