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Just like a soldier, going to battle, Garrett himself with every armor needed for battle and for winning. So believers must guard themselves with the gospel of peace, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. Join apostle Emmanuel as he teaches God's word to equip you for a victorious life on earth. This is believers equip. Building anything substantial takes time. You cannot microwave a great destiny. You cannot rush the growth of an oak tree. You cannot shortcut the process of becoming a master in your field. You cannot shortcut the process of building wealth that lasts. You cannot shortcut the process of developing a ministry with depth and impact of establishing influence that shapes nations.

These things don't have a shortcut. All of these things requires time, years, sometimes decades of consistency, decades of faithful labor to build. Building anything substantial takes time. Building anything relevant takes time. Influence that shapes nations takes time. You will not arrive at destiny overnight. There is a process of building, and that building often takes time. Understanding this is the reason why the wisest thing you can do for yourself right now as a young man or woman is to start building. The wisest thing you can do right now as a young man or woman is to start building. Because you know that building anything takes time.

The wisest thing you can do is to start building. I was listening to an interview of one of the most successful people on YouTube who create content on technology. And as I... When he was being interviewed, he was just 25 years old, 24, 25 years old. And at 24 years old, had over 12,000,000 followers, 12,000,000 subscribers on YouTube. With every single technology video that he puts out eating nothing less than 2,000,000 views on every single video. In other words, on YouTube alone, that is on other platforms millions as well. In In other words, nothing less than 2,000,000 people go to him to make choices on what to buy. So whenever a new product comes out, this guy would take the product and give his opinion on the product and millions of people around the world, celebrities alike, would tune to his channel before buying any product because they want to hear his opinion. Would he say that this thing is good or it is bad?

So much so, huge companies like Apple, like Ogle, hold him in high regard because they know that his opinion matters. And millions of people that they hope to sell to listen to him before making any purchase. They know they would send their products to him before their product is even released to the public. And the guy is just 24 years old. And you know, I am intrigued. Other than that, anyways, it's not a recent interview. Now he's older, other than that. So I'm intrigued at young people doing great things. And so I wanted to know his story. So we started talking more about him.

He was asked, how do you deal with the fact that most people think that you're too young to have that much power? Let me give you an idea how much power he has. A product came out. It was meant to be an artificial intelligence product. People might know the product. A few people if you are inclined technology wise or you are up to date with technology. A product came out some years ago, some time ago, during that time of that interview. In fact, it was even what happened to the product that led to the interview. Product, they had generated hundreds of millions of dollars in investment capital before releasing that product. So a lot of people, a lot of stakeholders, a lot of people had bought shares because they believed so much.

It was when the GPT came out and everybody was celebrating the advent of artificial intelligence. Is that not so? So everybody was building their own AI product. So this product came out and was meant to be, you know, like a personal assistant that you just put somewhere in your chest and speaks to you and blah blah blah. A lot of people bought into the idea. And when this guy gave his review, made a video about it. He didn't like the product and he mentioned so many disadvantages and so many places where they did not think before making that product. And overnight, their stocks went down, crashed instantly because one man released a video. Investors pulled out, stocks declined, and in less than two weeks, the company crashed. Packed out of market.

So a lot of people were blaming him and, you know, he was trending on all over social media saying that you have to be responsible. This is a start up. You have to be responsible over your opinion. And the guy was asking, should I then lie? So he was granting... A lot of people wanted to hear his opinion. How do you feel having this much power that so many people listen to what you say and then make decisions off of what you say and being so young? And the guy said, well, I've been reviewing tech. At that time, he was was... This is 24.

I've been reviewing tech since I was 13 years old. Matter of words, I've been making tech videos on YouTube since I was 10 years old, and I've been doing so consistently up until now. How many years is that? Eleven years? He didn't ask the interviewer a question. He said, if a man has been doing something for eleven years, is he young? That question intrigued me because it's true. He's young in age. But if you have the advantage of being consistent over a pain for eleven years, eleven years of experience in anything, you have been mastering that thing. Do you understand what I'm saying?

If you're ten years in ministry, I'm not young. What is the advantage this young man has that can make a 24 year old man be boasting that I have eleven years of experience? Is that he started early. Early. Which is why I said, if you understand that building anything substantial takes time, the wisest thing to do is to start building early. Say it with me. The wisest thing to do is to start building early. Starting early is the highest form of wisdom, and it leads to one of the greatest reward in scripture, early satisfaction. Because the bible says, satisfy us early. You cannot possibly hope to be satisfied early doing the things that make for early satisfactions late.

