Choose to do the right!

Choose do what is right!

A dozen questions!

Sometimes in life we re confronted with situations where one is forced to make difficult decisions; situations where we are forced to choose between what is right and what is fair. What should a rape victim who conceived do with the unborn baby? What should someone do when they are caught over-speeding so much that they have to appear in court, but the police officer just asks for a little bit of money to get them off the hook?  What should one do when they discover their spouse is HIV positive and themselves they are negative but still want to have children? What does a person do when there is a national crisis in the country and they don’t have a passport and they perceive that their only way to survive is to cross to the neighboring country? What will you do when the person holding your key to the multi-million dollar tender is asking for a back-hand which you can afford in order for him to push the deal through; it’s a matter of life and death for your business? Should you continue to pay your tithes when you are unclear about what they are being used for? The local news bulletins are carrying the story of a gay couple (both male) in Malawi who were recently arrested immediately after their wedding for being involved in a same sex marriage, which is against the law in that country. What was the government supposed to do? I am not trying to initiate a human rights debate but I am trying to let you know that what is fair and logical is not necessarily what is right! What will you chose? God said to Cain ‘If you do well (right), shall you not be accepted’ (Genesis 4 v 7).

 

Rightness or fairness: what’s your choice?

The Pharisees and the Herodians approached Jesus and said ‘Tell us therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?’ (Matthew 22 v 17). The Roman government was an oppressive regime that used the tax funds for financing oppression and for the personal enrichment of its officers like Zaccheaus. The people paid taxes fully knowing that their money was being abused; so the Pharisees asked Jesus a pertinent question, should people continue to show loyalty to a corrupt government by paying taxes.  Jesus did not mince his response – don’t compare rightness and fairness. Do what is right and ‘Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's’ (Matthew 22 v 21).

 

Even in your pursuit of your dreams choose right!

As we begin the year you must pursue your dreams with passion, enthusiasm and energy. You are destined to succeed and to make it as long as you are bold and remain vigilant. I have told you before that when you have a dream you have two options: (1) to sleep on and dream on, or (2) to rise up and pursue your dreams. Chose the latter! Rise up and pursue your dreams with tenacity and boldness.  Life favors the bold! You will make enemies along the way but do not be afraid to be hated by those that are not part of your destiny. If they hate you it only means that you are significant enough to be noticed. ‘Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee’ (Deuteronomy 31 v 6). As you pursue your dreams controversy will come and you will have to make difficult decisions from time to time: chose to do what is right. Don’t try to be politically correct or compromise rightness in order to be fair!

 

Do what is right and you will be rewarded.

 

Calvary love 

Peter Mbada

 

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Open your eyes and see yonder!

Open your eyes and see yonder!

 

‘In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly’. (Isaiah 6 v 1-2)

 

You get what you see!

Isaiah lived in the era of the great King Uzziah. King Uzziah was a great man and most admirable for all the good things. But his goodness, exploits and greatness limited the vision of Isaiah. Each time Isaiah looked up, he saw king Uzziah! He was a symbol of the ultimate and became a limiting barrier and a low ceiling in the life of Isaiah. Isaiah’s real breakthrough only came on the day the low ceiling was broken. On the day king Uzziah died, Isaiah saw the open heavens. You cannot experience your breakthrough unless your limiting barriers and low ceilings are broken. Don’t allow somebody else’s exploits and greatness to overshadow your vision. He may be your hero but he is not the ultimate! Don’t wait for the sun to go down before you can let the star in you shine brighter. Don’t allow your geographical, social, academic or occupational environment dictate the furthest you can see. You have the inert potential to see beyond. See yonder! You get what you see!

