ThE LEssON oF CoNTEnTMeNt

A contented man cannot be tempted!.... 

I have been chanting this to myself all evening....

*A contented man cannot be tempted!*

This has been my line of thought! 

All major temptations are often a product of a soul that is not contended!

You can give whatever excuse you want to temptation or blame it on what someone else did or didn't do,but somewhere in the middle of all that you have abandoned contentment!

This was a tip of what I have been rolling in my mind!  

Since my arrival at the orientation camp at keffi nasarawa, i have seen a lot of things 

...alot of people....whether I was aware of it or not,my subconscious has processed certain things!

people-behaviour-gestures-language-jokes

The list is endless!

 And soon if I didn't take my time to watch on all that my mind was absorbing by merely just being in this atmosphere,i would gradually shift off base/focus....#maybe not even noticeable at first...but subtly a shift has begin...

My mind is suddenly drawn back home! 

Home in Oracles christain centre too!

Not that am home sick! But a reminder of certain things and obligations i have to my spiritual family and my biological family too!

*you have a purpose!....you have a focus!....you have an oath that binds you to certain things you have committed yourself to!....you have a responsibility! *

*you cannot live like anyone you see here!...

They all have their focus...and you have yours too!!*

I am not against spending when you have the means...or luxurious living when the resources are at your Disposal....

My frequent visit to the expensive mami market to charge my phone has granted me the opportunity to see a lot of luxurious living and spendings by different Corp members...of course we are all from different background and have different standard of living and level of affluence!...

I even have a side bunky who doesn't eat the meals cooked for all Corp members ...(i don't have a problem with this,i am going somewhere,listen!)...she doesn't even use the toilet except for that which you have to pay for at the mami market!...(of course the hygiene of that was much better than the general toilet! God forbid any one gets an infection)....i have another who prefers to have the hausa potters around fetch her bathing water and do her laudry for her!..(pls i don't have issue with any of this,i am just trying to pass something across...listen!)

All these in just the four days of being on camp....

As much as there is nothing wrong with any of this,it is the temptation that i have to defeat in my mind that prompt me to write this...

*i have had a vision before coming here! I have a budget to meet! Things i needed to get!...i have a focus!*....

I can't loosen up and spend like these people!

I have an obligation to my spiritual family!

I can't afford the luxurious living of these people! 

I have certain goals that the cash of luxury would severely cripple!

I have a vision that coping others standard of living would veil!

 I must slow down to remind myself of that gentle beloved word called *CONTENTMENT*

• I AM CONTENT TO DO MY WASHING IF IT WILL SAVE EXTRA 100 NAIRN FOR MY GOAL! 
• I AM CONTENT TO EAT THE GENERAL FOOD IF THE COST OF BUYING AT MAMI MARKET IS DEATH TO MY VISION 
• I AM CONTENT TO FETCH MY WATER IF THE COST OF IT WILL BURROW INTO MY BUDGET
• I AM CONTENT WITH WHO I AM AND ALL THAT I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH EVEN IF IT SEEM LIKE NOTHING BESIDE ANOTHER PERSONS!

In contentment....you cannot be tempted!..

Does scripture not say that Godliness with contentment is of great GAIN!!