You see, there's foolishness in that plan. To start building early is to be satisfied early. It is to enter into your future and not scrambling to start from scratch, not envying others, not carrying the shame of wasted years, but walking in the fullness of what you planted now. Proverbs chapter 10 verse four, the bible says, he who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. You see diligence is not just working hard. Diligence is working hard consistently over time. It is starting when others are sleeping. It is continuing when others have given up. It is staying faithful even when the results are not yet visible. That is diligence.

So when the bible says the diligent hand makes rich, it's not because he works harder in one day. It is because he works faithfully over many days, over many months, over many years until the compound effect of time and effort produces wealth that cannot be shaken. Hence, the reason why the bible says the diligent hand makes rich. It's not just something you just do one day and say, oh, I had a stressful day. I worked hard. And then tomorrow, take a long break and sleep as hard as you walked yesterday. People like that. You walk six hours, you sleep your house. Then you come the next day and then walk three hours and sleep six hours. Then you multiply how long you walk and sleep times two of it.

There is wisdom in building early. There's wisdom in starting holy. What are the things we should start holy? It is wisdom in loving God holy. In fact, this is the foundation of everything. Matthew chapter six and verse 33. The bible says about seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. When you love God early, when you make him the center of your life in your youth, when you give him the best years of your life, instead of your leftovers, you position yourself under the canopy of his favor, under the canopy of his wisdom, his provision, and divine orchestration even. And what is the reward of loving God early? You get to avoid the trap that destroy others later in life.

You receive divine wisdom that causes you to prosper where your peers are filling. You are guided into opportunities that money cannot buy. You are protected from the schemes of the enemy. You build life on the rock. And when the storms of life come and they will come, what you have built will not fail. What you have built will not fall because it is founded on the solid rock. Psalms chapter one from verse one to verse three, The bible says, it shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water. Talking about the man that delights in the love of the Lord. That brings forth its fruit in season. Whose leaf shall not wither on whatever he does shall prosper.

That is the reward of loving God early. Unshakable fruitfulness, sustained blessing, whatever it does prospers, prosperity in everything that you touch. The wisdom is to start now. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be handed onto you. Start now. Start now. Understand what it means to seek God now. Understand what it means to give God your all now. Understand what it means to pursue now. Song is, as the day pants for the waters, so my soul pants for you.

Let this be your experience very early in life. Let it be your experience very early in life. That scripture that says, remember the Lord your God in the days of your youth. That scripture that says, seek the Lord whilst he may be found. It is wisdom to begin your life on this note. The bible says in the beginning, God. It is wisdom to understand that the beginning of your life must be God. Don't try to start learning God late in life. There are many things that will be difficult for you to learn at that time. That's the reason why I don't argue with elderly people when it comes to matter of scripture or doctrine.

So difficult to change those people except by the holy ghost and is convicting anacuzzle. Otherwise, it's a failed journey. What you would do to someone who is growing up and have entrusted their spiritual work with you as a pastor is easier compared to what you would do to someone who is older, has experience life. He has built doctrines off of his experience in life. This is the third marriage he's entering, but you are telling him that God's will for your marriage is peaceful marriage. That it is possible not to quarrel a marriage. He will look at you and say, ugh. You don't know what you are saying. But it's scripture. You see, but that...

At that point, when life has happened to you, it has now so become the viewport used to see everything that happens in life is a terrible thing. Because that's where most people who are elderly advise younger people from. They advise younger people from the lens of their own experiences. Many of these experiences happen to be terrible. So when they are speaking to people on marriage, it's from the lens of their experiences or from the lens of the experiences of their closest friends because they believe that they have seen life. But what is the point of seeing life without seeing scriptures? Don't you realize that there is distortion in what you are seeing? The fact that the word of God is not in what you are seeing. That's why starting your life right is important. It won't be traded for anything.

Having a victorious mindset early that regardless of the consequence I win, I can never fail. I can never lose. I'm a conqueror by nature, by identity. I am victorious in my DNA. Do you know that what you have in your DNA cannot be changed? It can't be altered. That is your identity. Do you understand what I'm saying? To change it, you would have to do genetic sequence. That is exactly the nature of the victory the believer has had or has received.

