THE POWER OF DETERMINATION

To a determined man, what seems to be the end is his starting point. The power of determination can not be overemphasized.




From my own point of view, determination is a very strong will to stand on what you want to see happen. The power a determined man carries is so powerful to the extent that it propels him to keep on even when it is obvious that he should give up.



In the case of the Israelites when the Lord commanded Moses to send all the leaders of the Israelite. One of the reasons why so many fail is because they had underestimated the power of determination – they don’t see beyond the present tall wall that confronts them.



Out of the twelve tribes that Moses sent out to explore the land of Canaan, it was only two that understood what could be done their determination – they knew they could actually do it.



Just like the other ten of the leaders of the Israelites Moses sent (Shammau, Shaphat, Joseph, Palti, Gaddiel, Ammiel, Sethur, Nahbi and Geuel), many people today, though they see what the future holds for them, though they see the land of their future flowing with Milk and honey, they are eventually conquered by their powerful obstacles and fortifies cities because of the lack of determination and such people don’t last in the race of life and most importantly the race to eternity – they are easily forgotten



According to Paul in (II Cor. 9: 24-25)



“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the game goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will forever last”



The difference between the men who gets the crown out of the many runners lies in the power of their determination. A determined man can go all the way to achieve the seemingly impossible and make it possible. A determined man sees failure as one of the ladder he must climb to get to the top of his destination.

History is full of men and women who have achieved great things even in their disabilities with their determination;

John Milton

John Milton is one of the greatest and learned English poets of all times. He is said to be the most knowledgeable English poet of all time.

He spent most of his life working on theology, philosophy and history but he became blind at the age of 43.

It was after he became blind he wrote what is called one the masterpieces of English literature “THE PARADISE LOST”.

The fact that John Milton did not allow his blindness to stop him from writing poems and that he wrote his finest poems during his blindness makes him one of the most admirable disabled people of the world.

Helen Keller

With out a spec of doubt Helen Keller is the bravest and the most amazing disabled person ever born.

She was deaf, blind and mute and despite of this she was one of the greatest women activist, socialist, authors and was the first deaf blind person to get a bachelors degree is arts.

How did she do it? The answer is sheer determination and Anne Sullivan. Anne Sullivan was Helen’s tutor who motivated her to study and compelled her to use her sense of touch and her mental power to achieve all the success that she was capable to achieve.

Helen Keller was born a normal child, but at the age of three a fever hit her which made her loose her sense of vision, hearing and speaking.

Her parents hired for her a tutor at the age of twelve who was Anne Sullivan. With the aid and support of Anne, Helen Achieved the success no one had ever imagined a deaf blind and mute person would do

Tanni Grey Thompson



Tanni Grey is perhaps the greatest disabled sport stars of all time.

This physically challenged woman used a wheel chair all her life but despite of that she won 16 medals at the Para Olympics.

Out of these 16, 11 are gold. She holds the record for making 30 world records in Para Olympics



Roger Bannister wrote, “ The man who will drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win”. The man who can keep on even after receiving so many knock down and still stand to push on is surely going to win someday.

The power a determined man carries makes him say YES when others have said NO. This is the case of the twelve people Moses sent out to spy the land of Canaan. The other ten said NO when they see the fortified cities, though Caleb and Joshua sees the same thing but they are more determined to possess the promise land.

In verse (Numbers verse 30 of chapter 13), Caleb silenced the other ten of the people that they went together to explore the land of Canaan. A determined man will always silenced every confrontation, failures, set backs with his strong will to achieve success.

A determined man sees himself equal and above his challenges in life. The other people sees themselves as inferior, they sees themselves as non able to possess the promise land, they sees themselves and grasshoppers but with the determined men, victory is a must.

Nehemiah said “I am doing a great work and I can’t come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you. Nehemiah sees no reason why he should stop the great work he was doing. Every determined man knows the important of the great work ahead of them so they give no room for quitting until they achieved their purpose. No wonder Benjamin Disraeli said, “ Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose”.

Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliancy and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the ever lasting and sanctified buldoggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold.

THE MOST INPORTANT PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS IS A MAN’S DETERMINATION.

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