 

With two they covered their faces

When King Uzziah died Isaiah experienced the open heavens and saw the six-winged seraphim. With two wings they covered their faces. With two wings they guarded their eyes and ears jealously. If you are going to make it in this year watch what you watch and what you hear. Stop watching things that will instill fear, doubt and a sense of diminished self worth in your life. When I was in university I used to have a problem studying in the university library. Each time I go there everybody else looked so serious as if they were really absorbing data and understanding the big books they were reading; while I was the only one struggling with data intake. It made me feel like the worst thing to ever happen in the university, until I chose to do my studies in the privacy of my own room. Exam time always proved that after all I wasn’t the worst. I closed my eyes to those that were dwarfing and diminishing my self-esteem and self-image. Don’t listen to abominable, negative and limiting talk. Guard your ears jealously you will need them at the top.      

 

With two they covered their legs

As you determine to make it in 2010, watch your step. Your personality will earn you promotion and admiration but it’s your character that will sustain you. Watch were your feet will take you too. ‘There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death’ (Proverbs 16 v 25). Allow Him to order your footsteps this year because ‘the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord:’ (Psalm 37 v 23). Guard you character jealously like a clay pot. It takes a lot of skill to make a master piece clay-pot but once broken and shattered you can’t bring the pieces together.

 

With two they flew

The same God who provided the resources to safeguard the faces and the feet is the same God who provided the wings to fly. If you will not allow your king Uzziah to overshadow your vision you are going to soar; you are going to fly high. With the same determination with which you will guard your face and your feet you must stretch your wings to the winds of your potential. The eagles were made to fly and not to scrap for worms among the chickens. You were made to fly and were given the resources to make it to the heights! You have unlimited potential to achieve the extraordinary. It’s not the extraordinary who will do the impossible but the ordinary who will dare discover the unlimited potential that lies in them; the ordinary men and women who will not allow themselves to be dwarfed by those that have achieved their own successes. Potential is only discovered when tapped; challenge yourself and stretch those wings.

 

Open your eyes and see yonder!

 

Calvary love 

Peter Mbada

 

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Put your best foot forward

Put your best foot forward

 

No other bells will ring to spur you on!

My birthday comes on the 4^th day of each year which is a stern reminder for me each year, just after some good holidays, that time and tide waits for no man and that the future comes one day at a time. As I add one more year, this week, to the length of my existence so far on earth I don’t feel any different from the week before. I sure don’t feel older or groggier than last week; but one thing I know is that any time I did not productively utilize or any opportunities I did not exploit are now behind me. But I thank God for an opportunity to start again this year on a fresh page. You must begin this year with your best foot forward and with an action-oriented-attitude. We all make resolutions which we never act on; but this year must be a different one. Write down quantifiable action-oriented goals and objectives and set targets; and begin working towards them. Make use of the early-movers’ advantage and don’t wait for tomorrow or next month to start acting on your 2010 plans. 2010 is here and now; and we are already ploughing into it, one day at a time. No other bells will ring to spur you into action – arise! 

 

Keep the fire burning!

I read that in the ancient Greek Marathon race, the athletes used to run with a burning torch in their hands. Victory was not just to the first man or woman across the finishing line, but victory was to the first person to cross the line with their torch burning. It did not matter how fast an athlete you were, you would not be counted unless your fire was still burning when you got to the finishing line. ‘The race was not to the swift; nor the battle to the strong’ (Ecclesiastes 9 v 11) but to those who kept the fire burning to the end. For one to protect their fire from extinguishing meant that they sometimes had to endure the pain of being overtaken while they tendered for or fanned the flame. They had to guard the flame affectionately and jealously while focusing on the finishing line. As you put you best foot forward in this year remember to also keep the fire burning to the end. Of what use will it be for you to succeed at the cost of bruised relationships; broken marriages; destroyed health and a backslidden spirit? Don’t chase success and achievements at the expense of the things that are more valuable in life. If anyone overtakes you, tell them you are busy tendering your fire and no matter how long it will take you will make it to the end! In 2010 keep the fire burning right to the end!

 

A year of Open Heavens!

