We can all remember the story of Jumoke Orisaguna, a breads seller who hit gold by becoming a breadwinner. While she was hawking her breads, fate allowed her to walk passed along the area a team of modeling experts were taking some photo shots. By chance the lense of their camera captured this bread seller, known as Jumoke Orisaguna. The team saw in her, a beauty to use for their modelling. She was searched for some days later and she was signed as a brand name for some companies, even as an illiterate. The fame of Jumoke Orisaguna today can't be quantified. The lady worths millions of naira in term of asset. This was a hawker of breads in just January, 2016 and in February, 2016 God changed her garment of dishonour to a garment of honour. This is what God can do.
You that still believe in your degrees, remember that when God wants to help you, your degrees are worthless. I am not saying that education is not good, don't misquote me. I am only talking about divine favour or divine help. Even with this favour I am writing about, it doesn't means that one should fold his or her arms, expecting miracles to come without working. This is out of point. Jumoke Orisaguna didn't say she wouldn't work, it was in the process of hawking breads, though in a stressful condition, God sent her helper to her. Be the best at what you do for your helper to come.
How are you treating human beings? Do you treat people with disdain? Your attitude is always who is he? Who is she? A common bricklayer! a common shoemaker! You always say. If this is your attitude towards people, then you are still operating in the past. Hmmmmm! Yoruba adage says, A bi ni lode aje ko ni ka dolowo, eni ti a bi ni isale osi n doloro. Meaning (that you were born into a rich family doesn't make you a rich man, a man given birth in a poor family can becomes rich). The house built by a rich man of yesterday, was purchased by the son of a poor man of yesterday (Ile tolowo ana ko, omo olosi ana lo ra). It's an elder's word, let's learn from this.
Some have more than enough, but for them to give out to the needy they are tight fisted. Hmmmmm! Let's learn from Uruguay president, Mr Jose Mujica who as a president of a country humbled himself to the point of living like an ordinary person to make his country great through his using a volkswagon beetle car. You are custodians of these earthly items, one day you leave them. God has given you, give to others or have you forgotten the adage that says givers never lack? Even with your riches, you are poor in given, then you are lacking in spiritual wealths because you don't give. Try to give today and you won't lack again in your life .
As from today let's change our attitudes towards people. That we are in a place of honour today doesn't means we should use our position to ride on the back of people as horses. God can still turn the table for better for those people you are riding on their backs as He did in the case of Jumoke Orisaguna. Remember God says He will show mercy unto whom He will show mercy. It's not by power, it's through His grace. May grace work in the place of labour for us. Amen.
Perhaps some people Jumoke Orisaguna was selling breads to then would ridiculed her by using her situation to molest her, these people by now must have learnt their lessons in a hard way. What is our problem?(kin la n ba ka?) Are you rich today? You are controlling a lot of cars? Try to leave the fleet of cars in your garage and take a walk of life on foot. Let's see life from another angle, please.
In my days on earth, I have seen Prince who became a slave, not that they told me, I saw him. In my few years on earth, I have seen a slave who became a rich fellow. No one told me, I witnessed this. Let us know that God is in heaven doing whatsoever He likes. Whatever we have, God has given us to be a custodian of it. It's incumbent upon us to use it to help others in need.
My prayer for us is that God will make out of us wonders of His greatness that will marvel the whole world.
May we learn to learn!!! Happy weekend. God bless us.
