Charting your Course in Life

by Rev. Dr. Chris Oyakhilome, D.Sc., D.D.

You cannot change yesterday but you can do something today that will change tomorrow. It doesn't matter how you were born; that was yesterday. It doesn't matter what happened last five years or ten years; you may not be able to change that but you can reposition yourself today. You can make new decisions today that will change what tomorrow will bring.

 

Invest in your future; refuse to be a mental hobo. Refuse to end your life on the sidewalk...You may have been born poor but you were not born to be poor. You may have been brought up poor but you were not brought up to be poor. Understand this: the definition of adulthood is responsibility. When you become an adult, you take responsibility for your future. Become responsible!

What do you have in yourself? There are many who cry for help and because there are no answers to their call for help, they feel the pains and the pangs of neglect; no! Refuse to give up!

Believe in what God made; God made you and He never made a failure! Believe that God has a purpose for your life! You may have been born as a parental accident but you are not a divine accident! God knew you were coming and He made sufficient provision for you! There's a place for you in the world....

There are things that are not in abundant supply; they are limited. One of them is time. SAVE TIME! Save it! Keep track of your time. The Bible says for us to redeem the time because the days are evil. You don't have extra time; life is not a game, therefore make every day count for your life! Improve yourself every day! Introduce something into your life that counts.

Choose to be a success!

 

Become inspiring!

Distinguish yourself with character, with excellence!

If you are a musician, be a musician with a difference! Become inspiring! Whatever you do, do it with excellence! Put yourself and your best into what you do and change your world!

Remember, there is no extra time. Therefore, whatever you do now, do it the best way the first time!

Success is waiting for the man who says, "Yes" to success.

Success is waiting for the man who plans for it, who reaches out for it; who says I will wake up and he wakes up; who says I'll read this book and he reads it; who says I'll go to school and he goes!

Success is waiting for the man who makes a decision; so time is important! TIME IS IMPORTANT! 

Don't spend your time watching television 24 hours a day! Don't spend your time watching video 24 hours a day! Those that you are watching have put their best into what you're watching; change the position! Say to yourself, "I will be watched!"

There are those who only think about "designer's clothes, perfumes and shoes"; where are your own designs?

Challenge yourself for the future; there's a place for you! There's a place for you at the top! Train your mind and use it. Give yourself to a teacher. Give yourself to a tutor! Train yourself. Train your mind and if you train your mind, it will be ready to deliver to you thoughts; the right thoughts and ideas that'll earn you commercial value.

 

There's no poverty for the man who has made an investment in his mind and is willing to act.

There is no hunger for the man who has trained his mind; trained his mind to THINK...to think through on every problem; to solve every problem! Train yourself; think through a problem and render solutions. Let men come to you for advice. Decide to be smart. Decide to be a problem solver! If you make that decision, that's what you will be! Problem solvers are in short supply in the world; there's a place for one who chooses to be one.

Engage yourself in national issues. Get involved. Get concerned. Some of you are the best writers but where are your writings? Maybe you're sleeping too much. Maybe you're resting too much. Maybe you're playing too much. It's time to put your best into that writing. LET THE COUNTRY READ YOUR WRITINGS!