By Hon. David Ole Sankok

It is pointless to ask God for direction if you are not willing to move your feet.

Every breakthrough and every success story is the combination of divine power and human effort.

God brought manna to Israel but He didn’t make it fall inside their tents, neither did God pick it up and chew it for them. (Exodus 16),

No amount of praying or fasting could replace Israel’s need for decision-making and decisive action.
Each Israelite had to get up early in the morning, find containers and gather enough manna for the day.

God will never do for you anything that He’s already given you the strength to do.
God wants to bless you financially but you have to getup every morning and work diligently, hard and faithfully.

God wants to bless you with a child but you have to endure the nine long arduous months of pregnancy and labour pain.

God wants to bless you with a virtuous wife or loving husband but you must get out of your mummy/daddy comfort zone,

Sacrifice independence, convenience, comfort and freedom. Open your heart to love and be loved,
Invest time, energy, strength and money in the relationship, lose a few friends and disappoint some family members along the way.

God wants to save you from Corona virus but God won’t put mask on your face neither will God wash your hands.

Just because it is from God doesn’t mean it’s to be easy.

God gave Israel the Promised Land but they had to; Walk through the desert, cross seas and flooded rivers, risk by spying enemy territory, fight and kill for it.

Whatever it is that you’ve been praying for, God might have already said yes, but it won’t fall on your lap without your effort, dedication and action.

After claiming it in prayer you must get up and take it by force.

Birds are born to fly, not with-standing the law of gravity. Fish are born to swim, not with-standing the principle of floatation.

Every child of God is born to win the battles of life, regardless of all obstacles and challenges,
Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world.

No two birds have ever collided in the sky, which means there’s more space for all of them, you don’t need to pull your neighbor down to succeed because there is enough for all of us.

Pulling someone down does not necessarily mean you will go up! Blowing-off someone’s else candle won’t make yours shine more brighter.

There is more than enough resources, time and space for us all to be the best that God wants us to be.

From my childhood I resolved to be the best God wanted me to be and no one would have stood on my way therefore understand me if I had mercilessly swept you out of my God given path/route, even Israelites swept away people standing on their way to the promise land.

Blessings to you all_

(The blog first appeared on the legislator’s Facebook page, he is a nominated MP by Jubilee Party for people living with disability)