21 Biblical principles that would help fulfill your career
ambition
The Holy Bible is laden with principles that would help us
get to where we would want to go. Many of us wish for a brighter future but we
do not necessarily work towards it. We live in a society that is good at
praying and very slow to act. This generation must be more forthright in its
actions if we are going to fulfill the mandate that the Lord has put upon us by
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the blessings of Abraham that we claim to
be ours all the time. By the grace of God I shared these 21 Principles with the
Young Men’s Fellowship of the Folawiyo Bankole Memorial Methodist Church in
Ikate Surulere. Here is a brief mention of some of the principles. I hope one
day to put them into a book to be published for young people to be inspired to
use the grace of God to work wonders in our society that is fast giving in to
dismay and hopelessness.
1. Attitude is
the first principle. There are many attitudes expressed by the modern day
individual. Most of them are determined by what happens around us, our
prejudices and our association. A lot of people in our country have an attitude
problem: come to work late, deal with the customer wrongly and do what they
like instead of what they are supposed to do. If we could change our attitudes
it would go a long way in affecting our work and relationships. Do you have the
right attitude? Gen 18:14
Is anything too hard for God to do? This is what is known as the Can Do Attitude.
2. Mindset:
What is our mindset on at the moment? Good or bad things, right or wrong
things. Performance improvement or shortcuts to success? The mind is an
incredible tool that God has given us. One powerful principles is whatever we
conceive and belief in our minds we can achieve! Napoleon Hill said that. But I
bet he got the principle from the Bible. As a man thinkest in his heart so is
he……Proverbs 23:7. In Genesis 11 people gather together to build the tower of
Babel. If God did not stop them I suppose they would have built it!
3. Belief System: Everyone has a set of beliefs
that are deeply rooted in the psyche of the individual. These beliefs guide us
in our thinking and could either help us progress in life or be limited. Four factors determine what we believe:
evidence, authority, tradition, revelation and association. Anyone of these
factors could be responsible for our beliefs. But the Christian also has his
own beliefs which are supposed to remove any form of limiting beliefs we have.
The central point in Christianity is the death and resurrection of Christ. Romans
8:11 If the same spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead should come upon
us that same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead would quicken our mortal bodies…
With God by his side the Christian believes that nothing should be impossible
for him.
4. Core values are also principles that serve as
guidelines for the Christian in this wicked world: Integrity, accountability,
diligence, perseverance and discipline. Five values that every Christian is
expected to live by. They would also serve as principles that would stop us
from going astray in this world of temptation.
James 1;12 “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because,
having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord
has promised to those who love him”.
5. Dreams and
Visions: No matter how old or young we are as Christians we are allowed to
dream and also have visions about what is to come in terms of a greater future
a time period of blessings and fruitfulness or promotion and achievement:
Joel 2;28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I
will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
A vision is a picture of our desired future.
Christians should belief and work towards a greater and brighter future, if we
work with God we can achieve that future.
• You dream
of who you would like to “BE.”
• You dream
of what you would like to “HAVE.”
• You dream
of things you would like to “DO.”
• You dream
of places you would like to “GO.”
A desired picture of your future!
What are you doing about it?
6. Words! Be
careful what you talk about and think about. You just might get them. A thought
spoken out is a creation. Positive affirmations work wonders: Tia Walker said:
“Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the
supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative
events and thoughts we experience daily.”
God is my refuge, strength and help
in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1
God is my stronghold in times of
trouble. Psalm 9:9
My hope is in the Lord. Psalm
40:7
7. Skills : I
put this quote on twitter and it went viral. Thousands of people viewed it. It was
retweeted and affirmed:
Everyone has
strengths and weaknesses and a range of skills
that are used in everyday situations, but all too often people remain unaware of,
or undervalue, their true abilities”.
–Alex Ogundadegbe
Every human being is an embodiment
of skills. Some of us are suppressing what we have. God has embodied in us the
ability to do more than we expect we ever can. Thinking, speaking, creating
tools with our hands, introducing new concepts that can solve problems. The
skill set of the average human being is deeper than we think. But it remains redundant
because with neither explore nor use it.
Exodus 35:30-35
Ecc 10:10
These skills encapsulate our gifts, talents and abilities.
