21 Biblical principles that would help fulfill your career ambition

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.