Visions / Revelations Versus Reality and Common Sense ...Part One

Visions / Revelations  Versus Reality and Common Sense ...Part One

Thank God... last week was great! I had the opportunity to meet some interesting persons and heard some real touching stories. Nigeria is a very religious nation I guess. Unfortunately, so many people have resorted to placing so much belief in visions either from pastors, imam , witch doctors and so on  * smiles * . As a result, some people have lived their lives or are living their lives placing visions over faith, over reality, over common sense and over principles. Well, putting it into perspective as it is, over reliance on visions have put so many people's lives in jeopardy, destroyed many relationships, destinies and so on.

Though I am not a great fan of Nollywood, I would use it as a premise to today's topic. Nollywood has done a great job in representing the typical Nigerian take on people's belief in visions. I like the way it has shown different scenario ranging from when someone would receive a message ( may be from a witch doctor or a prophet) that his brother, sister, uncle, dad or any other person is the cause of his/her failures, misfortunes, difficulties or any other scenario. The result is usually a big transfer of aggression and it often doesn't end well * smiles *. We have seen scenarios where daughter inlaws and mother inlaws for example are at war with each other...there are just too many scenarios about visions / revelations and the ripple effects atimes isn't pretty.  Well, someone might say this is just Nollywood...it isn't true after all! 

While some of the visions / revelations might be true, some of them are just ridiculous and doesn't just fit. Let's look at this one and it's a real life story by the way * smiles *. So, a pastor came to this village and was having a program. While he was praying , he said that someone resting his hand on an orange tree now ( he named the area in the village, so people hurriedly came to check and called the guy) , that his brother is the cause of his misfortunes and unemployment....hmmm! 

There was commotion in fact * smiles *. Well, the guy reported this to the family elders and they called for a meeting with his elder brother also present. During the meeting, they started asking intelligent questions like ; have u submitted a CV to any company? Have u talked to people about work? By the way, his brother initially helped him to start a business which he couldn't manage and the family people brought it up during the meeting? And as expected he answered NO to all the questions about job directed at him. So, with no real effort to getting employed from his part, how has the brother hindered his progress or stopped his shine? That vision doesn't just follow through! The "bad" brother in question offered to help should he be willing to make any efforts at achieving something. 

While some of those visions / revelations might be true, my suggestion is that people should at least  be rational. Don't swallow everything thrown at you. Put on your thinking hats please. The challenge is, some people have allowed those visions control their lives and actions, and have resulted to mental laziness by not actually self examining their self. How can you just swallow everything? Some people take some kind of solace in these visions and transfer the blames to someone else ( of course this is usually the easiest thing to do for an intellectual lazy person...just saying).

How can you fail to take charge of your life? How can you fail to grasp project management of your life? Who has bewitched you when you haven't taken actions yourself...I guess this is self destruction. While some of those visions might be true, I will like to remind us that even the children of God don't live by vision but by Faith! So, quite the excuse...and take charge!

Remember, "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be"...by Ralph Waldo Emerson and 

"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month" ...by Theodore Roosevelt

As we go about this new week, let us remember that we are responsible for our lives and not transfer blames to some uncle / aunt and so on. Just take charge...Have faith, work and pray!

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Signing out 

Gpland