It is in your gene. And it is important that you have this more than a conqueror mentality from a young age. That you can... Imagine a young guy growing up, and his mentality is life submits to me. That is mentality. Life submits to me. Life bows to me, and he walks through disappointment in this mentality. It's good to start like that. That's what I'm telling you. Don't come and now start teaching you these things that are, sir, you see, it's not like that.

Jesus loves you. I'm going to teach you when you are 60 or 70 that Jesus loves you. And then you measure our words by the decades of experiences you have had. And then in your head, all you are thinking is, oh, yeah. Show me the love there. When I was 35, I went to Kaduna, and I spent seven years in Kaduna. And I was doing this and that and that. And they did not do this and that and that for me. When I went to Abuja, I traveled to Lokoja. From Lokoja, I went to Benin Republic.

I did this and that and that and that. Where is the love there? What if you understood direction, Eli? What if you understood direction, hell? What if you understood you will hear a voice behind you telling you this is the way you walk in it? What if you don't have to accumulate pain to know wisdom. Because there is wisdom that comes through pain. You tell a young guy, don't touch that fire. He doesn't wanna listen to what you're saying. That's exactly what he wants to do.

He wants to touch that fire. The moment you are... You you allow him to touch the fire. The moment he touches the fire, he he has learned that never to go near it again. That's how many young people are. But there's also wisdom that comes through instruction. You just tell that young man, don't touch the fire, and he says, okay. And from that day henceforth, that fire becomes evil. And he has wisdom, he will tell his children not to touch the fire because the fire is evil. Not because he has experienced the pain of the fire, but he knows that the fire is evil.

There are very few believers like that. A lot of people would like to use their life to gather lessons. I'm not one of those by God's grace. May God give you wisdom. Imagine understanding prosperity early. Imagine knowing that God prospers. Then what will you teach your children? Having this great heritage, what then do you commit into your children's hands? Have not you seen that you will be a good father Yes, sir. Knowing God early?

Have you not seen you will be a good mother knowing God early? The problem with marriage is it's not that people are bad husbands or bad wives. The problem is that people are not good believers. Because if you're a good believer, you would not have too much issues. You would understand love. You don't understand forgiveness. These things are not for husbands. They are for believers. Because before you are instructed to love your wife and daughter to love your neighbor, Do you understand what I'm teaching you? Understanding the ways of God early.

Understanding passion for the house of God early. Imagine my son when I was told that one of our dear members in this house wanted to see me on Sunday and had to wait for long hours as I had so many people that wanted to see me. When she finally saw me, then she went back home with questions answered, problems solved. And as she got back home, the mother pounded on her and asked her, why are you coming home from church by 3PM? And there was no explanation that she gave that sufficed. What she received was a serious beating. And the mother took her DVE manual and tore it into pieces. And the mother is a Christian. When I heard the story, was happy for the girl. She has been taught.

The solution in such instances is not to be rude or to be arrogant. Oh, because the bible still says honor. Honor even when people don't understand. Honor. So you will not be rude or arrogant to all of these things. But you know why I was happy? I was happy because it's not the first time they are tearing something. In scriptures, they also tore a man's coat of many colors. What is inside the man one is not what matters. It's the engrafted word.

It is what has left the man one and has journeyed into your heart. That's what matters. That's what matters. But but that... Unfortunately, that is the generation that we are in. Unfortunately. Because a lot of people... That is why I believe I was sent to a generation that will become better fathers and better mothers that will not force our children to choose between God and us. That's that's such an unfair battle. Such an unfair battle.

In a generation where girls that age are in the clubhouses on Fridays, it's not amazing. Like, the reason you beat a child is because you went to church. Painful. That's the reality of the times you are in. That's the that's the reason why you must be better. It's not just in saying that, oh, I will never... Oh, I did so like that. Because you realize that all of a sudden you have your first child and pride that wants to make you dominate and have some sense of control overwhelms your soul because you have not known Jesus. That's why it is good to know him this early. Better bosses, better lecturers because we have become better believers, better employees, better employers, better in every sense.

