Monday October 20th, 2025
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5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know.
6 Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.
7 Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are; simply obey the Lord and refuse to do wrong.
Time is quite a difficult concept to define.
One very simple way to describe it is that it is a river that constantly flows.
It keeps flowing in a certain direction and carries everyone along with it.
No matter what you are doing, time keeps flowing on.
Therefore, when you don’t do what you are supposed to at the right time, not only would you have wasted a part of your time on earth, but a part of your life also.
This is why you cannot afford to be lazy.
One of the things you must understand about the river called time is that as it is carrying you on, it is constantly throwing opportunities at you.
It carries you through these opportunities from the day you were born until the day you die.
As you flow, you go from one place to another and come across one person or another.
Each person or place comes as an opportunity.
If you don’t grab it when you are there, you may miss it forever as the river doesn’t flow backwards.
When you understand this about time, you will realise that what decides if you will be successful is your ability to identify and make use of opportunities, Ecclesiastes 9:11.
The river called time has boundaries on both sides and you are usually in the middle.
Occasionally, when God really loves you, He brings you in contact with the right person and tells you to follow him or her.
If you are wise enough to obey Him without questions, then you will arrive at your God-ordained destiny.
This is what happened to me when I met my Father-in-the-Lord – Pa Akindayomi. I had a Ph.D. in Mathematics which was a big deal back then. My Father-in-the-Lord could not even read or write. He could only read the Bible because of a God-given ability, yet God said I should submit to and follow him. Eventually, when he was going to be with the Lord, he wrote in his will that I should take over the leadership of the Church. My salary at the time was more than the income of the entire Church, but I obeyed. That is how the river of time brought me to where I am now.
If you want to fulfil your destiny, rely on God to show you the opportunities hidden in the people you meet and places you go,
so that you will arrive at your expected end.
Prayer focus – Father, please don’t let me ever miss my opportunities in life, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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