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Follow your heart, not the trend



If you have lived long enough, you would have observed that from time to time, there is always a new trend. The trend could be in any area of life such as; ministry, business or money making, relationships, family organization, work, and so on. These trends will always come and go after sometime, then a new trend will surface again, and so goes the cycle. 

Interestingly, some trends are good, and some aren’t so good, but as a believer, you should learn to follow your heart and not the trend. The mere fact that it is the trend, and everyone else is participating, even people you trust and highly esteem, doesn’t necessarily mean you also have to. Many have made great losses by following such trends whether in ministry, business or other areas of human endeavor. I will encourage that you always follow the deepest premonition of your heart before you jump on anything. 

You may be doing something that you are well convinced is from your heart, but not getting the expected outcome just yet, I encourage you to stay focused. We live in a time where there is so much distraction, not only is everyone trying to cut down their own tree, people are also looking at how far others have gone in cutting down theirs. The implication is that the energy that you should have funneled into more work in cutting down your own tree is now channeled into looking out for a new trend, and attempting to adopt it. Ultimately, such quest will result in frustration because even when you follow a trend because of how it has worked for others, it may not necessarily work for you in exactly the same way. 

The bible says in Prov. 20:27 the Spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. If you are redeemed, then your spirit is a safe guide, and it holds the guiding light into the fulfillment of your destiny. Just as you cannot drive your own car using someone else’s car headlamp, you cannot rely on the candle of another man’s spirit to guide you into fulfilling your own destiny. I say this with caution knowing that there is absolutely no problem looking to others who have gone ahead of you to learn from them, but as you do so, you must beware of your uniqueness. Bear in mind that something about you is different from others, and so as you learn from others, also learn how to adapt to your uniqueness. 

I may not have lived so long on earth, but I have lived long enough to see various trends come and go, particularly in ministry and money making, and I have also seen those dependent on these trends rise and fall, but the man who follows his heart is on a permanent rise. It is time to change the course of your action by following your heart and not the trend. It may not come easy, but in the end, you will be glad, for this is the path to victory.


Shalom!



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