There are actually books and there are books. There are books you will read that for years to come, you will not actually easily forget due to the impact they created in your life. Trust me, today I want to share with us one of the powerful book I read many months ago that still touched me and create a lasting impact in my life.
Growing up, I have try to attend to meetings and even listened to a lot of teachings that talk about success, that talks about destiny and generally greatness in life. But the issue is even though we read about them, we still lack the practical ways to achieve it and it is actually looking like we are reading about something but we are not really manifesting it which is terrible.
The first thing that the book started with is to help us rediscover the forgotten secret. We are living in a world whereby the generation is quite so obsessed with so much platforms and we misinterpreted it as service but it is not always so. One of the major thing that the author said at the begining of the book that really touched me was the fact that service should not be seen as an act of punishment but a strategy for increase.
That is a powerful statement for me bevasue I grew up in an environment whereby a whole lot of people are actually seeing service whether in the house of the Lord or much more as a punishment whereas it should not be so, it is for increase. The more we serve, the more we are likely to receive much more. Not only that, the book also addressed an issue whereby it is looking like those who are serving are forgotten. They are not really forgotten, they are not just celebrated enough.
The book opened my eyes to see that one of the major ways that will determine your promotion in this life most especially towards greatness is when you are actually willing to serve and lead. God most of the time rewards faithfulness most especially when it is done in secret and then he rewards it and honour it in public. The author backed it up with what the Bible said in Luke 16:10 that he who is faithful in little, much more will be committed to him.
I love the fact that the author backed what he was saying with biblical examples like Joseph, like David, like Esther and many more. He even mentioned examples of great men and to see that no great men actually jump to greatness without service. When you are able to make an impact in the Shadow, that means you are overcoming the test of Faithfulness that a whole lot of people always fail.
Not only that, one of the things that the book taught me is the fact that our service should be not be based on applause, if we are doing it like that, that means we are just performing not serving. Serving means even when people appreciate you or not, you are still committed to that work and duty you are serving. Trust me, that is one for the most difficult thing every servant or subordinate faced and that is what the book address. This helps to reshape my mindset about service generally.
Another important theme that the book taught and opened my eyes to see is the fact that service will help to shape one. I begin to see service as a training ground that will shape a whole lot of things in me. When I give myself willingly to service, it will help to build my character, and even help to change my mindset about wrong things I have. These are some of the things I was really able to pick from the book that was eye opener.
The last aspect of service the book address which also help me was the fact that I should see service as honour. Most people just service people or organisation but did not really understand honour about how things actually work. They just serve because it seems they forced them to serve which should not be so. Service should actually shape and reorder you to make things right. It should come willingly.
For me, this book really changes me and reorder what I have faced actually when it comes to service. This book also opened my eyes to see why I need to pay attention to service. Service should not be something I take for levity. It should be something I hold high esteem. I finished reading that book I have share with you today and trust me, it has shaped me to understand much more better how service works and to see it from the right mindset.