(What Many Are Not Told In Church)

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and ""sold all he had"" and bought that field. (Matt 13:44)

"For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth." The truth has no substitute; it's either the truth or nothing else. If 2 + 2 = 4, prayers and fasting can't change the formula to give us five instead of four.  

Having a loaded gun is not necessarily a command to shoot. To have an excellent idea is not a call to action. Having good communication ability is not an invitation for a public speaking career. To preach is not necessarily an indication of a call to the ministry. A good voice is not a call to a music career, and to write a good book is not the permit to publish it.

The immature can't handle potential, to them; having a loaded gun is a call to shoot. Having a good idea is an immediate call for action, and being able to communicate well is the beginning of a public speaking career. Thus, the presence of potential in some individuals has created greater problems for them and humanity than the absence of potential.  

Matured individuals are able to wait a little longer with a loaded gun, idea and potential for more knowledge, wisdom and understanding on why, how, when, where, who and what to do.  

WHY? Deals with the reason for a season and ignorance of why leads to great abuse of potential.  

HOW? It deals with the required methods, patterns, strategies or the dynamics of getting things done. A "fool" is not necessarily an unschooled individual, but someone with the knowledge of "why" coupled with the ignorance of "how."  

WHEN? It has to do with the right timing. There is a time to act and time not to act. In fact, there is a time for everything under the sun. Doing the right thing at the wrong time is as well as doing the wrong thing.  

WHO? It has to do with persons or needed relationships for the successful implementation of a dream.  

WHAT? Defines action  

The above information enables an individual to deploy potential effectively. In the absence of the above knowledge before action, disaster is inevitable. Think about this, the horse is the fastest domestic animal. Its speed is a great potential, but can equally be its destruction, if the horse is blind and not properly guided. We have more zealous people in the world today than ever, zealous to act and do. This crop of humans are found in all spheres of life, creating problems and confusion. Their potential has become a problem than a solution.  

It's time for maturity; to get there, humble yourself and learn under a mentor. Learning and carefully observing more experienced individuals is not a waste of time, but an investment of time needed for efficiency in life. Mentorship will take you there!!!  

After Salvation, this is the next most important experience. "The Eyes Of Your Understanding Being Enlightened." In fact, every other breakthrough in the kingdom of God depends on it. When one's walk with the Lord lacks the above experience, it would be tantamount to religious darkness.The kingdom of God is not a religious kingdom, but a kingdom of light. It isn't about activities, but walking in the spirit of wisdom and revelation, which births' quality in one's experience and walk with God.

The rate at which people are joining the church all over the world today is phenomenal, but what is worrying is the kind of activities and messages attracting them. More than 70% of people in most churches are there to seek for solutions instead of the knowledge of God, the source of enlightenment. Others are in church as their escape strategy from hell and for other trivialities. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing out-rightly wrong with the above, but for the simple reason that, they are side issues.

Once side issues take the place of main issues in one's walk with God, it always leads to a pseudo Christian experience. As a matter of fact, God does not owe any of us anything. He has already given to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, but we can only access them "through the knowledge of him,"and not by seeking things. It takes the enlightenment of the understanding of an individual to know God's mode-operandi.

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 2 Peter 1:3.

The formula of accessing, receiving, and sustaining all that God has already given to us before we were born as written in the above text is summarized in the phrase: "through the knowledge of him." It is "ignorance on fire" to seek the things God has for you instead of "the knowledge of him," which delivers progressively everything God has already given to us, which pertains to life and godliness.

For instance, there is so-much talk today about multiplied grace and many are crazy about receiving it, but what is the enlightened way of receiving it? Meditate on the scriptural text below:

"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord." 2 Peter 1:2.

So, instead of hoping to drop some unneeded dollars into an offering box somewhere in the name of connecting to multiplied grace, consciously seek the knowledge of God. Don't even think of receiving it through the laying on of hands, it doesn't work that way. The knowledge of God is not received by rubbing the face of a minister with your handkerchief or buying blessed bottles of water, oil, candles, and frame photos of renowned individuals, but by learning from the master teacher, Christ, through the different avenues of learning. (Ask me what I mean).