Explain that a billionaire, you are... At least, even if you're not a billionaire, you're a millionaire. If it's... The business is making some kind of profit, then you employ someone to work for you and you pay them 40,000 naira or 30,000 naira, and this person has a wife. And you see the reason why you're paying him 40,000 naira is because the result he has is... The certificate he has is HND. In this world that we live in, by a bad person, it has nothing to do with certifications or all of those things. You're just a bad person. Most of you... And and and many of those people are believers.

When you become believers, realize that the the reason why you pay people is not to respect to certificates that they have, but respect to the value that they offer. Because someone who are the masters who you employed, they are giving the person one fifty can be less valuable than the one who had an HNT. I'm very good in physics. I'm somewhat good in physics. And by that, I don't mean I know it. I mean I understand it. I understand the theories because I had a good secondary school teacher who understood it. The guy so understood physics that he applied physics to life. I saw physics play out in life practically. So I don't solve questions theoretically.

I solve questions the way I understand scriptures, especially when it comes to physics because it is graphic in my head. It is something that I've come to understand. Is that not so... So where am I going with this? The guy who taught me physics that brought me this much understanding did not go to a university. So you would measure his worth by the certificate in his hand. You'll be wrong. Imagine that you're not giving early. That means that you are already building the foundations for prosperity in your future. Because let me tell you something.

The truth that many people don't know is that you're giving right now because everything takes time. You're giving right now does not work for you now. Uncomfortable truth, but true. Ecclesiastes, the bible says, give a portion to seven and a portion to eight. Cast your bread upon the waters is how it begins. Begins with saying cast your bread upon the waters. For after many days, you find it. Is that not so? You then go on to see the verse that you should give a portion to seven, a portion to eight, for you'd not know what evil would be upon the earth. The next verse then says, this is where I'm going.

Now what's the first thing saying? Cast your bread upon the waters and give a portion to someone and give a portion to it, which is talking about sacrifice lending, giving, and all kind of giving. Then in verse three then says, if the clouds are full of rain. In other words, in context, it is saying that when somebody gives, what they are doing is gathering cloud. What they are doing is what? That means that it doesn't matter when you start giving, you will gather cloud first. Is it not good to start gathering now? It's wisdom. I don't know how else to make a man understand It is just wise to realize that anything substantial takes time to build. If cloud is going to gather, then let me start gathering the cloud so that by the time I am entering into the reality of my future, the cloud has gathered and then what is happening now is that they are emptying themselves.

So you will now hear me say that, oh, you know, just yesterday I gave 8 figures and today I'm giving 7 figures and, you know, every week now I give God 7 figures every day. And you would think that, ah, that means it is the way this guy is giving now that God is blessing him now. You don't know that he has started gathering clouds for long. You know, are many people that hear people's testimonies and then jump into it and expect the manifestation immediately. Like somebody who saw his neighbor harvesting corn because he was hungry and decides to go and plant corn so they can eat. How wise is that? Will that corn grow that day? If you wanted to harvest corn, do you not plant earlier? There are things that some of you know about wealth and prosperity that those who have gone ahead of you don't know. Don't be at on edge because you don't see it manifesting to the fullness of his essence physically now.

What is happening inside of you is more important. Believe what I'm telling you. Believe it because I've lived it. It is that which our hands have handled. Thank you Lord Jesus. Your neighbor start gathering now. Start gathering now. You'll be amazed. You'll be You'll be amazed. And you'll find out that God is truly not a man that should lie.

And that is son of man that they should repent. And it is possible for people to admire results without understanding the process it takes to get results. And understanding the process is very important because you don't understand the process, you will commonize the process. You will not value the process. You think it is luck. I've known people like that who think that people are just lucky. They say, hey. You are lucky. You know, I was sharing a testimony with someone, and that was a response they gave. See, ah.

They're just one of the lucky few. One of the lucky few. I should tell you how lucky I am. Which is why I know that even what we are doing now is not for now. What we are doing now is until next year, up to two years time, three years time, four years time. There is no time where your investments is responding to your now. Understand this. He walks the same way in prayers. Again, the reason why it is good to build hell. It's the same way in prayers.

