"The first price for greatness is accepting responsibility"
Relationships with everyone you come across provides us admission to certain things that you would not have otherwise had approach to. These includes business deals, career choice , romantic relationships which comes with perks and of course business of your Talent which comes with huge responsibilities other than graduating from the university, getting a job, retire, get pensioned and receive your gratuity. Trust me No Friendship survives in imagination and nice thoughts alone, neither do any happy, comfortable life come with just having a 'WELL' paid job, there definitely has to be some extra work put in to achieve happy moments, wealthy life. A lot of times we want access to the benefits but want to do very little to ensure that both ends meet.
1st Corinthians 3:8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
Planting in this contest is like starting a relationship, taking the "RING", choosing a career. Watering is your responsibility to nourish the plant for it to bear fruits.
I used to believe that exceptional friendship, great marriages, or flourishing career come about just by having a relationship with God. NO! NO !! If that is so, true Christians would never get a divorce, end a friendship, or get laid off or burn out of their career. That is the utmost thing from the truth. We have to put prayer AND effort into everything we do, YES! Along side the success of these goals, we have to be faithful, make research, build fruitful relationships, have mentors, coaches which will serve as a guide. Every tool we need for success have been provided by God but if we don't pick them up, we may keep on struggling to receive our blessings from Him. Have you ever wondered why most businesses don't last? I critically want to believe its because the individual or group involved aren’t working hard on what they prayed for (RESPONSIBILITY).
I once heard a young adult in his early Wednesday stage of life' say " I want to own a Bugatti" I got captivated and turned and I said to him "can you dare to achieve what you want? And he laughed.. I told him Only the intelligent ones succeeds in school but in life only those who dare wins. If you must dare, your vision must speak for you, you must discover your talent and make a living out of it, he said ''If God says I will make money no body can stop me''... Did you notice something here? He doesn't want to work on his talent, he doesn't want to be responsible of his own life, rather he believes in feverent prayer and asking God for money and a woman to love him for who he is .. please let's ask him " WHO ARE YOU" .. Funny huh? Knowing who you are is backed with the responsibility of developing your gift, creating a value, having a vision and taking action.
It’s not just our prayers that keep our matters in God’s hands, it’s also the actions we take, the positive steps we make, the time and commitment we put in. More energy has to be invested in the covenants we make instead of just waiting to receive the benefits from them ~ Jane Campbell. A tool is only valuable when the person using it knows what it was made for. Your gift is your TOOL , use it, maximize it. You possibly can’t get the best out of anything you weren't willing to put your best into. God has put you in charge of your life, be RESPONSIBLE for everything you do, Live Right, Lead Right, Choose Right, Decide Right, don't go LEFT so that your Reward will come RIGHT in time..
TAKE CHARGE.
FLO TEAM.