Hello friends! It has been a while exploring the #hive blockchain. However, I am glad to be back from a prolonged retreat exercise. During my meditation in the retreat I learned that one can transform the whole nation irrespective of the family background, status or gender.
Fortunately, on Sunday the message that was shared was quite similar to my thought. It was referenced from Isaiah 61:1, the prophecy from God through Isaiah which was fulfilled by Jesus. I learned Jesus fulfilled this prophecy because He was aligned to the Father (God) as seen in Luke 4:18.
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor...source
As an agent of transformation, we need to seek God's help in whatever we are transforming, so that He will show you the right way like He did in the men of old like Abraham, Moses, Gideon, etc.
Additionally, to be able to transform a nation, your mind needs to renewed - do not feel you cannot conquer, dominate or rule; Romans 12:2 affirms this as it says:
Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind source
In essence, before you can be an agent of transformation, you have to work on yourself, especially the mind. In this era we call it "personal development"; you need to overcome some unnecessary habits befall having the confidence to overcome the world.
Just to let us know: If you cannot transform the situation around you, the situation will transform you.
Action Plan:
Start now and start wherever you are to transform, you're not too small to be an agent of transformation! Great men whom we read about did not suddenly become leaders, they passed through the "making process." While being in the making process, bear in mind it is for a while and not forever.
Characters that were agents of transformation:
This article is focused on the Biblical characters who transformed their nation, family and environment.
David: This is a character who was after God's heart, stayed in the bush for years looking after the father's flock until the appointed time he saved his people (the Israelite) from shame of the Philistine by killing Goliath through the help of God.
Gideon: A might man of valor groomed by God to save the Israel from the attack of the Midianites, Amalekites and the sons of the East.
Esther: Aside from the men, we have women who vessels in God's hand; like Esther who was raised by Modecrai till she became the Queen; thereby saving the Jews from the Haman (who was their enemy).
Beyond this, we have many more men and women who were used by God to save the nations. I believe this will be an encouragement to us all to keep fixing our eyes on the process till the appointed time.
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