Start investing in education early. What did I say? But I think that should explain what I mean because you see, you have to understand what education truly means because there's a difference between going to university and being educated. People make the mistake of thinking that both of them are the same. And they assume that once you have gone to university, it means that you are educated. That's why when you ask some ladies, what they look for in the man they want to marry, they say, ah, you must have BSc or masters. What they are really interested in is an educated man. The mistake they have made is to think that the only way education can come is if you have BSc or Masters. Because they are deluded to think that going to university is equivalent to being educated. Whereas, the truth of the matter is that you can so go to university that you become distracted from education.

Because universities are systems, and many of them, especially in this generation, are more committed to indoctrination than to education. And so what most universities are doing is indoctrination and not education. They teach you theories that have no practical application, then they fill your head with knowledge that does not profit you in the marketplace. Doesn't profit you in ministry. Doesn't profit you in life. And they give you a degree, but did not give you skills to generate wealth. They don't give you skills to solve problems. They don't give you skills to create value. They don't give you skills to produce something that is lasting. And if all of this is not even, how then can you say that you were educated?

Knowledge that does not profit you is not education. It's just schooling. True education is knowledge that equips you for life. Knowledge that equips you for wealth, for influence, for impact. That is true education. Proverbs 44 verse seven says wisdom is a principal thing. Wisdom is not just information. It is the ability to apply knowledge in a way that produces results. And the educational system is not committed to giving you relevant education that pertains on to life, on to wealth, on to building influence and riches in your career. It means you have to take responsibility for your own education early.

This does not mean that you dispose of the traditional systems of schooling and university because they have their place. There is wisdom in indoctrination, and there's wisdom in passing through that system. That system builds discipline in you because you would have to understand the power of your routine. You go to class every day. A routine builds discipline in you. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? Yes, sir. You also interface with people who are learning. Interfacing with people who are learning, having that level of exposure does something to your brain. That's why the way someone does business who went to university is different as the way someone does business who didn't go to university because they have different levels of exposure.

Are you with me? So awesome. And you should desire to be the best in that schooling system. You should desire to graduate with a first class because guess what? The marketplace rewards it. It is true. It adds value and credibility to you. It is true. On paper anyways, but it does regardless. Are you with me?

It means you should con for that. If you're building a career, you should come for that. If you're building a business, you should come for that. Is that not so? But don't think that that is education. You hold yourself the business of educating yourself. You owe that to yourself and you owe it to yourself early. So I pray that God will give you understanding. Thank you, Lord Jesus. I heard that in a particular university in Nigeria, the school passed a law that there should be no signing out in that university.

In other words, when people graduate, they've read read their last paper, they sign on their clothes and all. So the school passed a law or maybe the faculty passed a law or something. And to effect that law, they brought police officers into the school, into a university to ensure that students don't sign out. How is that education? If only you understand the name part of that experience to your mind. But if you're in the system and all your life is surrounded by and defined by that system, you will be limited in what you can become. It is true. You will be so limited in what you can become. Those who make impact in their generation are those who take the responsibility of educating themselves. And you owe yourself that responsibility early.

Are you with me? Yeah. Watch courses online. Get certifications that are loyal to you in the marketplace. Learn skills that are in demand, especially if it borders around whatever aligns with the vision that God has given to you. Learn them. Don't wait to be taught. Learn them. Learn them. You know, I was telling my workers about the young girl that I met some time ago that I wanted to, you know, I was trying to come work with me.

And I discovered that she had studied computer science in the University of Ibadan, and I was so excited because I thought, oh, wow, You would help me in my coding responsibilities. And I asked, what language do you code? And he says, oh, I don't code anything. He said, how do you study computer science? The sciences of computers. How do you study computer science? And I studied physiology. And I understand the science of computers, and you don't. And you study computer science. Educate yourself and be thorough in doing it.

Be very thorough. Whatever field God has placed you in, know it and know it very well. Be very thorough. Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings and he will not stand before unknown men. Excellence in your craft, not just having a degree, but being exceptionally skilled at what you do. That's what opens doors that money and connections cannot open. Excellence. But excellence takes time to develop. That's why you should start now while you're young.

So that by the time you enter into your future, you're not average. You're not struggling. You're not looking for opportunities. Opportunities are looking for you. Are you even brothers and sisters? And do the same for your business. If God has called you to entrepreneurship, he has given you a vision to build a company, a product, or a service that solves problems that generates wealth, start early. Don't wait until you have all the money, all the knowledge, all the perfect conditions. Starts where you are if you have to. Start small if you have to, or start now.

