32. Never Give Up!
32. Never Give Up!
Friends, welcome to INTERVENTION. INTERVENTION is a
program by VISION BUILDERS to help undergraduates contact divine intervention
for academic victories.
Every week on the INTERVENTION, we bring you
inspirational messages as well as study tips to help you be your best
academically.
Today, God is set to
bless you by removing every barrier against your academic success and
fulfillment. Our topic today is NEVER GIVE UP!
Today I want to
challenge you to NEVER GIVE UP!
Never means
‘Not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances’. Every now and
then, everyone in life faces daunting situations. Things get so tough that the
natural inclination is to give up. Another word for not giving up is
Perseverance.
Perseverance means Persistent determination. It means
continuing. 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. Truth is, your academic
challenges are not new to life. You can overcome that problem. Others have
overcome them in times past. Trust me, you too will overcome.
There is a way to
deal with the discouragement and fear that prevents people from persevering
until their turnaround comes. It 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, 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 Jesus name!
Join in faith with
me through this prayer: Dear Lord, I and
my Readers 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 any student listening to this bulletin be
removed right now. Let Your power move upon their lives. Turn their 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 power in their academic life and environment.
Please put a testimony on my listener’s 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!
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. To
ensure your friends, class mates and room-mates are also equipped by Intervention
Messages and Study Tips, kindly share this message with them. .
Thank you for joining me. I remain your host Tope Banjo and this is Intervention. God bless you mightily!
You will succeed. You will make it!
Contact:
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