May God have mercy on us for turning the faith which was once delivered to the saints and handed to us by past generations into a "Big Joke." When the eyes of your understanding are enlightened, you will settle down to seek the knowledge of God, instead of chasing for baseless prophecies and myths brandished as miracles. God still performs real miracles based on his word, not manipulated, worked-up and man-made ones.

Listen! God is raising the glorious church in this era, those who love darkness rather than light have no place in it. Make up your mind to stop chasing the wind and start chasing after the knowledge of God.Cheers! DrBenard Etta​

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the little extra effort applied by "extraordinary" to travel beyond where the ordinary chooses to settle. You can't discover new lands without the courage to leave the safe shores. When you are too careful, you will become careless.

Elihu said, "I Will Fetch My Knowledge From Afar." He was ready to go farther in his quest for knowledge. He was willing to pay the price to be extraordinary. Extraordinary is not the birthright of some selected folks, but a place for everyone willing to pay the price to learn. Learners are potential leaders!

There is a place you can't get to unless you stop talking and start walking. Those wishing for the day they would find themselves doing the extraordinary may wait forever." When wishes stay as wishes, they degenerate into frustrations. It is wisdom to convert wishes into reality!

There is crowding at the bottom of the ladder; the ordinary is ordinary, with millions of people at that level. It is time to distinguish yourself by doing what Elihu did; " He was willing to "fetch his knowledge from afar." You have to leave the crowd to lead the crowd!

Moses travelled up the mount and spent 40 days to receive the revelation of the ten commandments. Elijah travelled 40 days to get to the place the Lord assigned him. Jesus took his inner circle disciples several times up the mountain for something higher.

You can spend years in church and the ministry and live and die as an ordinary individual with nothing unique to offer your generation if you lack the passion for the extraordinary.

It would be best if you refuse to spend another year in the same stupor, make mentorship your priority. Mentor-ship under the right leaders is a ship capable of taking anyone to where they couldn't get to by themselves. PONDER!

DrBenard Etta​

 Matthew 25, verses 1 to 12.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 

It is what pondering why ten virgins, all members of the same team, with one vision (to meet the bridegroom) had five foolish members and five others described as wise. What were the differences between them? The scripture outlines them as follows. 

 i) "They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them."

 ii) "The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."

The next important questions are, what could have been the reason behind the attitude of the foolish virgins? Why did they fail to take some more oil in their vessels as the wise did? It is apparent that

they were "playing-wise." There is an African adage that says, " When a Cunning man dies; only other cunning individuals can bury him. 

The foolish virgins acted like most children do when asked to carry something weighty with others. Some pretend to be bearing the weight with the rest when actually, their hands are not bearing it at all. To them, acting that way is a sort of smartness or cleverness. When children grow up with such mentality, they will always be crafty in their dealings; pretending to be part of what they are not or purporting to be involved when they are "gap finders, instead of gap standers."

Have you met someone who told you, "Count me in," and when you turn you didn't find them? The foolish virgins, unlike their colleagues, were trying to be careful, protective and wise in their own eyes. They wanted the same thing but were not ready to commit all that was required. They were leaving nothing for chance. In a worst-case scenario, if the bridegroom didn't come at all, they won't suffer lost since very little was at stake on their part. The wise virgins would have been those to suffer loss if the bridegroom didn't come since they put in everything in their reparation to meet him.

The foolish virgins are in every organization, ministry and church; they are always too protective, but sadly they end up unprotected. They are also careful, and that leads them to great carelessness. They are overly cautious, but they end up cornered.

When the bridegroom came, they too arose and put on their lamps, but didn't have what it takes to proceed in meeting the bridegroom. I can imagine the look on their faces when caught by their craftiness. The coming of the bridegroom despite his delay was just a sieve to differentiate the real from the unreal. The wisdom of the foolish virgins became their greatest folly, and the folly of the wise virgins became their wisdom.

"And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out."

Delay does not change the plan of God; it only exposes opportunists and adventurers. Finally, the long-awaited bridegroom came, but the foolish virgins who were playing-wise were not ready. What will be, will be; it is just a matter of time. Don't play the card of the foolish virgins! May the Holy Spirit grant us understanding! Amen!

DrBenard Etta​

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