One of the greatest inventors of all time, Thomas, A Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was such a rare personality that patented a new invention almost every week throughout his life time. He had only three months of formal education, left school because his teachers concluded he was incapable of learning, also a sufferer of partial deafness from age 13 after an accident in his laboratory. Records have it that he had 2,500 notebooks written of his experiments and researches and 1,100 inventions to his credit, the highest ever in world history.

With his outstanding and prolific results, most people during his days accused him of getting powers from a mystical source. His reply to them was; "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration". He was known to work 20 hours everyday- reading, experimenting, and researching and in his late 70s reduced his working hours to 16. He had a bed in his library for naps. The total worth of his inventions is estimated at 25 billion US dollars.

His story and many others like him makes me conclude that without hardwork no matter how wise you may be success will never come. Hardwork is the essential ingredient of success and that has not changed. The Bible states that Faith without work is dead! Success in spiritual life also requires hardwork. No matter how much we know or revelations we have nothing works until we do.

I have also come to realise why the Bible says without faith it is impossible to please God. It's because righteousness requires work if faith must work. Without work faith is dead. Therefore, if we are not living right as christians it simply means we are too lazy to put the flesh in subjection. We don't blame the devil for our unrighteousness.

We must prepare for hardwork if we must make heaven. Inspiration and spiritual insights will contribute only 1% to our spiritual life 99% is contributed by perspiration (hardwork).

No excuses on that Day!

Compliments!