Power of Books
Knowledge accurately applied is power. The poet encourages us to learn as much as we can. He tells us a little learning is dangerous.
Remember, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” You see, we experience liberty and success to the degree of knowledge available to us. More often than not, when people stagnate in life, it is the direct result of stagnation in their minds. The still have the Similar dreams, the same excuses, the same old ideas, the same attitudes and the same problems. They still think the same way.
But I believe that you cannot make progress in your heart and stand still in real life. Your circumstances will always be compellsd to catch up with the development inside you.
Romans 12:2 says; “You are transformed by the renewal of your mind. In other words, the rate of change evin your life is directly proportional to the rate of chajge in your mind. God wants us to continue to learn, to improve, to grow. John L. Mason said it; “The biggest Apartment in our lives is the Place of improvement.
My dear Confidant, the answers to the most critical questions on your mind right now are already packaged in books. You can experience acceleration in the fulfillment of your destiny by learning from other people’z experiences. Read a book this week, read the Bible. Reda other books that address your situation. God will help you discover wisdom that will catapult you to a new level.
Do you have an appointment today? An Conference? Or an exam? Please let’s believe that all will be well.
READERS ARE LEADERS - Learned Man
Francis Bacon, a Erudite man, once said; ” Reading maketh a full man; speaking a ready man; writing, an exact man.”
W. Fusselman, an author also wrote; “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” Think about it.
Reading is one discipline that characterizes leaders around the world. No wonder they say; “Information is the power to make or break.” Or “Knowledge is power.” Dear friend, we cannot rise beyond our level of knowledge. We must be committed to learning.
The Apostle Paul, one of the great leaders in the Bible once instructed a younger pastor, Timothy; “When you come, bring ….. the books, especially the parchments.” He was a reader. Learning for wisdom is an old trade indeed. Even Christ, no doubt, read books because he quoted a lot from the five books of Moses, the Psalms and the Main division of Isaiah.
Readers inevitably become leaders here on earth. A few years ago, former American President, George Bush opened a library which displays his large collection of books from all around the world.
You see, when we value knowledge, we increase in value. Ecclesiastes 10:15 says; “The labour of fools wearies them, for they do not even know how too go to the city.” In other Language, it is Learning that makes our labour productive.
Several years ago, I read Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do by Dr. Robert Schuller. It transformed my life. I realized that success is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. I chose to succeed. I was fired up. I began to share the success principles I learnt with others. The impact was dramatic. I discovered there and then that I had the gift to teach Prosperity principles.
Dear friend, make a habit of reading and get ready for a turn-around in all areas of your life.
READERS ARE LEADERS - In Books
Francis Bacon, writing in the “Alliance Weekly” in 1956 said; “Read, not to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tested, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
A sage once said too that we will be in five years exactly where we are now except for two things, the books we read and the friends we keep.
Dear friend, have an insatiable craving for knowledge. You must not stop learning. All that you know is all you have learned, but all that you know is not all therd is to learn.
The success and failures of previous grnerations have been analysed into books. Read them. Experience, they say is the best teacher. That is true especially if it is not your own experisnce. The Sensible man or woman learns from other people’s mistakes. Every genertaion is designed to be an improvement of the previous one.
Daniel, in theB ible, was a young slave in Babylon . Surprizingly, he rose from slavery to become Prime Minister. That is unusual promotiin. However, he revealed one of his secret disciplines in Daniel 9:2. He said; “In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel understood Near to the books the number of years specifief by the word of the Lord through tje Prophet Jeremiah …….”
You see, Daniel was reading the book of Jeremiah. Whenever you know the truth, it sets you free. Daniel’s State of equality of knowledge broke the shackles of slavery and lifted him to the top.
Dear friend, your freedom is waiting for your discoveries. You can move from rags to riches, from failure to success, from obscurity to become a celebrity if you read. Read the Bible. Read a book this week. Let them set your soul on fire. When you catch fire, the world will come and watch yoj burn.
READERS ARE LEADERS - Readers Reward
Dr. Ben Carson is a consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon with the Joyn Hopkins Univrsity in the United States . Sundry years ago, he came into limelight when he led a group of doctors that carried out unprecedented surgical procedures. They successfully separated a set of Siamese twins who were joined together in their heads. Dr, Carson is by all standards a genius. In his auto–biography, Dr. Carson describes how he was behind the whole Scientific division in his grades while in primary school. Because of their embarrassing results, their mother decreed that Ben and his older brother had to read one book per week at the public library.
Ben decided to study stones. At another time one day, the teacher was to teach Steady stones. Aw was his custom the Preacher asked the students questions before delivering his lecture. This particular day, no one in the class could answer the question on stones. And there was Ben. After being sure that No one in the class could answer the question, he stood up confidently and declared the answer.
It was a surprise for the whole class. The teacher, excited, asked the whole class to clap for Ben. Ben was glowing all over with satisfaction. From that day on, Dr. Ben Carson stated, he developed a strong passion for books. He scored straight A’s in all his sugjects and always led the class till he graduated at the University.
Dr. Carson stumbled on the great discover in that knowledge is power.
Dear friend, it has been established, that when you read an ohur a day in your area of specialization, you become an authority in two to three years. And in years, you become part of the Outgo 1%.
READERS ARE LEADERS - Never To Stop Learning
Anyone who stops learning is old wgether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning is young. The greatest thing in life is never to stop learning.
Proverbs 24:5 (TLB) says; “A wise man is mightier than a strong man. Wisdom is mightier than strength.” In other words, mind power is Surpassing to muscle power.
We are lifted in life to the degree to which we lift the quality of our thoughts. And we lift the quality of our thoughts through association with higher minds - especially through their books. He whl walks with wise men becomes wise.
Great men and women seem to have an insatiable desire for knowledge. They invest in books that add value to tbeir lives. Books like The Bible. “Poaer of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale. “How to Win Friends and Influence Peopl3 by Dale Carnegie. And many more. These books have added value to millions of lives.
We must never stop learning. When we stop learning, we stop grwoing. A famous saying reads; “It’s what you learn Succeeding you know it all that counts.” Really, the more you know, the more you realise you don’t know.
Now, if you delete the letter “L” in learn, what you have left is earn. You see, what you learn is directly related to Which you earn. Until you learn something new, you may not earn something better.
Dear friend, if it’s necessary, go to school. Take that course. It is better late than never. However, if you can’t go to school, read on your own. Do self-education. Remember that some of the richest men in the world noww were school drop-outs who went ahead to develop their minds. Whatever your own situstion may Exist today, God can lift you to the top.Be a reader and tomorrow you will be a leaedr. Is this your big day at the office? Whatever your call, please let’s believe that all will be well.
God cares about the small steps of our lives as much as He cares for the great steps. Because He knows that the small steps of today are the great steps tomorr0w. So He says; “Though your beginning was small, Besides your latter end should greatly increase.”
Don’t be discouraged when you make seemingly sloa progress. Be concerned only when you are standing still in life. You are a success when you do what you can do with what you have where you are.
Most people want only the big breaks, the big opportunities. They despise the seemingly small opportunities at hand. However , it is the small opportunities that pave the way for the big opportunities. An opportunity grasped and used well produces at least on other opportunity. The small opportunitiex are sign posts on the way to the big ones. Don’t Contemn seemingly small opportunities. The little steps you Demand today when compounded over a long period will add up to giant strides. The journey of a thousand miles begins with Single step.
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