HOW TO DISCERN A MAN WITH A FUTURE.
Facial expression can be deceptive. The present status maybe misleading! Life is more than now; the future is way beyond the immediate & present condition of an individual. Look before you leap.
1. What is his vision: His dream, his pursuit?
2. What is his passion? Drive, motivation, enthusiasm. What is his conviction?
3. What is his association? The friends he keeps: evil communication corrupts good manners.
4. What is the environment he creates? The atmosphere he creates around him.
5. What sacrifice is he willing to pay? His commitment, dedication, endeavours. (The price for his dream). Paying the price of greatness!
6. What is his level of investment? What forms the bulk of his investment? The things he spends on.
7. What are his priorities? Things he puts interest in. The things that give him concern. His flair...
8. What is his integrity: His level of morality, sincerity, transparency, reliability, dependability?
9. What is his focus? Is he capricious? He who is unstable as the waters cannot excel. Gen. 49:3
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. He must be resolute.
10. What is his conscience? Does he have a conscience? Does he have human feelings?
11. What is his resolve? Is he teachable, repentant? Does he takes correction- is he corrigible: can he be corrected?
12. What is his resilience? Is he capacious? The righteous falls seven times and rises again.
13. What is his determination: Is he negligent? Is he forceful or lukewarm? Res ipsa loquitur: the principle that the mere occurrence of some type of accident is sufficient to imply negligence i.e. the matter speaks for itself.
14. What is his capacity? How competent is he in what he is doing?
LIFE EXPERIENCES
1. It is possible to live WITH the devil and not live FOR him.
2. It is not out of place to say, I have lived WITH the devil but not IN him nor THROUGH him neither LIKE him nor have I allowed him to live in or through me.
3. Jesus LIVES WITH, IN, and THROUGH me.
4. I live WITH, IN, FOR, LIKE, and THROUGH Jesus.
5. Jesus is my light and my salvation.
For in Him (Jesus) we LIVE, in Him we MOVE and in Him we HAVE our BEING. Acts 17:28
Many years ago I had a vision: a man had a very large farm and had boundaries with other farmers. Their crops were doing well but his own were struggling to survive: they were tiny and scattered here and there and almost overgrown with weeds. He became concerned about the condition of the crops and was worried over the disparity between others and his. As he looked around the farm he saw the trunk of a tree in the midst of his farm and as he looked up he saw that the tree was heavy with so many branches that spread over his farmland as a result the crops were not having adequate nutrient and sunlight. So the shade and droplets of water from the branches had been the reason for the stunted growth. And a voice said, "cut down the tree so the crop can do well".
*so pray: every evil tree covering my destiny be uprooted, in the name of Jesus Christ.
*every evil tree veiling my life from the sunlight of heaven be uprooted.
*every evil tree planted in the midst of the garden of my life be uprooted.
*every satanic tree covering my life and bringing satanic droplets of evil dew on my life be uprooted.
People God Uses (Judges 7:12-15)
1. Courageous people
Bold and daring. Fearless: not been defensive but on the offensive. And from the day of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12
2. Courteous people
Careful, Observant, not given to anxiety, calculative, obedient to God's instruction, not carried away by activities and the glamour of things.
3. Confident people
Full of faith. Not doubtful. Trustworthy. Reliance on the ability of God.
