FIND YOUR WAY HOME

When I sat before my grandfather in the faith many years ago, I promised to attend the monthly mentoring meeting for ministers and give him continuous updates about my life and ministry. 

I started well. Despite the bad road linking our cities, I would leave home as early as 5 am so I can be in the venue by 7 am. The conference would kick off at 10 am. 

But along the way, I began to drift. I started giving excuses for the same bad road I had conquered. I was on the brink of getting married when the Holy Spirit rebuked me during morning devotion. 

Some of the most powerful lessons that shaped my life and ministry came right from the first visit after I apologized for the distance. 

There are four dimensions to being a son: 

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”

Luke 15:32 NKJV 

Let’s start with the lost son: The lost son is the one who has drifted far from the father and his spiritual family. He has legitimate excuses, but excuses are the graveyard of the uncommitted and the untrained. 

What causes you to drift? 

Distance: There can be distance in the physical, but make sure there is none in the spirit. Make sure you are deliberate with staying in touch. When distance becomes the excuse, drifting happens faster. Fight that spirit that tells you home is far now. Fight it! 

New and Exciting Relationships: Sometimes, you begin to drift when you meet new people who seem to excite you. One of the ways to keep new relationships is by infusing them into the old ones. Let people who knew you in your process meet people who met you in your “success.” You need a balance of the two to stay in the lane of destiny. 

A semblance of success: There are times that the first appearance of success makes people forget. God warned the Israelites to ensure their love and commitment did not wane when they spent their first few years in the promised land. Think this way- if one instruction or counsel helped your life, then what will more instructions do to you? 

Lack of awareness. When a man is ignorant of the weight of destiny connected to certain relationships, he would likely take it for granted. Mordecai was a constant voice for Esther. Esther knew the weight. Lack of awareness makes men miss destiny appointments. Elisha could have just told Elijah that his clothes fell. But he knew it was time to close the distance. 

Are you a lost son? Will find find your way home.

© temilOluwa Ola