‘Dying daily to multiply

By Lanre Oyetade

Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat falls unto the ground and dies, it abideth alone; but if it dies, it bringeth forth much fruit.- The ‘Master’ in John 12:24

For the avoidance of doubt, we refer to ‘dying’ here as the process in which you give of yourself, through hard and smart work, study, self-denial, giving and meditation etc in order to live an exceptional life. The returns from this ‘dying’ process are so high that it is yet inexplicable. It is a mystery engendering from God’s statement that out of a man’s sweat he would eat.

The Master’s example
Christ laid down the example when He died so that He would multiply the kingdom of His Father; so that he wouldn’t be the only one qualified to be the Son of God.

But the kind of ‘death’ we need to ‘die’ to multiply our cause no longer has to be a terminal one but rather one of giving of ourselves, our resources, our time and our very lives to the cause of multiplying in our calling on earth.

But yet many individuals go through life not being ready to give this much; some of them are not even aware of this need and yet they are all around the few that have such knowledge, and are ready to make such necessary commitment – the necessary ‘dying’ to attain their cause and purpose on Mother Earth.

Mere witnesses
They are called witnesses, mere spectators. They are here as on-lookers; to watch, comment and marvel at the achievements of those that are ready to ‘bear their cross and earn the crown’. They may come in the form of friends, family members, colleagues or even enemies. They are simply not prepared to apply the process as you are doing. Worse still, they may not even know of the process. They fail to realise that there is always a cause-and-effect linkage in all life processes; that the effect cannot be divorced from the cause. Some of them may yield when you try to affect their lives for the better by telling them about the fundamentals but most of them would rather prefer you ‘give them the fish rather than teach them to fish’. They are called to witness only.

Nothing marvelous, nothing supernatural
Such people would keep marvelling at what is taking place in your life and regard you as an outstanding human being. They fail to realise that whatever is happening in your life can readily be replicated in theirs if only they are ready to give of themselves, to ‘die’ now in order to live abundantly soon. They fail to realise that the road one man has travelled is still available for other to tread, for mind is like mind.

My advice to you is that you is that you render the most assistance you can to such people that will not hurt you and then move on.

Affect yourself first
Furthermore, remember you will only be able to affect lives positively if you affect yours positively first. So daily renew your mind, your efforts and your deeds by reading good books, listening to good motivational tapes, taking resolute action and determining to give it just about all it takes to attain your goals, legitimately. Commit yourself to a calling that will outlive you.

Find your purpose in life by putting purpose in all you do. Make the very best of your life for that is indeed all you have got!

Till next Sunday when we meet again, stay inspired and be ready to give of yourself, of your time and of your resources; be ready to ‘die’ daily to live and multiply eternally. Do you get my gist?
Cheers!

There indeed is a need to ‘die’ daily so as to live eternally- Lanre Oyetade