You Are The Best

Do you know that you are the best person in the word? Do you know that no one is better than you at all?

Here are reasons why you stand out among everybody else in the world. First and foremost you know what you want. From inception you have had a dream and tailored your thoughts towards a certain direction. You have fully comprehended that which is your purpose and fathomed the goal of your life. Indeed you have come to the realization of your Maker’s desire. You have a goal.

Second you have done all in your capacity to make the dream come true. You have gone to school. You have attended the lessons faithfully. You have taken all the major steps towards the realization of your vision. Congratulations! You have listened carefully to all the instructions given by your instructor and learnt from each mistake you made. You have acted

Last but not least, you have passed on the knowledge acquired to other people. You have been in the forefront to change the community. You have given, because you were given. You have made success become: “Using your talent to elevate the lives of other people." Indeed you have become a source of blessing the people around you. You have done everything to the glory of God and made your activities for Him. You have glorified God.

If you have done these things in whichever field you are involved, then you are ultimately the best. The reason being: No person has the same goal as the other, people do not act on a goal in the same way and not everyone glorifies God in that which they undertake.

I love the story of Dr. Ben Carson who overcame his troubled youth in inner-city Detroit to become a gifted neurosurgeon famous for his work separating of conjoined twins. Dr. Carson who has written the book Think Big, was a 'dummy' and was always at the bottom of his class but the mother encouraged her and he did his best. Within a year he was the best and there was no turning back. Think Big stands for Talent, Honesty, Insight, Nice-being nice to people, Knowledge, Books, In-depth learning and finally God. Do not think and become too big for God. He is the best of the best. 

Therefore when you do something today, think of these steps and you will realize that you are the best in the world. Just as each end every person has unique fingerprints, so do people have unique goals, actions and gratitude. What is yours?

Best Time is Now

I love the words of a chorus we sung in kindergarten. Part of the chorus had the following words: “... and the time to be happy is now and the place to be happy is here and the way to be happy is to make someone happy and to have a little heaven down here”.

These words help me answer the question; When do we give our best? The time for the best is now. The Best time is now. When we do our best we shall be happy and so we cannot wait any longer for happiness if we can get it right now.

As we sat in our high school dormitory 5 years ago, my roommate and I fantasized on the joy that would fill our hearts when we would finish high school and not be ‘tortured’ by the tough exams that would test knowledge learnt as far as four years back. What we did not know was that we had an opportunity to be happy then. We could have simply done our best and we would never be worried. What seemed to be our problem is that we wanted a time when things would be easier and then we would be ‘happy’. We thought that in college we would enjoy life and be happy by relaxing.

Fast-forward to this date, we always laugh that college life is even tougher with research papers and the idea of having to support our arguments in many academic discussions. We have decided that we will not be happy when we finish college and get good jobs. We now make every opportunity the best opportunity and chance to shine. Our slogan is: “If we do not do it now when shall we do it?”

We had interacted with a thief. Described as the one of the most harmless thieves, he has dwelt among our community. The young people have invited him to their colleges, homes, churches and there is no place that is new to him. For those that chose not to associate with him they seem to be doing better than the rest who have entertained him. I am talking about procrastination; the thief of time. If you are hosting the thief right now, its time to call it quits.

At the age of 12, the young boy Jesus had already started his mission to save the world. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Interestingly that step is at the very point where you are standing at that given time. This means therefore that now is the time to give your best. The wisest man who ever lived advises in Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest”

Knowing that all you need is to give your best, and your best being the love of God, you now know when to give your best. The Best time is now.

Your Best is Love of God

I know we have talked of giving our best and leaving the rest to God but what does it mean to give your best. The strictly mathematical viewpoint shows that KNOWLEDGE gives you 96% good results, HARDWORK 98% but ATTITUDE 100% and that is positive attitude of course because NEGATIVE ATTITUDE will give you -98%. This is based on the formula that the alphabetical letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ are represented by the numbers in an ascending order from 1-26 for example A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, and so forth.

Interestingly, LOVE OF GOD will give you 101% which makes you clearly a winner and a conqueror. Are you amazed by this fact?

The Bible in Proverbs 9:10 says ‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.’ In Psalms 111:10 it records ‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures forever.’

One may ask how does fear and love connect? How do they make me achieve the best. Fearing God is keeping His commandments precepts and doing all that He wishes and expects to do. The love comes in when we do these things not by blind reason but because of the Love we have for God.

The best example to have ever shown this is Daniel and the 3 other Hebrew boys. In Daniel 1:8 He purposed in his heart not to defile himself with royal food. In chapter 1:20 Whenever the king asked them about things that required wisdom and insight, he found that they knew ten times more than all the magicians and psychics in his whole kingdom.

Closer home, I find the story senior VP of production at Columbia Pictures; DeVon Franklin; as an example of people who Love God and have got 101% success in their lives. His remarkable journey of faith and purpose to serve God first led him to achieve success. His book ‘Produced by Faith’ talks of how he put God first before his contract. He says that being given his time and day to worship determines whether he takes a job or not. You can follow his stories on different links and be encouraged.

The bottom line remains that the best is fulfilled and accomplished by God’s blessings. God’s blessings are poured down on us when we put Him first last and best in all that we do. Daniel of the Bible and DeVon Franklin provide good examples.

Give Your Best Leave The Rest

"You need to give your best son!" Mum said as I kept complaining about the hard test we had to go through in the national examination. It did not occur to me at that point that all I had to do was give what I had and get the results back. From the experience I got with examinations, I always kept grumbling about not getting good grades and others getting better.

When we pay for a service, we have an expectation. When the expectations are not met, we are often caught up in rage and a few unkind words may reveal our true hidden nature. The reason for this complaint is that we know we deserve a better treating than we have got. We realize that yes! It should have been better and must be better next time.

If you are not contented with your grades, then we have got you. What you receive is not what you paid for. The effort that you give in class and to study is not replicated in your results. You feel that you are under a spell and that you cannot be able to achieve any better. Well that’s not it.

I have realized that when we are not satisfied by the output of our work, it is because we know we can do better. There is a knob that has not yet been turned on. We probably are not operating on the most suitable gear level. That means, Yes! It should have been better and must be better next time.

He or she that gets a low grade in class but does not complain often knows that all the best was done. The student that complains about not getting good grades should restart and find the optimum level of operation. This does not mean that a student will sit and not care about the grades. Even when you sit, your conscience will prick you hard after sometime or in the future and you will accept the bitter truth that you did not give your best.

Giving your best means shelving not that which can be done today, for tomorrow. It means exploring new methods, opening the mind to learning and always willing to accept a change. The student that gives the best and leaves the rest to God is ultimately the best student of the year.