D-TRACTS

In life's journey, various obstacles are encountered but what makes an individual victorious is the response given to such obstacle. It is either man gives up and gets bitter (depression) or takes up the challenge and get better (accomplishment). Many people live in bitterness not because they are unfortunate but because they capitalize on complaints without making efforts to find solutions or courage to step out of their comfort zone. Not satisfied with the present state, they result to self pity. This period is sometimes mistaken to be the waiting period but that's not true. Yes, there is a waiting period for every man but that's not the period for self comparison. It is a period of getting better through prayers and God's word which builds trust and lasting peace as we end the waiting phase. Micah 7:7 says; "Therefore I will look unto the lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation, my God will hear me" . Again, hear this, "Rejoice not

Who is your mentor? Who do you look up to? What level of mantleship do you crave for? Is it possible to long for sonship tie from a different breed i.e. a dog roaring like a lion? Of what appropriate   guidance   can a footballer mentor be to a wrestler? Are you an accountant and your mentor is a surgeon? To be in this category is to have a mentor without a mantleship. Our youths presently engage in a path that the obvious outcome would be ineffective and unproductive. No doubt, some of us have mentors, we go as far as follow our mentor hook, line and sinker yet we notice that what has produced for them cannot produce for   us. This happens not because   there can't be a replication in us but because we chose the wrong mentors, we chase after those not heading to our own desired destination and once the foundation is faulty, alot of things will certainly not just be right. This is exactly where Gehazi missed it. Rather than crave for Elisha's mantleship, he had a different