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It’s Your Time!

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I’m usually amazed by how I try so hard to do some things, and they never seem to work! Have you had those experiences? You believe something should work, it feels good to the ears and looks good on paper, but it just doesn’t fly. As a speaker, I often tell people about Thomas Alva Edison, and how he never gave up on the light bulb until it was done, but really really don’t we all just try and try and eventually just pack it up and give up? Haven’t we advised people before, with information such as, I have tried that before, it doesn’t work? Have you? I have discovered that I have been guilty of not practicing what I preach. I have many stories of things I tried, that failed, and somehow whenever I see what looks like them again, I run!

Something amazing happened for me this year however, and in looking back at this year, I have learnt a vital life lesson that I think would benefit you big time. It’s a small piece of wisdom, but it’s wisdom that we all need to succeed.

Most times, things fail, not because it cannot succeed, but because it’s not yet time!

If you understand that statement, it will set you free. This year, I have attempted and succeeded at things that I had tried before and failed at. I actually didn’t even want to try them again, because I thought, “what’s the use, I’ve done that before”. They have however gone on to succeed beyond my wildest dreams. Why? Because every idea, every opportunity, every achievement has tied to it, a set time! All labour must be until that set time, if work stops before the time, then there will be no worthwhile experience.

I particularly like the way Shakespeare renders it

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

If we miss the tide, it’s shallow and miseries.

I like the way the wise king also renders it

“I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time” – Ecc 9:11

What actions do these statements lay on us?

1. Whatever you are doing, there is a right time at which it can work, keep at it until that time shows up. Don’t give up.

2. Be sensitive to right timing, don’t throw ideas away because of your past.

3. Don’t pride yourself on your speed, your strength, your wisdom or your skill. Nothing is as valuable as timing, and that is a God factor!

4. Look out for the floods in the tide, understand the trends, be like the sons of Issachar (understand the times and be ready to work)

5. Be involved in honest diligence, work through the shadows and miseries, and be willing to take the current when it serves.

6. We are always surrounded by opportunities, we only need to be sensitive to when to put in our buckets!

7. Develop an intimate relationship with the author of time, the one who lives beyond the boundaries of time in a timeless eternity. Say with the Psalmist, “our times are in your hand oh Lord”.ИДЕЯ ЗА ПОДАРЪК

Adeolu Akinyemi

Adeolu Akinyemi

17 thoughts on “It’s Your Time!”

  1. MOSES
    December 31, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    THAT IS A THOUGTHFUL ONE

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  2. Adesoji Adegbulu
    December 31, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    It’s all about TIME.

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  3. Nma Nwaokeleme
    December 31, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    It makes alot of sense, he who has ear let him hear

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  4. adeniran abdul mojeed
    December 31, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    oga deolu i wonder why people are not seeing this.it is in deed the best for now.LOL

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  6. Matthew Abolurin
    January 1, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    Thank you CM for the encouragement. I am a believer of allowing time to compound on your effort. My set time is now

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  7. olaniyi
    January 1, 2011 at 11:37 pm

    So so timely and on point.I value this

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  8. Akinjide
    January 3, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Very inspiring.Thanks

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  9. Promise E.
    January 4, 2011 at 8:44 am

    This is what can be describe as a message of the season. Nothing could have been more timely than this. Very very inspiring. Thanks.

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  10. olufunke
    January 4, 2011 at 9:56 am

    ‘ be at the right place, at the right time”
    God bless you for this.

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  11. Royal_Prince
    January 4, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    There’s no better time than now for such a message of encouragement considering the challenges of unrealized goals/dreams as we take on 2011. Thanks a million!

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  12. Oluyemi Adeosun
    January 4, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    This a message on Time for all Times just in Time

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  13. Omooba
    January 5, 2011 at 10:08 am

    This is it!

    Reply
  14. Yinka olaito
    January 6, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    Time is an equalizer. Understanding the time will liberates us all from unnecessary comparism. Good work, keep the pen flowing

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  15. lawal Rahman Ola
    January 7, 2011 at 12:27 am

    wao! Am impressed with little and straight 4ward word which is ‘it’s your time’ adeolu you can do better. Just keep it up.

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  16. Johnson olubunmi
    January 11, 2011 at 1:05 pm

    Thanks a million for the great word of thought TIME .There is nothing so precious ,valuable and costly as time

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  17. Wale Adejare
    January 17, 2011 at 11:52 am

    Deolu,that was exactly what I needed. Thanks.

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