DON’T GIVE UP

February 9, 2014

There is a story of a young man who said his vision in life was to use drawings as a form of entertainment. He went from newspaper to newspaper trying to sell his cartoons but no one would give him any hearing ears. Some even told him he should go get a better vision for his life. However, this young man wouldn’t let go. He had it written on a paper tucked in his pocket. Finally, a church employed him to be drawing advertising pictures for church events.

But, this young man needed a “studio” – another way of describing he needed a place to sleep and draw. No available room except one little mouse infested garage owned by the church. He grabbed it and one of the mouse became world-famous, so also the young artist. The mouse became known all over the world as Mickey Mouse and the artist was Walt Disney. Today we have Disneyland and Disney World because Walt Disney didn’t let his dream die.

In the book of Ezra, Zerubbabel would have given up the rebuilding of the temple but that was his dream, as such, irrespective of the opposition, he kept on pushing, he kept on building until he saw the completed project. Walt Disney could have resolved to dumping his dream in the trash can, but he didn’t, he kept on keeping on even when nothing seemed forthcoming. I jokingly tell people that people without vision watch the ones with vision on the television.

Blind Bartimaeus knew what he wanted, the more people told him, “shut up,” the more he cried unto Jesus. People will say things, “you can’t be successful doing that in this part of the world.” Listen, I don’t care how many people have told you, “do something better with your life,” as long as you are certain that’s what God wants you to do, I urge you, please don’t give it up. Someday soon, you are getting celebrated.

See you at the top.

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