Saturday, 9 February 2019

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD

JUST THINKING:
We have heard of people who inherited so much from their parents and we have also heard of people who worked themselves to the top of the ladder by their hard work and tenacity. However, we all have in us the DNA it takes to recreate our world. Some are very bold with what they want to do and others are timid. But, fortune will always favour the bold whether you are born with silver spoon or not.
Esther 4:15‭-‬16 NKJV
says, "Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!”
Esther took the bull by the horn by going against the law of the kingdom to see the king. If the king did not call for you and you showed up, it was death sentence except for the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that will live.
That is what we all should do when we have a vision and a good cause to fight for. If a man loves a woman but he is scared and he delays to tell her, he will regret it if someone else goes to her, tells her he loves her and she eventually agrees to date or court and even marry the other person.
The only way to do it is to just start it. But, many times we become scared of what we want to do that we don't take a step. Other times the fear of the unknown, the capital we need for the business, what people will say and so on, limit and shortchange us. You need to make a lot of sacrifices to achieve your goals and desires. Esther said if I perish, I perish to save her people and herself. She put her life on the line to do that.
Esther 4:14 NKJV says, "For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
We also need to heed to Mordecai's advice to Esther. He told her if she is completely SILENT about it at that point in time, deliverance or help will come from another place but she and her father's household will perish.
So, don't be SILENT, quiet, timid or scared about your vision or else the help that you need will not come. Your boldness to do that thing attracts the help you need to accomplish it. The help might be the finance, people, contacts, platforms and resources. You may not have the money to start up but it will come when you start. One thing I have learnt about boldness is that people with finances may help a person who is crazy and bold about his vision.
Your boldness to start a project speaks a lot about your convictions about it. Facebook, google,  amazon, Uber, Alibaba, Coca-Cola and so on exist today because some people were bold. The worth of those companies today are really minds blowing. Truly, fortune smiles on the bold.

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