Zechariah chapter four and verse 10, the bible says, for who has despised small things. Don't despise the day of small beginnings. Don't be ashamed that your business is not yet making millions. The fun that you started while others are still talking about it means you're already ahead of them. Building a successful business takes time. Time to learn your market, time to refine your product, time to build a customer base, time to develop systems that work, time to recover from failures and mistakes. And the entrepreneur who starts early and fails three times and has to start over again three times and has now built something substantial is far better and wiser and wealthier even than the one who waits until it is late because he's waiting for all the perfect conditions before he starts anything because they are afraid of failure. The bible says in the book of Proverbs 14 verse 23, in all labor, there is profit. In all labor, there is profit. Stop talking about what you're going to do someday.

Start laboring now because the bible says, in how many labors? All. But idle chatter leads only to poverty. Give me NLT. NLT says, work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty. So ask your neighbor how long have they been talking? Talking about what you will do, talking about what you will do, talking about your plans, talking about your visions, talking about the thing, oh, you know, I'm gonna start that thing. And when I start like this, it'll be so big. And, you know, when I... In fact, when we start this thing, if I'm also waiting for the right...

I need camera and phone. I need that one. And in fact, guy, I even check for the price of one microphone. One short microphone 1,200,000. When we hammer like this, that's the first one we first get. And the bible says, idle talk leads only to poverty because somebody who is using their phone microphone is better than you. That's also true. I was talking to one of my young girls and she told me about the vision that God gave to her to start a podcast. And I felt as though the podcast would do better if she make a video. So I said, young lady, why is this not video?

And she said she started making the audios now. Why is it not video? And then she sent me pictures of the kind of setup that she wants to. And I just laughed. I just laughed in my spirit. Just laughed in my spirit. While you're waiting for that setup, somebody else has put two plastic chairs. Put phone in front of them and I'm... Are sending pictures of this is what I want to do, this what I want to. Because you don't know that it takes time to build anything.

And you would rather start where you are and wait for all things to come together. Do you understand what I'm sharing with you? If God has called you to build influence through social media, through content creation, through digital ministry, through business, through all of these things. Start building that platform early because building a large audience takes time. Are you with me? Thank you, Lord Jesus. Next time, and in doing so you don't stop, you don't give up, you are consistently doing what you're doing. Galatians chapter six and verse nine, the bible says, and let us not grow weary while doing good For in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart. In due season, not overnight, not in a week, not in a month, but in the appointed time that God has ordained, you will reap if you do not quit. So start early.

Start building now. Start creating now. Start saving now. Start establishing your voice now. Start building your brand now. Start becoming an authority in your field now. So that when the fullness of time comes, you're not scrambling to build what you should have built years ago. Start getting serious with God now. Start knowing God now. Start praying now.

Start studying now. Are you with me? Yes, sir. Start now. So what is the first requirement of building Helly? What what does it take to build hell? Somebody saying something. Number one, I have not mentioned it, so the holy spirit must have taught you something. That's good. You have got a revelation.

Number one, the fear of the Lord. What does it take to build Heli? Number one, the fear of the Lord. Proverbs chapter nine and verse 10. The bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Notice that word, the beginning. The fear of the Lord is not the middle of wisdom. It's not the end of wisdom. It is the beginning of wisdom. Everything that follows, every skill that you develop, every relationship that you form, every dollar that you earn, every door that opens must be built upon this foundation.

Now without the fear of the Lord, you are building without a blueprint. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, that you may erect a structure, but will not stand. You may accumulate success, but it will not satisfy. You may achieve visibility, but you will not have substance. What does it mean to fear the Lord? What does it mean to fear the Lord? It does not mean to be afraid of God because traditionally, that's what many people believe the fear of the Lord to be, just being afraid. But the fear of the Lord does not mean to be afraid of God, because God is not a tyrant. He's not a monster. The fear of the Lord is that reverential awe.

It is the recognition that God is God and you are man. It is the understanding that he is the creator, and you are the creation. It is the acknowledgment that he is suffering, and you are the one that is accountable to him. I'm not the other way around. It is the wisdom to know that every decision that you take, the path that you take in life, every word that you speak, every thought that you entertain into your mind, all of it is seen by God. All of it. And all of it will be judged by God. Ecclesiastes chapter 12 and verse 13, the bible says, let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep his commandments for this is man's whole. When you fear God, don't fear man.

