December 12, 2013
Someone said
that there are many talented people out there but the only set of people with
the permission to shine is the skillful ones. Self-development is the process
of taking a decision to say, “I want to be a better person and I am going to do
everything in my capacity to become such.”
The worth of
a man is a product of his self-development. One powerful tool of self-development
is through reading of books. Someone said that if you want to hide something
from a fool, put it in a book. We live in a generation where reading of books
has been relegated to the back. People don’t read books anymore. There is a cliché
that readers are leaders.
One of my
role models in the Bible is Daniel. He said in Dan 9:2, Bible that, “In the
first year of his reign I, Daniel understood by books the number of the years.”
As a result of that, Bible says in Dan 6:3 that, “Then this Daniel was
preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in
him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.”
As believers
we are so privileged to be blessed with the Bible because it is God’s mind in
black and white, yet many of us claim not to have time to read it forgetting
that Joshua 1:8 says, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth;
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
Cultivate the
habit of reading books to develop yourself in your chosen field. Most
importantly, be a reader of the word of God because Psa 119:105 says, “Thy word
is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” As you do so, your value
would go up and your life would become more colorful.
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