Truth Be Told: Dedun's Thoughts

Faith Explained

Throughout my journey in Medical school and it's never ending exams, I've had people say to me when I complain about how not ready I am for a test/exam, "Dumz Izzinor you again? You will just go there and pass the exam". I just smile and tap the prayer o because who wants to fail? It makes me wonder how I actually end up passing the exam despite my little preparation (or so) for it. Of course it's not like I've not failed exams before, I can't actually count the number of times I've failed tests or exams (especially the ones I was ready for). Now this brings me to the question I asked myself one fateful evening. "How come I always pass an exam when I think I'm not ready for it?" I've thought about this question for so long and fortunately I finally have my answer. Want to know? Continue reading.

You should know by now that I am a very bold lady, and this boldness was used to full capacity during exam periods. I had a motto "Don't deregister for an exam if there's no extra time to put into it". This motto pushed me so far that even when I was not ready for an exam, I would go for it with little fear and so much hope/faith that I will not fail it. If I compare it to times I was ready for an exam and failed, the difference here is the faith I had. I believed deep down only God can come through for me. I didn't allow doubts to contaminate my faith. Trusting in one's readiness for a big opportunity/test causes over confidence and little faith in God's help to see you through it and in return, failure. It's that type of failure that hurts more because you know you put much effort in it and got nothing tangible in return. Before I bore you with my long story, let me explain FAITH to you.

I'm using the image above as my illustration. Imagine this, you bought a new phone. It can power on but it's advisable to charge it before use. When we were born, we were created with innate faith (feel free to argue this point in the comment section). This faith that came with our creation won't last for long because it needs to be charged and that is were choice comes in, you CHOOSE to charge your faith when you accept Jesus as your Savior (Step 1).

Now you've chosen to charge your faith but how? (Step 2) You need both the Bible (charger) and the Holy Spirit (Socket). They work hand in hand, you can't leave out any in the charging process. To function at your max potential, you need the Holy spirit to charge your faith and He will do that via the Holy Bible aka your charger. Do you ever wonder why you read the bible so much but still no result? Dare I say you are doing it wrong. You are not connecting your charger to the right socket. Do you wonder when you are certain the holy spirit lives in you but you can't see any result still? You are not using the right charger!

Listen, a round charging mouth cannot connect to a square socket. Perhaps you might want to argue and say it will fit if you force it in but the ease that comes with the right thing fitting in the right place is not questionable. The charger's tips have to be like the socket holes and have properties identical to the socket's (help me electrical engineers). Now let's relate it to us again. To charge your faith, you need to have like properties with the Holy Spirit. You just don't say 'Lord I give you my life' and relax afterwards without studying the bible, pumping more spiritual juice into your faith, and expect miracles to happen jusslaidat.

Now you know how to charge your faith but believe me, it doesn't end there. Charging your faith is just step two. Have you heard of "Faith without works is dead"? James 2:17-20 mentioned this. Putting your faith to action is step 3.

Your phone is fully charged. Do you just leave it on the shelf as decor for your living space or do you actually use the phone? Even if it's something as simple as a phone call, it's still part of using a phone! When dialing a number (spiritually), your faith processes the call and the answer on the other end is the result. You have to put your faith to work to achieve a desired result. No matter how fully charged you think you are, if you don't dial that number, no body will receive your call. It's really simple.

Put your faith into action by taking risks, leaving your comfort zone. Stop believing you will be successful only by your power, take your faith with you and do ground breaking things. Commit to something you know only God can help you complete, it will pump your faith up so well because you are certain you need Him all the way. Share your faith with others, charge them too if they are low, use the same faith to believe and trust that the amount you've shared with them will jumpstart them to use a direct source (Holy Spirit) instead.

Never forget, when you are running low on battery, you don't throw away the phone.. You do what? You charge your phone!!! Now it's a beautiful cycle again. Running low? Run to your Bible, the Holy Spirit will talk to you through the Bible and in turn the Bible will charge your faith!. Romans 10:17.

Lastly, I will add that you can't be lukewarm or on the fence between the world and Jesus and expect that your supposed faith will work for you. Don't be like the foolish one in James 2:19-20. Even the demons believe that there is one God but do they live like Him? No! Live like and for Jesus and all will be added to you. Mountains will become plains when they see you and you would pass over like the champion you've been created to be.

Do not live in fear when you are in Christ. Fear and faith cannot coexist in your life. Fear will tear down your faith! And all the efforts you've put in to charge your faith will be useless.

God help us all. Don't be selfish, share this post and let others learn. Also, don't hesitate to comment below if this blessed you or would like to add/remove anything from this post. I'm not a pastor so I don't know my bible fully yet and I'm open to corrections. :)

Love,

Dedun

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Izzinor - Is it not
Jusslaidat - Just like that

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, by Dr Dedun

TMNS: JUDGING OTHERS

I wrote down the topics I would like to write about somewhere and I can't find it. I just quickly concluded at the start of this write up that I will write about something that has been on my mind recently. I don't know why people mix up having an outlook and judging. I know there's a thin line between the two that can easily be crossed but if you pay attention, you'd be able to differentiate between those clearly. To be sure we are on the right path, I decided to search for the definition of (to) judge which is, To Conclude, Give a Verdict and outlook is A person's point of view. Now let me get to my point.

Person A borrowed money from B on the basis that it will be returned on Day 5 but Person A returned the money on Day 20 after ignoring continuous messages from B since Day 6. Automatically, person B was furious and decided she will never borrow A money ever because A was not true to his word/promise and deliberately ignored attempts B made to contact A.

Imagine B telling a mutual friend C about the issue. Do you think C will ever borrow A money? I'm guessing the response will be No. Why? Because C already "judged" and concluded that A will never return money borrowed on time, if ever, based on what happened between A and B. Having an outlook about the issue on the other hand is trying to reason with why A didn't return money and ignored messages from B. So your outlook should weigh both ends of the spectrum and if A eventually asks C for help, C shouldn't blatantly say No if really she could help but instead, create a safer agreement to satisfy both the borrower and lender.

Don't know if my point was understood but the issue of money is just an example that is pretty familiar with students. Another example is judging someone's character based on hear-say. You say someone is a snub but have you tried talking to the person and you got ignored straight up? Not from a distance but in-your-face kind of distance and the person snubbed you? Or did you base your judgement on waving and you didn't get any reply from the person? Or are you judging based on someone's outward appearance (including facial expressions)? Or are you judging based on the person's friends? I know people say birds of the same feather flock together but you'd be surprised that a particular bird is flying with another just to direct it to it's destination and not necessarily because it's also lost.

I'm just going to end this with, remove the log in your eye before you remove your neighbor's. So except you are God or a perfect being, please judge your own actions and leave room for errors. Notwithstanding, not judging does not mean you should not correct someone putting their hand in fire but do it with love and not because you are better.

Love,
Dedun