WHY YOU ARE YET TO HAVE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

  

Imagine someone wanting to buy a 50litre gallon of fuel but went to the fuel station with just a 10litre gallon and expect to have a 50litre worth of fuel in it. Where are the remaining 40litres going to be kept?

 This is how most of us are. We are praying for the next level and expect God to take us there at once without considering our readiness and preparation for such level. No wonder we’ve been where we are for such a very long time and we have started thinking that maybe God is partial when we see those that we are supposedly older than in our field or ministry overtake us. Yet we never bother to ask ourselves what is it that we’ve been doing wrongly and how we’re going to correct that so that we’ll be taken to our rightful positions?

There is a huge difference between wanting something and being ready for something. Most of us only ‘want’ and we feel that so far we have the desire for that thing; it signifies that we’re ready for it. Hence our job is just to sleep and wait for that thing to come to us. It may never come. why? Because such things only go to those people that are prepared for it by being able to ‘build their capacity’ for it.

We may never realize that by building our capacity for the next level in our profession or whatever we’re looking for, we place ourselves in a position where what we’re looking for can easily locate us. You may be seeking promotion or seeking to get to a particular level for a very long time but it has not been forth coming. How have you been able to build yourself character-wise or professionally so as to show your readiness for such level?

How do you build capacity for something? Let me give a little illustration here to give us a clearer view; imagine a single lady of marriageable age looking for a man that is tall, handsome, rich, god-fearing etc, and all she thinks she has to do to get such kind of man is just to sit, maybe pray and hope such a person would come her way because she thinks that just by having a pretty face and a great shape qualifies her for such a man.

 She might never bother to ask herself what such categories of men would also be looking for in their own kind of lady. Or what’s likely to attract and keep such categories of men to someone like herself other than her pretty face or physique?

When we fail to prepare ourselves for those things we are looking for, we fail to put ourselves in the position for those things to come to us. You can’t have the capacity of a gateman or a receptionist and expect to be made the managing director of your unit or corporation, also you can’t have the capacity of a managing director and remain in a lower position for a long time because your capacity is certainly going to show in all that you do and speak for you.

Your readiness for something will show the extent of your desire for that thing. How have you been able to show your readiness for the level or position that you have been seeking for? How have you been able to improve on your job or your way of doing things in conformity to what you’re looking for? Don’t just sit down and wish, invest your time into making yourself what you’re looking for and you will never be left out when the vehicle of promotion and upliftment comes around.

People that are ready for the next level always get there no matter how long it may take; they certainly will get there. Let the way you do your job and relate with the people around you speak of your readiness for the next level. Don’t just sit and fold your arms and expect to be projected to the next level because you think you deserve it. Get ready for it, show your readiness for it, develop yourself for it and it will certainly come to you.