Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to #GYG series starting today and will be on for the next 10 days. What is #GYG? It means 'Give Your Greatness' and as simplistic as that sounds majority of people are doing the opposite. To 'Give Your Greatness' is to live a life of excellence that is worth emulating; a life with a purpose for others and not just you. #GYGGreatness is promised to everyone but sadly not everyone will be great. The opportunity to be great is glaring right at you in the face but you are too busy with frivolities, not recognising it. There are opportunities everywhere for you to assume your Greatness Throne but you are waiting for Opportunity to announce itself. You have Greatness in your DNA but you are waiting for Prophet TB Joshua to tell you before you believe it, so sad. The seed of Greatness is in every man but it will only remain a seed in majority of people; only a few will get to harvest it. #GYG
Ladies and Gentlemen, the world is waiting for your greatness. If you don't give it, we won't notice that you have it. As simple as this may sound I want you to know that the opportunity to be great is staring at you but it’s not cheap. Great opportunities will cost you something. To die on the cross was an opportunity for Jesus to sit at the right hand of God. The opportunity for Jesus to sit at the right hand of God (Greatness) didn’t come cheap; it came in form of death, shame and pain. It takes a great and well built mind to recognise such opportunity that Jesus had and maximise it. A fool would squander it. #GYG
So you want to be like Jesus, change lives like he did, make disciples like him? There's a Greatness to give and it's not cheap. Jesus will forever be the greatest man that ever lived not because he is the son of God, so am I but he Gave His Greatness to us. When Jesus saw an opportunity to Give His Greatness, Peter saw death and that's why he said Jesus should stop saying He'll die. I'm saying that Greatness will cost you something. It cost Jesus his life but He gave it anyway. What are you willing to give? Peter saw death but Jesus saw eternal life and life at the right hand of God (Greatness). There's a pain you have to endure. The opportunities that'll give you the kind of influence Jesus commanded will not be given to you on a platter of gold. The opportunity to be great will come in some form of pain but great men have learnt to understand that pain is a part of life. #GYG
That is why there are two types of pain - the pain of regret and the pain of discipline. The pain of discipline makes people great. The pain of discipline is Opportunity for Greatness in disguise but most people do not know it. You see why I say that the world is waiting for you to give your greatness but you are just not seeing it yet. To be great is to be disciplined. To be 'un-great' is to lack discipline in areas of your life. Guys, Give humanity your Greatness. #GYG
Prison was Joseph's opportunity to the palace and that is pain - don't get it twisted; your opportunity to be great isn't cheap. Your Greatness opportunity may mean that you will PURPOSELY drink garri for one year (pain). Your opportunity to be great may mean you will starve yourself of delicacies and delicious meals like Daniel and his friends. For Daniel to meet King Nebuchadnezzer he had to give up the delicious meal being offered to him. What do you need to let go of? For Mandela to be great he had to let go of power as intoxicating as Power could be – that is discipline. Give Your Greatness. #GYG
The moment Mandela handed over power was the moment he gave the world his greatness. It takes a disciplined man to do that. Mandela went to prison but that's not why he is great because Mugabe and Obasanjo also went to prison. For some of us our Greatness opportunity is making personal sacrifices that will ultimately affect our destinies positively. What sacrifice have you made for your future lately? That is part of giving humanity Your Greatness. Investing in yourself is part of giving humanity your Greatness; you have reduced the number of nuisance in our world #GYG
As I conclude tonight I want to challenge you to give humanity your Greatness by developing yourself, by disciplining yourself. Humanity is desperately waiting for you to Give her your greatness but take note that it won't come cheap. Pain isn't such a bad thing as long as it's not the pain of regret. Endure pain today and enjoy Greatness tomorrow. I ask you again, what sacrifice are you making for your greatness to suffice? Nothing goes for nothing! Daniel, Mandela, Jesus were great men but that Greatness cost them something. A cheap greatness is no greatness at all. #GYG
Let's continue this #GYG series on Twitter tomorrow. It'll be on for the next 10 days. I will love to hear your feedback. #GYG (Give Your Greatness)
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Yes sir! I believe Jesus had the choice not to die on the cross but He gave Himself still and committed to the will and purpose of God, and at the end He conquered and we have Victory. After the pain of discipline and sacrifice comes victory and greatness. This is a light shed for all to see that when you give yourself, it all comes back to you! Thanks Boss.
ReplyDeletehmmmm "what sacrifice are you making for your greatness to suffice?" that's a deep question Gabbie that everybody should ask themselves and give a sincere answer to. Great job here, more power!
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