THE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS ARE NOT DIFFICULT
THE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS ARE NOT DIFFICULT
BY OLAKUNLE ORIMAYE PAUL
A KINGDOM INSPIRATIONAL WRITER AND A PROSPECTIVE AUTHOR
“At the root of every failure is ignorance, and
behind every true success is a fact known” — Olakunle Orimaye Paul
“And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and
wept over it, saying, if thou hadst known, even thou, at least in thy day, the
thing which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes.” —Luke.
19:40—41.
Bayo: hey, Kingsley, what’s up, how was your result?
Kingsley: hmm… fine, I thank God (with a gloomy
face).
Bayo: glory to God! Just checked mine. And to the
glory of God, it was all excellent.
Kingsley : Wow! That’s good. You are a guru now so
less is not expected of you.
Bayo: (smiles) it’s God’s grace o. But, Kingsley
what’s wrong? Your face looks gloomy. This is not the Kingsley I used to know.
C’mon what’s wrong?
Kingsley: Bayo, I must be sincere with you, my results were averagely good actually, but
I’m not happy with the result of one of the courses we took. You can’t believe,I failed
TMT 512. I’m taking the course again next year.
Bayo: oh!My goodness. You don’t mean it?
Kingsley : I’m quite serious o. It’s really painful
Bayo: oh, really really painful. But how?
Kingsley : remember, I told you the day we wrote the
paper that I couldn’t answer greater part of the questions.
Bayo: oh yeah.. That’s true. But why?
Kingsley: you are asking why? They were too
difficult of course. Oh, they were not difficult for you anyways. So, you may
not know how it feels.
Bayo: oh no Kingsley. You are getting me wrong. I
actually feel your pain. But, I want to correct that statement of yours, “the
questions were too difficult”. You see the truth is, THE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
WERE NOT DIFFICULT.
Kingsley : how were they not difficult Ehn? Okay,
explain your argument.
Bayo: thanks God bless you. You see….
“you don’t fail an exam just because it is
difficult; you fail because you don’t have the facts that can make for success.”
— Bishop Oyedepo.
Beloved reader, one fundamental truth I’ve come to
discover about life which I also aim to establish in your mind is that failure
is not destiny, neither is success. Many have erroneously
thought that their background, upbringing, irresponsible parents, poverty, etc
is what is responsible for their failure. People try to give all kinds of
excuses just to justify their inability to succeed. But no matter how genuine
an excuse is, it can never positively alter the result. Failure is not a result
of your background, your course of study, your economic status, etc. History is
replete with countless numbers of people who out of herculean challenges and
poor backgrounds rose to become successful. We celebrate many of them today. Your
success in life has nothing to do with your race, color and origin. in case you don't know,
Ben Carson was once a dullard.
Michael Faraday was just an ordinary worker in the laboratory.
Benjamin Franklin was an apprentice in a printing shop.
Thomas Edison was a news boy on trains.
John D Rockefeller started job at $6 per week.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.
Julius Ceaser was epileptic.
Napoleon Hill once stood 46th in his class at the military academy.
Plato was a hunch back.
And, even the lord Jesus Christ - the savior of the world - was a carpenter by profession before he began his ministry
What then
causes failure? Failure is a result of ignorance. Ignorance of what?
Ignorance of the right answers to life’important questions. Everyone born into
this world will pass through one or two challenges. So, challenges are never an
excuse for failure. What makes a student to fail is not the difficulty of the
questions; rather, it is the student’s inability to provide the necessary
answers and facts to the questions of the examination. The difficulty of the
exam questions as interpreted by the student is a function of his inability to provide
the necessary facts. In every exam,
there’s a possibility of 100%(success) and there’s also a possibility of 0% (failure). Whatever the students get depends on their ability to provide the necessary
facts to the questions asked. That’s what makes the difference between a
successful student and one who fails. What I’m saying in essence is that, the
examination questions are not difficult in themselves; their difficulty is
subjective and not objective. That is, it is reflective of our inability to
provide the adequate answers to them. Agreed, there are some questions that
tend to defile all solutions. However, I still maintain the fact that when one
who knows the answer faces the questions, they will not be difficult but very
easy.
