14. Never Give Up!
14. Never Give Up!
Friends, welcome to
Intervention, an outreach of VISION BUILDERS designed to help undergraduates
contact divine intervention for academic victories. Intervention brings you
inspirational messages and Study Tips to enable you be your best academically!
Through this message, we believe that God is set to bless you by removing every
barrier against your academic success and fulfillment.
The topic of my message is Never Give Up!
Let’s begin by talking about Perseverance. I want to challenge you
to Never Give Up!
Every now and then, everyone in life
faces daunting situations. Things get so tough that the natural inclination is
to give up, but Perseverance means Persistent determination.
Many situations in life will call for
perseverance especially when you have done all you possibly can yet nothing
seems to be changing. For example, you might be grappling with a difficult
course. It may even be one of those ‘doom’ courses that have attained notoriety
for making casualties every session. As tough as some of your academic problems
may be, you must never give
up. You can overcome that problem. Others have overcome them in times past.
Trust me, you too will overcome.
Dealing with discouragement and fear in your academic life
Discouragement and fear prevents
people from persevering until their turnaround comes. The way to deal with
discouragement and fear is simply by committing your situation to God in
prayer. No trouble can ever get too hard for Him to deal with. I take my
confidence from God’s word in Psa_50:15 which states, “…Call upon me in
the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” God
releases the ability to persevere when you pray. Prayer is a force the world
does not understand but whose results the world admires. Abraham Lincoln is
quoted to have said, “I have been driven to my knees many times by the
overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go. My own wisdom, and that
of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.”
During the American Civil War a
friend of this same Abraham Lincoln was a visitor at the White House, and he
said, "One night I was restless and could not sleep. . . From the private
room where the President slept, I heard low tones. Instinctively I wandered in,
and there I saw a sight which I have never forgotten. It was the President
kneeling before an open Bible. His back was toward me. I shall never forget his
prayer: "Oh, Thou God that heard Solomon in the night when he prayed and
cried for wisdom, hear me. . . . I cannot guide the affairs of this nation
without Thy help. Hear me and save this nation.'"
For where else will we go but to God?
He only can give solutions when all we know and can do fails to achieve the
desired results. But even when all becomes futile, victory is assured for those
who hold on to God. Regardless of the troubles you experience, the bible
assures us that with God all things are possible because nothing is too hard for Him to do.
During my final semester exams as an
undergraduate, I mistakenly got my exam time-table mixed up and missed a paper.
I actually went to the library for some last minute brush-up only to walk into
my classmates as they returned from the exam I had just missed. You can’t
imagine my confusion and panic. I ran to the faculty but nothing could be done.
I would have to re-sit that paper as a second attempt after the session. In
addition to that missed paper, I already had one re-sit course from the first
semester. That course had been tough for me and I felt my graduation that
session being threatened. Naturally there would be concerns and questions of
what I could do to save the day. But nothing came to mind. And so I prayed for
God’s help. I asked Him to intervene and help me somehow, though I had no idea
how.
And so that session closed with the
real possibility that I would not graduate that session. I eventually sat for
the two re-sit exams trusting God for a miracle beyond my academic ability. I
was not too sure how I did for the first semester re-sit course. But when the
results were released, my name was on the graduating students’ list. My
department had granted amnesty and graduated even those who had one outstanding
course, except one person who had to do his graduate project again. For me that
was a miracle! God had intervened. It was Benjamin Franklin who said, “I have
lived a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proof I see of
this truth—that God governs the affairs of men."
So what is that problem threatening
your academic life today? It may be as tall and wide as the wall of Jericho,
but God has the answer. Today God says to you in John 14:14, “If you ask
anything in My name, I will do it.” Why don’t we pray about it together right
now? Your case will not be an exception.
God just told me about someone with a
financial difficulty. God is releasing a miraculous supply for you. You will
not have to drop out of school because of your financial situation in Jesus
name!
I pray to God for you: Dear Lord, we come to you today. You have
promised that if we ask anything in your name, you will do it. And so we ask
that everything that poses as a stumbling block to the academic welfare of this
particular student reading this Message be removed right now. Let your power
move upon his or her life. Turn these current challenges into opportunities for
advancement. Change every trouble into a testimony in Jesus’ name. Pour out
your favour everywhere it is required. Release your mercy anywhere it is
needed. Show Your mighty power in his or her academic life and environment. Put
a testimony on his or her lips, in Jesus’ name! And so we thank you Lord for
listening and we trust you to show up with amazing answers. In Jesus name,
Amen!
I thank you sincerely for joining me on Intervention. Till my next
message, continue to persevere until you win. Expect God to show up when you
pray. He has promised to intervene in your academic life and bless you.
I hope to hear from you soon. Send
your testimonies, questions and prayer requests to buildyourvisions@gmail.com
Continue to expect the best from yourself and continue to maintain
a great attitude regardless whatever happens.
I’ll be glad to hear from you. Kindly send your testimonies,
questions and prayer requests as responses on this blog. If you’d like
your friends, class mates and room-mates to be helped by Intervention messages and Study Tips, kindly share this message
with them.
I remain your host Tope Banjo and this is Intervention. God bless you mightily!
You will succeed. You will make it!
Contact:
Email: buildyourvisions@gmail.com
Tel: +234 817 2239 319,
Lagos-Nigeria.
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