THE WORLD IN YOU MATTERS A LOT
Very often, the dominant view among young people is one depicting life as having a way of supernaturally supplying our every wish, whether they be noble or not, hence one does not need to bother on going deep down in themselves to discover the Creator man in them. The Universe couldn’t have been a reality if the Creator had busied himself cruising on the wings of wishes and fantasy without exercising his creative power. Needless to say we are made in his image and after his likeness. Having the creating Spirit of the Creator residing on the inside of you makes you a creator-man, hence you are a creator yourself; thus whether we know it or not, like it or not, we live through life creating things, which in turn create the kind of world inhabiting each of us. Noteworthy is the fact that this world in question, the world inhabiting each of us, is unique and different from the cosmos wherein we live. And it is this world living in each man that determines the quality of life and somewhat the length of life that each man will live on the outside world. The man with a comatose world on the inside will definitely reflect same on the outside world. He is beleaguered by circumstances, birthing frustration and angst; causing everything he does to veer south. He lives a very difficult and unpredictable life; and this is all because he failed to create the world he so desires to inhabit.
This shows you have 75% control over your destiny. Somewhat, you are the architect of your life. Granted, this may sound strange but common sense shows that if we truly have the Spirit of the Creator in us as the principal agent of our life, it shows we share in his ability to create. And if this is so, it means he had actually empowered us to further creation, bringing things into being that can make life better for each other, and that way make the outside world fit for human habitation. Methinks this is the explanation of the command to go and subdue the earth.
On this account, work now becomes a commitment to the Creator’s work of bettering humanity, a necessity deserving profound understanding and excellent participation. I have discovered from experience, that when one understands the very implication of work and it’s enormous effect in the life of the worker and others around him, it helps to resurrect that power to create resting in every individual. Yet, no man can actually put up an excellent work on the outside world, who has not first worked keenly to foster an enabling world on the inside. A bitter and confused man has not built a good world on the inside of him; hence, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for him to carry out an excellent work on the outside world. Very often, people who make positive use of this creating power in their work are the ones said to be highly creative, and celebrated by society. The reason for this is simple: in work we liberate and put to use, the creating power in us, which enables us to make the best use of reason in creating things that could better people’s lives. People who do this with godly drive thus gain mastery over life and with every passing day, they become better in themselves. Happiness and prosperity in life, therefore, is largely dependent on the kind of things you create, in and outside you, and the things you create tell much about you. The things you create will determine the response, spiritual, physical, and psychological, you get in life. Life responds to us accordingly.
How then do we create? You may ask. I feel that we create by our thoughts. These create the feelings we carry to things around us. Thoughts also translate into words and actions; hence, you are a product of your thoughts. The fact is that a thought must be in our mind before any action could take place. The intercourse between thoughts and your mind is what gives birth to the world inhabiting you and consequently the world around you. . Yet it takes a healthy mind to produce useful thoughts. The Wright brothers would never have experienced their first flight at Kitty Hawk if the thought of a plane hadn’t first been sown in their minds. Once I came across this quotation, Sow a thought, reap an act;
Sow an act; reap a habit; Sow a habit; reap a character; Sow a character; reap a destiny. This is critical because, as the saying goes, “The thought is father of the deed.” Guard then your mind by being mindful of the thoughts you let into it. This way you would’ve built a great world inhabiting you, which will in turn help build the world you inhabit. God bless you.
By Br. Kenneth Alamezie, BSS (Rev.)