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ISSUE TWO | SEPT/OCT

GOD IS REAL. The system that
the world designed has very
deliberately avoided embracing
God in all that it does and says.
Why? They don’t want you to make
Him your everything because it
makes you easier to control, more
predictable, easier to deceive
if you don’t believe. Trust me,
walking with God will cause major
deviations and shifts from their
own plans and schemes. God is
the Master Creator of rebels for
His cause.
God’s Blessing. Toil or Tend Let me explain. Over time,
mankind has been subjected to a
BY: CHIOMA PHILLIPS certain type of educational system
and process of socialization. At
the end of the day, what these are
The sum-total of man’s existence conformist model. Conform to
designed to do for you is threefold:
is not restricted to one level of set education, work and living
1. Shape your thinking and
expression alone - and you know standards, or else forfeit whatever
reasoning so as to influence your
that. Why then persist in squashing benefits are gained due to said
what God created as limitless conformity. Yet, God designed no decision-making;
potential into boxes, labels and man to be slave to another. That’s 2. Define your sense of morality
(right and wrong, good and evil);
stereotypes? Take the example of why certain kinds of confinement
3. Integrate you into a systemic
the workplace, the real issue is the are not forced on you, particularly
pattern of behavior, scheduled by
structure of the system of work in more liberal environments.
itself and its unfortunate saddening Instead they use enticements specific milestones under specific
and deadening rigidity, which that appeal to your sensibilities. governing structures.
is confining, like a grave which In other environments where they
That’s why you can find so many
offers no escape. Which is funny don’t have to pretend to be so nice,
people who went through the same
because, most of the businesses they simply force you to do what
so governed, began through they want and either compensate system all having a particular way
moments of inspiration and liberty you or not. of thinking. It influences where
they shop, what they like to wear,
of expresion. So, what happened Without a higher purpose to drive
what music they like, cars they
to that freedom? Someone decided you, everything soon becomes
would prefer to buy. Even the
to safeguard the creation without tedium and monotony. I am talking
giving due credence to the need to about God’s purpose for your mavericks amongst them are
preserve liberty. This is what sets life as being the only thing that predicted, anticipated and catered
for. So if everyone is happy with
employers against employees drives you. With God’s purpose
bright colors, they anticipate a
and makes employees go through at the core of what you’re doing,
certain percentage will prefer to
an unnecessary amount of inner even circumstances that make
turmoil. other people cringe, can be like stand out from the crowd and
The creation of unnatural heaven to you, or vice versa, but choose dark colors.
For many countries which were
environments that try to coerce in the cringe-worthy environment
colonized, their own particular form
independent, limitless people you learn new depths in God as
of indoctrination was designed to
into staying and complying, using He becomes your true compass
either the carrot of salaries and and measure in all things. Why? ensure that the people in those
benefits or the stick - the threat of Because you’re right where He countries believed that the
colonizers were far superior in
their loss. has placed you, for the time or
appearance, diet, attire, intellect,
Man is not a donkey, man was season He has chosen and for the
technology, lifestyle etc. This was
not created as a beast of burden. express purpose that He placed in
In case you’re an employee and you to accomplish. It’s when you infused insidiously even into
you’re struggling to find a fit - it’s begin to trade this holy purpose religious training, thereby providing
the colonized nations with a
not necessary to conform to what’s for money, benefits and praise that
particularly skewed perspective of
on the ground. There is a very you begin to lose out the most.
Jesus and God as a Whole. It was
good reason for this. Afrika, and Here’s what the world continually
the rest of the world, were sold a tries to prevent you from believing. a perfectly designed distortion
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