In my course of over 25 years in this world, I find it
difficult to see someone living a perfect life. This account for the reason why
I have chosen to admire the men of God from afar. The moment you get close to
one, the imperfections become glaring. My close relationship with a generality
of youths has shown that drinking, smoking, stealing, lying, weakness for
money, womanizing are peculiar odd sides they always quietly or openly harbour.
Even the ones that seem perfect, will jump at the opportunity of womanizing or
drinking as long as its going down with all expenses paid for.
My close friend told me every youth goes to the church to
pray to God for that financial breakthrough with a hidden agenda to flee from
his presence in sins with the money. I had to think deep to agree with him. How
many youths will stay faithful to their lovers with a monthly salary that spans
into a million Naira? Several youths will lose respect for ladies like the
Nigerian artistes. They will skip the procedural 'toasting' and seek a shortcut
into her pants. How many youths will sleep alone on a Friday night with
millions in their banks accounts?
Yorubas will say the true character of a man is known when he
is financially loaded. How many people will endure insults from lower folks or
keep the same old friends with an elevation in their financial status. Most
youths believe the best way to live before marriage is having a lot of video
vixens at service, an exotic car that makes the elderly people gnash their
teeth in envy, wearing those expensive designer clothes with a perfume that
draws every lady born of a woman. What about living in that mansion, fully
furnished without the supervision of parents or guardians? Having some ‘tush’ and bad friends around and
also hanging out in the VIP sections of prominent club houses.
A life of sins is just a life of vanity. A life of emptiness
that only ensures your vulnerability to the attack of the devil. A life that
denies you of the greater blessings of God. The devil uses all these cheap
antics as baits to attract the children of God to him and destroy their
destinies. Imagine what Joseph the dreamer would have lost if he had slept with
the willing Potiphar’s wife? He would have lost royalty for some few moments of
pleasure that would have destroyed him at its exposure. To be sincere, it’s
hard to resist sin. It seems to be a part of life that we quietly live with. We
as humans now live with the justification that sins are classified into two: 'small
sins' and 'big sins' which is the height of self deceit.
Most youth have become to hypocritical about life. Telling
ourselves lies to help us sleep well at night. The most hurting part of life is
that evil thoughts and inactions are sins too. I have battled with having a
clean heart for so long and it seems to be impossibility. There is always one
sinful desire I suppress at one point or the other.
How many youths are thinking of helping the less-privileged
when they reach the top? How many of us are thinking of helping the churches
where our prayers were answered? How many of us think of remitting cash to our
parents no matter how small at the end of the month just to appreciate them?
Yet we invite those materialistic women in our lives to reap where they didn't sow
I am not a preacher; I don't want to be regarded as one. This
is just me thinking aloud.
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