When Jacob was on the way to Haran to get a wife he slept at a place called Luz. While he slept ‘he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it’ (Genesis 28 v 12). Jacob experienced the open heavens! With the heavens open, Jacob received a personalised service by the angels as they ascended and descended on the ladder that connected the heaven and the earth. Jacob had a direct line to the heavens and God spoke to him and said ‘I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed; And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places whither you shall go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of (Genesis 28 v 13 – 15). The open heavens brought the presence of God into the life of Jacob! With the open heavens God pledged a blessing upon the life of Jacob; and He committed Himself that He will provide for Jacob; that He will protect Jacob; that He will bless the fruit of Jacob; that He will multiply Jacob; and that He will fulfill His promises in the life of Jacob. As you step into 2010 may this be a year of Open Heavens for you; a year in which God will come through for you in a direct and special way until you shout ‘God this is enough!’ And remember the open heavens come with a special commitment on your part to give back to God when He has blessed you as Jacob vowed a vow to give back unto God (Genesis 28 v 20).

 

May 2010 be a year of Open Heavens for you!

 

Calvary love 

Peter Mbada

 

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Action, action, action - there is magic in action

Action, action, action – there is magic in action!

 

Don’t forget to appreciate the special people in your life

It’s that time of the year again when we express our gratitude and appreciate those that bring meaning to our lives and those that have walked with us and helped us realize our dreams, hopes and destinies. This weekend my wife and I took our parents, all our employees and their families for a thanksgiving dinner and a night out as a way of thanking God for having brought all those special people in our lives and for thanking them all for the various roles which they continue to play in shaping us and moulding our visions. I will be taking a break from this week to the beginning of the New Year and will be taking my family on their well-deserved holiday.  

 

Be the change you want to see!

For me it’s been an exciting year in which I learnt a lot. I did not hold back in seizing the opportunities that came my way and in creating opportunities where there were none. In some instances I won and in some I did not win; but I never lost! Where I did not win I learnt valuable lessons and gained valuable experience. One of the greatest lessons I learnt in this year is that ‘miracles happen in motion’. Each time Jesus healed somebody He asked them to move; when He healed the crippled He asked them to rise and walk; when He healed the lepers He asked to go and show themselves to the priest; when He healed the blind He asked them to go and wash their eyes or do something else. He did not heal the cripple and just say ‘test yourself while seated there’. There is something about action. Don’t just sit there and wait for things to happen. Don’t just complain about things while expecting somebody else to do something. Complaining builds negative energy. Be a champion of change! Be the change you want to see. If people aren’t that prayerful in church; complaining won’t bring prayerfulness. Mobilize and begin to lead prayer. To be the change you want to see you don't have to be loud or eloquent; you don't have to be elected or even have to be particularly smart or well educated. You just have to be committed to action. Take personal responsibility. You don't need everyone's cooperation or anyone's permission to make things happen. Don't wait for things to be right in order to begin. Things will never be just right. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. You must gather the tenacity of Esther who rose up to take action and said, ‘I go in unto the King, which is not according to the law: and if I perish I perish’ (Esther 4:16). Let the motion begin with you!

 

2010: The Year of Action

In my native Shona language there is a saying which says ‘basa rinopera nekushandwa’ which literally means ‘a task is accomplished by doing it’. As we step into 2010 you must commit to the discipline of action. Start with the small things. Wake up when you are supposed to wake up – stop hitting the snooze button on your alarm clock a hundred times before you eventually drag yourself out of bed. Imagine how much you would have accomplished this year if only you had the discipline to act on your dreams, plans and objectives. Action, action, action – there is magic in action!  Imagine how much you would have accomplished this year if only you had the discipline to act; you would have completed that book you wanted to write; you would have started that business you were thinking of; you would have built that house on your plans; you would have saved for that vacation. As you wind down the remainder of this year take a 20-pound hammer and do a good work of crushing the inertia in you life; the inertia which drags you down before you can spring into action; if only you can overcome the initial inertia you will be able to celebrate the joys of accomplishment. Make 2010 the year of ACTION and you will be amazed at the potential of what you can achieve.

 

Let me be the first!

