June 29, 2014
One of the most impressed things upon my mind is the
saying that, “Readers are leaders,” which I am sure you have heard it several
times as well. Unfortunately, reading culture is fast becoming extinct, but I
have discovered that, for those who take time out to read, the world is always
rewarding them with the highest position on earth because in most cases, they
end up knowing more and better than others.
In Daniel 9:2, Daniel said, “In the first year of
his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the
word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy
years in the desolations of Jerusalem.” Daniel would have lacked understanding
had he not opened some books. Someone said that if you want to hide something
from a fool, put it in a book because he would never bother opening it. Sir, I have
personally realized that the more you read, the better informed you become and
the more respected you are.
As much as it is good to read, it is also advisable
to think as you read. Always ask yourself, “How can I better my life with this
information?” Reading without thinking of how to use what you have read is like
spending five years learning how to climb a tree but never moving near a tree. Information
accumulation (reading) without application (thinking of how to use the
information) leads to knowledge constipation. Bishop Oyedepo said, “The man
that cannot think will stink.”
Gen 1:28 documents God’s mandate for us to dominate
the earth, but you won’t be able to dominate if you don’t know better and can’t
think better. Develop yourself today, read wide and think more. Most importantly
read the word of God and think upon them.
Have a fruitful week.
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