My dear reader, this is also applicable to life. In
life, there’s success and there’s failure. No one is born to fail. We are born
to decide our destinies. Your choices, decisions, and the knowledge you have determines if you
will fail or succeed. So, how informed you are (with the necessary facts)
determines how successful you become. You see there are some crucial questions
(just like an exam) you must answer in life if you must live a successful life
here and after this life. How well informed you are in answering the questions
determines your lot in life. And so, if that’s the case? What are the questions
you mus answer in life adequately to live a fulfilled life and to fulfill God’s
purpose for your life?
1. DO
YOU KNOW GOD.
You see, my dear reader, you need to know God. It’s
not a religious matter (I’ve always emphasized), it’s the real matter. The
scriptures says, “they that do know their God shall be strong, and shall do
exploits”. Dan. 11:32. This is a question you must answer affirmatively if you
really want to fulfill destiny. Knowing God is the key to life. Life becomes
useless if you don’t know God. Many think that by merely going to church or
affiliating with one religious organization or the other is equivalent to their
knowing God. No sir! There are many church goers even ministers who know
nothing about the God they profess to have.
It’s good, I mean, very good to be educated, but I
tell you, your education cannot make up for the consequence of not knowing God.
Life is spiritual. If you must excel in this life, you have to be spiritually
inclined by knowing God personally and experientially. Many today who profess
to know God have their lifestyles contradicting what they claim to have.
The
first step to take in knowing God is to give your life in total surrender to
his son Jesus Christ. He came to this world to die for you because he loves you
and does not want you to perish forever in hell. He has great plans for your
life, and he wants to make a meaning out of your life. Brother/sister, if you
realize that your ways and manner of life are not right with God, it’s better
you amend your ways now. You don’t need to deceive yourself if you don’t know
God or if you have wandered away from him. If you know you are still living in
sins and unrighteousness why can’t just go to him and surrender yourself. He
will save you. And, not only that, he will give you life and add meaning to your
existence.
Having done that, then you need to begin to seek
God. Only the God seekers can gain command over their destines in life. The
psalmist says, “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for
God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” — Psalms 42:1-2.
He already had a relationship with God but he wanted to know more. Listen, if
life asks you how much of God you know, what is going to be your response.
Remember, only those that do know their God can do exploits in their generation.
Please, I beseech you to pay the price to know God. Men don’t just fulfill
destiny. You must know God.
2. WHO
ARE YOU?
This is a question that life will continually ask
you as you grow up. Do you know that many people today are living a frustrated
life, not really because of the devil, but because they don’t know who they are.
This is a question of identity. If you cannot find answer to this, one’s life
can be so much frustrating because life will continually demand answer from
you. You must be able to identify yourself before the people of the world. Your
relevance and significance in life is tied to the discovery of who you are. It’s a
pity that many pass through life enduringly without knowing who they are. In
fact, some have even attempted suicide because they feel life is meaningless. You
must know who you are if you want to fulfill destiny.
Joseph was recommended to Pharaoh because they know
who he was —he could interpret dreams. That was the basis of his recommendation
which consequently led to his elevation to the throne. Jesus once asked his
disciples, “who do men say I am?” none of them really knew whom Jesus was
except Peter who responded, “thou art Christ, the son of the living God”. And
that was it! He got it right. Please know who you are. You are not the same
with everyone else. You are unique and different. Interestingly, your difference
is what makes you relevant. And like a man of God said, “if you are not
different, you are not needed”.
How then can you discover who you are? Firstly, you
need to know where you are from. I’m not talking of your ethnic origin or
nationality. No! I’m talking of your creative origin. You are from God! The
creator of heaven and earth. He created you from himself with a mandate. What’s
the mandate? To dominate and establish his kingdom here on earth. If you have
given your life to him, you have become his child. You are a child of God. You
possess in you the very life of God himself. And, with that, you can fulfill the
purpose for which he has created you? How then can you successfully fulfill your
mandate given by God? And how can you establish his kingdom here on earth? The
next two questions will provide answer to that and will give you more
enlightenment on your identity. You will get to discover who you really are.
