Evangelist Gospel Agochukwu, the leader of Shekina Gospel Church is one of the popular young ministers of God in Nigeria. In one of his recent messages, he reveals things we should do to turn your reproach to testimonies. He revealed that Jephthah was mocked because of his funny background. He was mocked, disgraced and pushed out of his father’s house.
According to him, Jephthah was supposed to live in depression in the natural but instead he applied certain principles that gave him a turnaround. These principles can also turn you reproach into testimonies.They are:
1. Don’t fight to stay where you are not accepted.
According to the man of God, you should not stay where you a tolerated but where you are celebrated. Jephthah could have fought back a man of valour but he chose to leave since he was not accepted. If you want your impact to be felt, go to where you are celebrated. It is time to ask yourself if you are in the right place. Paul wanted to preach to the Jews but was not accepted and he moved to the Gentiles. If Paul had not moved to the Gentiles, nobody would have known him. Anytime people reject you, it means there is a place for you.
2. Develop yourself.
He revealed that Jephthah chose to develop himself after he had been rejected. Utilize your time to build your capacity to face the challenges of life. In the process of time, Jephthah was strong and better by self development that made him return as a captain. If all he did was to murmur and wallow in self pity, he would have ended as nothing. Develop yourself with the time you have now to make something meaningful out of the next opportunity. In whatever situation you find yourself, don’t waste your time doing nothing. If you have nothing to offer, reproach will continue.
3. Accept Challenges.
According to him, Jephthah accepted the challenge to fight the people of Ammon. It is time to accept challenges. Now is the time to face that challenge confronting you. People called successful are those who have taken the responsibility of facing their challenge. Until the orange is squeezed, the juice will can’t come out. If there be any situation giving you pressure, face it. Until you apply pressure on yourself, you can never be successful. This is the mentality of those that will overcome the reproach of their life. If you want to win, have a mentality that it is possible; it can be done.
4 Acknowledge the God Factor.
He claimed that there is a limit the energy of the flesh can carry you. Prevailing over reproach is beyond strength, expertise and skills. Reproaches in most cases are spiritual. It will only take the supernatural power of God to overcome them. There are people that don’t know what favour is in their life. There are people who know those in authority yet they never remember them for anything good. There are beautiful sisters yet no suitor.
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