I am excited as I begin to pray for the New Year. I have exciting assignments locally, nationally, regionally and internationally that will cover a good part of the year. The faithfulness of God is always amazing. I would like to take opportunity to wish you and your families the best for the remaining part of the year and also be the first to wish you a great action-packed 2010 in which your dreams will come true. In 2010 may God help you to ‘stop making a living and begin creating a life!’ By His Grace, I will definitely be back, with more action and more zest! I leave you with my most favorite scripture,

 

‘But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
       It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
       It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit’

(Jeremiah 17 v 7 – 8).

Calvary love 

Peter Mbada

 

 

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2010: The Year for launching into the deep!

2010: The Year for launching into the deep!

There is still a remnant

This past weekend I travelled to witness the wedding of one young man I have walked with for many years. It’s encouraging to see in such a generation as this, young people who believe in the value of waiting; who believe in abstinence and who keep their chastity to the day of marriage. I believe very deep down in my heart that God has a special spot for faithfulness and that there are certain blessings and breakthroughs that are associated with faithfulness. As you raise young men and young ladies, out there, teach them faithfulness; and instill in them the discipline and the wisdom to understand that short-cuts can be wrong-cuts. Faithfulness will always be rewarded. The world has a way of making us all believe that everyone is doing it and so we may as well do it. You are not everyone! There is a remnant!

 

You can make a great come back!

Its exciting times as we approach the end of the year. It’s almost like approaching the shores again after a long year of toiling and sweating. For some it’s approaching the shores with great smiles while for some it’s approaching with grave tears. For Simon Peter and crew it was a sad and frustrating moment for them to approach the shores having caught nothing the whole night (Luke 5). Their labours had been in vain and their efforts fruitless. However, the fact that Peter and company had caught nothing the whole night did not mean that there was no fish in the water. The fact that their fishing nets were empty did not mean that the waters were empty. The fact that you may not have had a great year does not mean that there were no opportunities in the year. The fact that you came out with empty nets this year does not mean that it was an empty year. I don’t know what sort of year you had! I know the world went into recession – but I chose not to participate in the recession; I know the year was awash with sad news – but I chose not to believe the negative. ‘Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep’ (Psalm 127 v 1-2).  Whether you got something or nothing out of this year it’s not all lost! The come-back season will be more powerful than what’s already lost; you can make a bigger harvest in the come-back round. ‘Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end’ (Jeremiah 31 v 16 – 17a).

 

The big catch is coming

There is a lot of excitement in the air for 2010 especially in this part of the world. Somehow everybody has a feeling that they are going to come out with full hands in 2010 and everyone is excited that the world’s greatest economies are slowly emerging out of recession. I learnt early in life that the greatest of all folly is to continue doing the same thing over and over again and expect to get a different set of results. Unless you relook at yourself and your strategies you will come out of the New Year with empty nets again. Simon Peter only went back into the water at the saying of the Lord. ‘Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net’ (Luke 5 v 5). You need the word of the Lord for the new season. You can’t go it alone. God does not wait for the Soccer world cup to bless you; God’s economy is not bankrupted by the recession. God does not have a limited budget or an inflationary blessing policy. Esau asked his father, ‘hast thou but one blessing, my father?’ (Genesis 27 v 38). Isaac had a limited supply of blessings but God has enough to go round and still have more left over. You have to know where to cast your nets. Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a big catch’ (Luke 5 v 4). 2010 is the year for a big catch for those that will ‘launch into the deep’ and cast their nets; don’t launch into the deep and keep your nets folded! Launce your prayer life deeper – there is a harvest coming.

 

God is desiring a deeper relationship with you! Launch into the deep in every dimension.

 

Calvary love 

Peter Mbada

 

 

      I will be preparing a gift for blessing the brethren who sacrificially work behind the scenes to keep the website alive and ensure all the articles are available for your edification anytime. They do a great job completely voluntarily and I believe God will remember they labour of love. I will also be working on improvements on the website to make it a complete resource centre for your edification. If you want to join me in any way in making these a reality you can contact me.  

 

       Thanks for partnering with me in inspiring the world by purchasing a copy of  ‘Destined to Succeed; Unstoppable and Unlimitable’; and by sharing this message!

 

 

 

 

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