It is impossible to have courage without fear. If we don't have any fear, we're not living in faith. Faith always demands that we do something we know we cannot do on our own, and this challenge often causes us to fear at first. Fear, however, is a positive thing when it gives birth to courage. Let your courage come to life as you trust God. Jesus loves us to do the impossible because the impossible is always possible with God!
Dr Myles Munroe
(The Power of Vision)
Once the faith is born to rise up to the challenge, we have to be prepared to face the fears. We cannot run away from that. Read of any social change activist, they all had their special fears to overcome, daily.
Seeing Jacobu in the eyes of faith brings with it myriad of fears of everything imaginable - from that of family witches, enemies who portray as friends, that of our past ( how bad our record has been), fear of poverty, and most of all, that of failing.
But for how long shall we let fear rule the land God gave to us? Yes I know your fears are legitimate, but I also know that they are all part of the enemy's plot to have us enslaved in lack, depravation, poverty, and in the dust age. God forbid that these evils will rule when holy generation like us live.
Who have the prophecy? Isn't the promise to the youth, that it is our call to raise the ruins? That the rebuilding of the wall is our duty? And that Jesus commands us not to fear? I am all out to face whatever the challenge, come what may.
The Jacobu Youth Association has taught me one thing among several that I will forever cherish; Once you start to run your errand, your detractors will be the first to 'advise' you. Believe me they mean everything they say. They are sure you cannot succeed. But the trouble is, it is they who are sure of your failure, YOU must insist on your success! And you shall succeed, And prosper!
Fears are almost a legitimate part of us. They come to test how far we can be courageous. It instills the discipline in the person who is bent on succeeding; it empowers one to be the very best s/he can be. And fear brings out the God in you! How else shall we measure your faith?
Come to Jacobu, your homeland. The so-called witches are no longer potent. Poverty is becoming a thing of the past. The dust is fading away, giving way for tarred roads and streets. The dilapidated structures are crumbling, come let us plan new edifices to serve our future.
I declare you FEAR-. Come let us uplift the standards of living here in Jacobu - The City On The Hill.
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