The Process Path TPP

There are two scenarios of virginity benchmarks in the Scripture that carry profound lessons about what you are becoming as a young man. They are loaded with pointers that emphasize the fact that virginity is never enough. It is important to be a virgin, and that connotes an undefiled testimony. It speaks of separation from corruption, pollution and the ways of the world. But separation alone is not enough. No, you have to do more. The other parameters revealed in these two occurrences are what you must imbibe to truly shape what you are becoming. The rise of Esther in place of Vashti is one laced with lessons. The queen fumbled and ignored the instructions of the king, and the verdict was given to replace her. The criteria for a suitable replacement included virginity, beauty and other qualities. However, you cannot meet the basic requirement if you are not a virgin, even if you have the most beautiful face on earth. What the king will choose must not be defiled. The royal crown canno...

God has a remarkable way of taking ordinary things and making them extraordinary when they are surrendered into His hands. Moses was not holding something that looked powerful. He was holding a rod, a simple shepherd's staff, an ordinary object he had probably carried for years. But God asked him a strange question: “What is that in thine hand?” God already knew the answer. The question was not for information; it was an invitation to revelation. God was showing Moses that what he considered ordinary could become extraordinary when placed under divine purpose. That rod had been part of Moses' everyday life. It represented his experience, his work, his wilderness years and his identity as a shepherd. Yet when Moses surrendered it to God, it became more than a shepherd's staff, it became the rod of God. The same hand that had used it to guide sheep would now use it to confront Pharaoh, demonstrate God's power, divide the Red Sea and lead a nation toward freedom. What is o...

We spend so much of life worrying about what is uncertain. We worry about whether we will become rich, successful, famous, influential, or achieve the dreams we carry in our hearts. We compete, struggle, build, acquire and seek recognition, often forgetting that none of these things is guaranteed. Not every man will become wealthy, not every man will become great in the eyes of the world, and not every dream will be fulfilled. Yet, in the midst of all these uncertainties, there is one certainty that every human being shares: we will die. The rich and poor, celebrated and unknown, powerful and ordinary will all eventually arrive at the same earthly end. If death is certain, why do we spend so much energy preparing for what may happen and so little preparing for what will certainly happen? Perhaps the deeper tragedy is not that a man dies without becoming rich, but that he dies after spending his entire life pursuing temporary things while neglecting eternal ones. We prepare for examinat...