3. WHY
ARE YOU HERE
“the greatest tragedy is not death. It is a life
without purpose”, said Myles Munroe. Have you ever asked yourself why exactly
you are here on earth? Or do you think you are just here to go to school,
marry, give birth, get a job, retire and die? Life is more than that dear
reader. Your purpose in life is greater than just to be existing. God created
you for a specific reason. He wants you to fulfill a certain assignment on
earth. He is not a water of resources. He would never have brought you into
existence if he knew you were not needed. He saw a problem, and he created you
to solve it. Identifying this problem is a great pointer to who you really are
and why you are here. For instance, what I’m doing now is solving a problem.
These destiny changing secrets as revealed to me by God, and which I’m sharing
your with you is a kind of providing solutions to problems. Find the problem
you are created to solve. You are not here just for the fun of it. No! You are
here for an urgent reason. Your success in life is forever tied to the
fulfillment of your purpose. It’s not about your money. Many have money but
their lives have no meaning. What’s now the essence?
Please, pay the price to seek the face of God so
that you can discover why you are here. The greatest discovery is not
scientific discovery but the discovery of purpose. Your life, destiny and
success is tied to it. It really pains me when I see young people like myself
wasting away their precious lives. Many ladies have forfeited their glorious
destinies on the alter of immorality. Men young men have lost their lives due
to unguided crave for money and sex. Many have gone into various kinds of
occult covenants. What a pity! If they really know who they are and why they
are here, they won’t live to waste their lives like that. It’s my prayer that
God will help you to be able to identify yourself and to discover your purpose.
For more enlightenment on purpose discovery, you can read some other articles here
on this site or kindly message me on whatsapp (08100624957).
4. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
This is a question of potentials. What do you have
the ability to do? This is a very crucial question that life will ask you. “the
gift of a man makes room for him”, says the Holy Scriptures. Your relevance and
uplifting in life is tied to your contribution towards the betterment of
humanity. What can you contribute to your generation ? What can
people come to you for? These are the things that make some people extremely
outstanding while others are dying in mediocrity. Look within yourself, what
are those things you can do naturally. God has blessed each and everyone of us
with one talent or the other. Discovering them is a vital key to knowing who
you are. What you can do is what makes chance for you in the room of success.
Remember, David was recommended to King Saul on the basis of what he could do —
he could play harp.
Instead of just playing around or wasting your time,
discover what you can do, and develop it. If you have found any skill or talent
in your life, why can’t you take responsibility for it? Develop it and deploy
it to the world.
5. WHERE
ARE YOU GOING?
This is question of destiny. Your identity, purpose
and potentials determines your earthly destiny. But your relationship with God
determines your after – life destiny. Where do you see yourself in the next 20
years if Jesus tarries? What do you see yourself become? This is the key to
your destiny. Where you will be tomorrow depends on what you are doing today.
Are you doing anything meaningful with your life? Have you discovered your
purpose? Do you have any skill or talent which you are ready to develop and
cultivate? How much are you investing in the building of your relationship with
God? In fact, how much do you love God? These questions all determine where you
will get to in life and where you are spending your eternity after life. If you
don’t have a sound quality relationship with God, one’s destiny after life is terrible.
It is an hell of suffering. But if your ways are right with God now, there is
hope of heaven for you after this life.
Also, if you have known your purpose, and you
already know who you are and what you can do, your success in this life is
inevitable.
My dear reader, these and many other questions are
what you will need to provide answers to if you must be successful here and
eternally. Remember, it is those who like Kingsley, are ignorant of the facts necessary
for these life questions, that will conclude that life is difficult. life
is actually not difficult. That’s why I said, at the root of every failure there’s an
ignorance, and behind every success, there’s a fact known. Do not be ignorant
of the answers of life examination questions. Be informed. Know God. Study his
word. Read good books to acquire quality information. Also, read articles like
this because they prepare you for destiny. I pray you will not be a failure in
life in Jesus name.
Kingskey: hmm… Bayo, thanks so much for your
enlightenment. I’m so grateful.
Bayo: Thanks be to God kingsley. You are very much
welcome.
Kingsley: thank you so much. Now, I know that
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS ARE REALLY NOT DIFFICULT Just that I was ignorant of the
answers. Now, I chose to go for relevant knowledge and quality information.
I WRITE. I TEACH. I INSPIRE.
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