THURSDAY 3 APRIL, 2014. UNDERSTANDING THE PRECEPT OF TIME (PART 6). SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS, THAT WE MAY APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM (PS. 90:12). I, BEING A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ANT HAVE AN INTRIGUING PIECE OF INFORMATION TO SHARE ABOUT THIS AMAZING CREATURE (ANT). DO YOU KNOW THAT MOST ANTS FULFILS THEIR DREAMS AS AGAINST THEIR HUMAN COUNTERPART? ANTS ARE GOAL GETTER AND ASTUTE MANAGER OF TIME, A GRACE I PRAY YOU RECEIVE TODAY. ANTS LIFE IS NORMALLY SHORT. WORKERS LIVE FROM 1 TO 3 YEARS. MALES, HOWEVER, ARE MORE TRANSITORY, BEING QUITE SHORT-LIVED AND SURVIVING FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS. ONLY ANT QUEENS LIVE LONGER THAN SOLITARY INSECTS OF A SIMILAR SIZE. DESPITE ANTS SHORT LIFE EXPENTANCY THEY RECORD ENVIOUS SUCCESS DURING THEIR SHORT BUT DUTIFUL LIFE. THEY DONT COMPARE THEMSELVES WITH DOG, DUCK, GOAT, ETC. WHEN SOME OF THESE BIGGER ANIMALS CARELESSLY BLEAT, MOO AND BARK AROUND THEIR HABITAT, THIS WONDERFUL CREATURE SILENTLY GO ABOUT BETTERING THEIR TOMORROW AND SOLVING FUTURE PUZZLES. ASIDE DURING INCLEMENT SEASON, ANTS ARE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, GATHERING FOOD, CONSTRUCTING AND ENLARGING THEIR COLONIES. UNFORTUNATELY, HUMAN BEINGS WHO PROVIDENCE HAVE BLESSED WITH BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT MENTAL CAPACITY, FOOLISHLY COMPARE THEMSELVES WITH OTHER PEOPLE; IF MR A SLEEPS, I TOO MUST SLEEP, IF HE IS LAZY AT WORK, I WILL DO SAME. ANTS ARE WISER, THEY KNOW HOW SHORT THEIR LIFE SPAN IS, THEY DONT RUB SHOULDER WITH OTHER METHUSELAS WHO COULD BOAST OF A LONGER LIFE SPAN. IS THAT NOT THE LESSON OF PSALM 90:12 TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS... A MAN WHO UNDERSTAND THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE WONT WASTE HIS PRECIOUS BUT LIMITED TIME. A MAN WHO WILL DIE AT 60, WONT SPEND AS MUCH TIME ON FRIVOLITIES AS ANOTHER MAN WHO WILL DIE AT 100. OUR IGNORANCE OF TIME IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL SHODDY COMPARISONS AND RECKLESS LIFESTYLE. MANY PEOPLE ARE YET TO APPROPRIATELY DIVIDE THEIR LIFETIME TO THE THREE AVAILABLE SEASONS OF LIFE; MORNING (GROOMING TIME), AFTERNOON (MEANT FOR EXPRESSION AND EXECUTION OF PURPOSE) AND NIGHT (REWARD AND REST PHASE). THIS WAS THE UNDERSTANDING JESUS HAD WHEN HE SAID: I MUST DO THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME, WHILE IT IS DAY: THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK (JN. 9:4). MUDDLING THESE SEASONS TOGETHER HAS FORCED SOME PEOPLE TO STRUGGLE FROM CRADLE BED TO GRAVE. I HAVE OBSERVED A COMMON THREAD THAT RUN THROUGH OUR SOCIETY, IT HAS AFFORDED US THE WILL TO WASTE TIME WITHOUT KNOWING IT, I CALL IT A CYCLE OF WASTE IT REVOLVES ROUND US AND LOOK HARMLESS ON THE SURFACE, BUT ITS A LETHARGIC VIRUS. PERUSE A FEW OF THEM: (1). NATIONAL LIFE. AS A NATION, WE ARE NOT ONLY BLESSED WITH CORRUPT LEADERS, THEY ALSO CO-ACT AS TIME WASTERS. I ONCE STUMBLED ON THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR CANDIDATE AS STATED BY ONE OF OUR NATIONAL EXAMINATION BODIES, I CANT VIVIDLY RECOLLECT, BUT I GUESS ITS NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL (NECO). CANDIDATE MUST BE 16 YEARS OLD ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST OF THE EXAMINATION YEAR. WHY DO WE PROMULGATE LAWS THAT LIMITS OUR PRODIGIES? THIS SELF ESTABLISHED LIMITATION HAS INHIBITED US FROM COMPETING FAVOURABLY WITH OTHER NATIONS. I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT THE ASIANS ARE ENJOYING ENVIOUS TRANSFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT. THEIR EDUCATION SYSTEM HAS CEASED TO SUFFER FROM UNDUE AGE COVER - PROFESSORS OF AGE 24-28 ARE PRETTY COMMON. IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, WE CREATE UNNECESSARY BOTTLENECK POLICIES. I GUESS THIS WONT SURPRISE YOU TOO. ALIA SABUR BECAME A PROFESSOR AT AGE 19. PROF. AKSHAY VENKATESH AT AGE 20. CHARLES HASKIN (PHD) AT AGE 19. JULIET BENI (PHD) AT AGE 19. NORBET WEINER (PHD) AT AGE 17. BALAMURAL AMBATI WORLD YOUNGEST MEDICAL DOCTOR AT AGE 17. AT AGE 17, AN AVERAGE NIGERIAN STUDENT SLOGS IT OUT WITH JAMB. IF HE WINS, ASUU, NASU AND UNPREDICTABLE ACADEMIC CALENDAR AWAITS HIM. IF HE WINS, SCARY NYSC POSTING WAGES WAR. IF HE WINS, EXCESS EMPLOYMENT BECOMES ANOTHER RED SEA TO CROSS. A LEADER ONCE CARELESSLY SAID NIGERIAN YOUTHS ARE NOT EMPLOYABLE I DARE TO ASK, DO WE HAVE AN EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE ACADEMIC SYSTEM? WHEN LEADERS DOESNT KNOW THE VALUE OF TIME, WASTE BECOMES INEVITABLE. NECO FOR INSTANCE HOARD 2013/14 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER GCE RESULT. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS DEPRIVED SEVERAL POSTULANTS THEIR MUCH AWAITED ADMISSION, YET, NECO DONT CARE WHOSE OX THEYVE GORED. IDEALLY, THEY OUGHT TO HAVE RELEASED THE RESULT IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND HERE IS APRIL GENTLY MELTING TO ITS BASE. (2). MARRIAGE. THERE ARE FEW GOOD EXEMPLARY HOMES TO LEARN FROM. IT IS EXPEDIENT YOU KNOW THAT OUR MARITAL EXPECTATIONS DIFFERS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BRANDED MARRIAGE A BUSINESS OUTLET WHERE THEY POP INTO THE LIFE OF WEALTHY MEN TO SIPHON THEM VIA DIVORCE (A COMMON ACT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE WORLD). FOR THOSE WHO HOWEVER KNOWS THAT MARRIAGE IS AN INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED BY GOD, WHO ALSO WANT TILL DEATH DO US PART UNION, THEIR DISPOSITION MUST BE DIFFERENT UNLIKE THE INITIAL GROUP, WHY? BECAUSE OF TIME! THE INITIAL GROUP CAN BANG AT THEIR SPOUSE, MISBEHAVE AND DISOBEY, ALL BECAUSE IT WILL SOON BE OVER - TEMPORARY CONTRACT, BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO ENJOY AND STAY LONG IN THEIR MARITAL HOMES, THEY OFTEN GO EXTRA MILE IN MAKING THEIR MARRIAGE WORK AND CAREFULLY SIEVE THE KIND OF ADVICE THEY ABSORB. TIME WILL FAIL ME TO ME TO PEN MY THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS, POLITICS, SPORT, ETC. HOWEVER, BE REMINDED THAT IT TAKES THE WISDOM OF TIME AND ITS APPLICATION TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR ENDEAVOUR THRIVE, YOUR CART OF PROGRESS LIES ON THE UNDERSTADING OF THE PRECEPT OF TIME. I PRAY FOR YOU, RECEIVE GRACE TO UNDERSTAND THE PRECEPT AND MYSTERY OF TIME IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. SHALOM...HM.
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