When you fear God, you don't fear obscurity. When you fear God, you don't fear what people will think. What people say or they don't say they don't don't matter to you. The fear of the Lord is what stabilizes you. The fear of Lord is what handcuffs you. It's what keeps you from being tossed to and fro by the wings of culture, by the pressures of your friends, the temptations of instant gratification, the seduction of shortcuts, the fear of the Lord is what keeps your acts stabilized. And if a young man in this place, young woman in this place, to me. Who fears God? You will not sell for money, for power, for influence. You will not compromise your purity for your relationship.

You will not abandon your calling and the service of God for comfort. You will not trade the eternal for the temporal. You will not miss church because you have an exam. That's the meaning of trading the eternal for the temporal. How do you put them side by side? How do you put them side by side? They feel the Lord produces wisdom. Not more information, not intelligence, not just education, wisdom. And what is wisdom? It is the ability to see life from God's perspective.

Is it coincidence that the fear of the Lord makes you see life from God's perspective? Wisdom is the capacity to discern what matters and what does not. Wisdom is the skill to make divisions today that your future will thank you for. That is wisdom. And the Bible says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of that. Bible calls wisdom the principal thing, the primary thing, the foundational thing. You can get degrees. You can get money. You can get fame. You can get influence.

But if you not get wisdom, you have not gotten anything of lasting value. And the bible says wisdom begins by fearing God. Young people, what it takes to build early is the fear of the Lord. If we must start with this, it doesn't matter what else we see. We have not even gained anything. The fear of the Lord will deliver you from compromise. The worshipful fear of God, the worshipful reverence of God. Number two, the second requirement of building early is what I call the discipline of learning. What did I call it? Proverbs chapter one verse five.

Only you can satisfy my soul. Only you can satisfy my soul. Only Only you can satisfy my A wise man will hear an increased learning. And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. Can we do together everybody? That the fear of the God is the beginning of wisdom. It then goes on to number two, that the wise man, someone who wisdom has now began his destiny will hear and increase learning. A young man who refuses to learn is building his destiny with straw, with foam. Because learning is not limited to what you receive in school. Even though formal education have its own place, learning is the posture of humility that says, I don't know everything.

I have much to discover. I have much to master, and I have much room to grow. And I'm willing to learn every day to grow. And the moment you stop learning, you stop growing. The moment you stop growing, you start to decay. And God forbid that you find a decaying young man. Do you know how they advise elderly people to stay sharp, to avoid their brain decay, to avoid their brain having all kinds of forgetfulness issues and all of these things. They tell them, read, study. So you'll find many of them in their old age still going to school, still watch... You know, reading the news, still reading books because they want to keep their brain sharp because they know that if you stop learning, you start to decay.

Second Timothy chapter three from verse 16 to verse 17. I believe the first thing that a man should learn is the word of God. In Psalm one one nine verse nine, the bible says how can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to God's word. The word of God is not just something religious that you just read on Sundays. No. No. No. You have to understand that the word of God is God's manual for life. It is the blueprint for everything that you will do in life.

Your relationships, your career, your finances, your marriage, your leadership, your parenting, business ministry, everything you will do, the man one is the word of God. And the bible that in second Timothy, all scripture is given by the inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. It means if you want to be complete, if you want to be equipped, if you want to be effective in every good work, you must immerse yourself in scriptures. Are you with me? Sir. Meditate on the bible. Study the bible. Let it saturate your mind. Let it shape your thinking. Let it govern your decision.

Let it direct your steps. Joshua chapter one verse eight. The bible says, this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth. You will meditate in it day and night that you may observe to do according to what is written in it. And you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good prosperity and success are not accidents? They are the fruit of obedience to the word of God. And obedience begins with knowledge. You cannot obey what you don't know. You cannot apply what you have not learned. That's why a young man who neglects the word of God is sabotaging his own future.

Do you understand what I'm saying? Aside scriptures, you must also learn skills that are required for your field of influence. If you are called to business, learn marketing. It is part of learning. Learn finance. Operations. Learn strategy. If you are called to technology, learn to code. Learn to design. Learn to innovate.

If you are called to ministry, learn theology. Learn the manetics. Learn omelytics. These are things in ministry that should not be strange to you. Learn pastoral care. Proverbs chapter twenty two twenty nine. Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings. Excellence is a discipline. It is not a gift.

