"In the beginning"- God created the heaven and the earth. Gen 1:1
Nothing begins “on” the outside; every “beginning,” begins “in,” and not “on.” “In the beginning.” The heaven and earth didn't begin "on" the outside; they began “in” the mind of God before they were brought into manifestation. If you were given a rare opportunity to meet with God before the physical creation or making of the heaven and earth, you wouldn't have known what he was carrying in his inside. That's the mystery about the beginning; it is always invisible.
I was born a “stammerer,” unable to express myself properly. If you saw me years back, you would have dismissed me as a potential liability. Today, I'm not only able to speak fluently, but it's difficult to imagine that I once was a stammerer. And, by God's providence, I'm touching lives all over the world, providing mentorship to emerging leaders in over 50 countries. You can never know what the person next to you is carrying in his or her inside. You might be messing with the next president of your country or your future employer. Stop defining people based on their outward circumstances; the beginning is always invisible.
I once hawk Pop-pop, vegetable, and bush-meat (Pepper soup) from street to street in the village of Ikata Fako Division, Cameroon, but carrying a global dream inside. After returning home each day, I would put on my short-wave radio to listen to BBC, Voice of America, Radio Japan, Radio China in Beijing, Radio Canada International, TBN, etc. I usually stay all night just listening to all the different Medias I just mentioned in order to broader my knowledge of the world. In my secondary school days, I was nicknamed "Radio Japan" because I could tell the happenings in the world in few minutes. I was also in constant correspondence with over a 100 institutions and personalities around the world for knowledge acquisition. I usually receive over 100-200 mails each month.
What really inspired me to do all these?
It was the beginning of my destiny and vision inside me. Even though surrounded by controversies, poverty and numerous challenges, I kept my faith in God and in the potential of greatness inside me. I haven't arrived at my destination, but so far, I've covered grounds totally inconceivable some decades ago. And, “I'm on my way to a destiny, which eyes have not seen nor ears heard.”
The beginning is always and will always begin “in,” and not “on.” God made it that way to scare off opportunists who are seeking to identify with success when it is on the throne and not when it is in the "manger." A lady once met the wife of the renowned Billy Graham, and said to her, "I was supposed to be the wife of your husband, he asked my hand in marriage while we were in school, but I rejected the offer. And, the wife of Dr. Billy Graham said to her, "thank you very much, your refusal gave me the opportunity." The question is, why do such things happen? It happens because some people define others by their external circumstances. If you don't look rich, they don't identify with you, not knowing that, every influential man or woman in the world today was once inconsequential.
A Nigeria comedian said, “if you plan going for a date with a lady, make sure you carry keys with you. He said, ladies like men with keys. So, make sure you carry keys; whether toilet keys, backdoor keys, mortuary keys, etc. Just make sure you carry keys with you." Isn't that funny? The world goes mostly by what they see, but the beginning is always invisible, perceivable only through the use of the 6th sense (Spirit sense). Barack Obama was president in his inside, before he became president on the outside. Dangote was already the richest African in his inside, before he became on the outside. If you met any of these guys some 40 years ago, would you have identified with them? Let's change or else we'll remain in chains!
Someone by your side may be walking in the beginning of his or her purpose and destiny, with little or nothing on the outside to show at the moment, but don't be fooled. That person you see is a miracle going somewhere to happen. Tell someone by your side, if you only know who I am, you will take me out for lunch today. Have a nice day friends! DrBenard Etta
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