Learn until you are excellent. Are you with me? And a lot of people don't know that learning is costly. Learning takes time. Learning costs money. Learning cost convenience. Learning cost entertainment. It will cost you. And you must be willing to pay the price to learn. Are you with me?

Be willing to do what now? To learn, let me teach you something about the word of God. We might not be able to continue. We'll stop here. It's good to be a walker. When it comes to learning by the word of God, listen, especially as young people, it is important that you take in an intentional posture of humility and soft heartedness that receives sovereign. What did I say? Write it down. That the word of of God God is sovereign. It means it overrokes my emotion.

It it overrokes how I think. It overrokes what I think. It overrokes what I feel. It overrokes how I feel. Please lend this Eddie. Don't lend this too late. Let me tell you. Learn it now. Christianity Ensure is just hype. Ensure that your Christianity is not just what?

Hype, vibes, or excitement. You just come to church and you say, you know, I can't go to club. I can't go to this one. I can't go to parties. Where else will I go and dance before my god? The church. And then you now post yourself. I go dance for my god. Where do you love having fun? Church.

And that's all Christianity is to you. Fun. If I can't go to club, I go to church. How do we even begin to compare club and church? How is that alternative? How do you put it in the same sentence? That's the reason I don't go to club is because I have an alternative somewhere. How do you put those two in the same sentence? How does it make sense to you? I don't go to court because a a king cannot be found there.

It's not because he's a replacement for the church. No. No. It's like comparing God and Satan. His things don't make sense. It's not worth putting in the same sentence. I hear people who talk like this, and I understand they are trying to communicate passion, but in so doing, they are communicating it wrongly. How do you begin to compare? Your Christianity is not just hype. So just to find, is the word of God changing you?

That's what really matters. Is the word of God transforming you? Or it's fun. Know, I have friends in church. There's a girl, one of my young ladies. She likes to travel down for meetings. I I have not seen you. I suppose I have not seen you. She would come for meetings. When she sees everybody, oh, I missed you.

I missed you. And she would hug everybody. And she would fight people, fight those who don't wanna travel just to... Because she's here. And she's been doing this for many years. And the one day I sat her down and said, the problems you had when you met me five years ago, you still have. But every time you are excited to come, why are you coming? It means it's just hype. You don't getting what I'm saying. It's just the fun of seeing people you like around.

The fun of appreciating, you know, I don't have friends everywhere, but I love church guys. That's just it. There is no actual transformation. You cannot actually measure your life by the amount of transformation happening within your soul. That am I actually living my life by scriptures, by what I'm being taught, is the result actually in my life. Because this is what it means to be a believer. Otherwise, why are you coming? What's the point? You're not loving anything. What's the point of it?

Now don't get me wrong. There is excitement in the house of God because the bible says in the house of God, there is fullness of joy. Well, that's not the only thing in the house of God. That's not the only thing in the house of God. The word of God is in the house of God. Prayer is in the house of God. The heart of God is also a training camp, a battleground, a training ground. Are you being trained? Are you made equipped? Or are you only excited?

When is the time to dance? The only time you come alive. But you take what is being taught and use them on every day. And when you want to make decisions contrary to what has been taught. What have been taught, what is written on the pages of scripture. You remember, this is what is suffering. My soul final rest. I won't do what I want. I will do what scripture says. Because I have been taught.

I'm a believer. Do you understand? There must be that consciousness early, early that I'm living my life by the ordinances of scriptures early. Now when the bible says, let your response be joy. My response is joy. Do you understand what I'm saying? The devil will come and put some things in your mind. You shut the devil up. Don't allow the devil into your soul. I'm having conference calls with Lucifer.

Don't do that. Don't even entertain the conversation because you would lose. Even Jesus did not entertain the conversation. He said get deep behind me, Satan. Satan. But you think you're so smart as to argue scripture with Lucifer. Glory to God. Don't do that. Cast him out. I wouldn't pronounce this this.

So that your learning process can succeed early. Eyes up on your feet. Father, we thank you for the word. Thank you for transformations. Thank you for wisdom. Thank you for instruction. Thank you because you've given us the grace to become what we have learned. Thank you. Because we will not live contrary to these words. Thank you.

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