I was in the city to fix one of my projects expected for a 2013 launch. I did not alert any of my friends about my arrival so I depended on the public transport system for my movement. One afternoon I decided to try the public transport system and found a place beside a middle-aged lady. Some three minutes after I took my seat, she asked if she could pass an information to me. I immediately thought “okay, of all the seats available in this bus I decided to sit beside a beggar” but even that was wrong. I decided to at least hear her excuse for begging but it turned out she was not going to be begging me, at least not directly. I agreed for her to pass the information. Then she started “If you cannot do something about it now, please do something about it within the next two years” and I instinctively responded to that awkward statement by saying in a very curt tone “don’t pass the information,” she was shocked and said “ugh” and I repeated with even more conviction “don’t pass any information to me. Just shut it!” and she did. She went mum.
Why would someone I had never met nor introduced myself to want to pass information to me and the first thing is to tell me what to do with my life within a two year period? Obviously, she was going to utter some “prophesy.” If I was one of those folks always curious to know about “what the future holds,” I would have willingly listened. There are many risks to allowing her say more. First, I give her control over me as soon as I hear and believe whatever she had to say. The “prophesy” would probably require me to do something which she would be in the best position to provide. Eventually I’d get tied to her apron strings and would have to depend on her spiritually. That is exactly where I don’t want to find myself, where I depend on any man or woman for my spiritual strength except God. What will come will come. It takes God’s strength to win spiritual battles not a futile and naïve dependence on fellow mortals.
It never helps not to listen to these so called prophesies at times because they get us paranoid about people and life generally. Not listening has worked for me. I have a strong spirit. I am intuitively alert and I really do think a lot about tomorrow but not in terms of fear or apprehension but in terms of making plans.
Why am I saying all these? Someone needs to break from that overly dependent attachment to spiritual fathers and mothers. Relationships with men and women are great especially if they make us better but we must never think that our spiritual survival depends on fellow men. The path to God is not as complicated as religion makes it seem. It takes a heart of sincerity and a mouth willing to praise and pray to please God. Let us not allow our fear of the unknown put us in the hands of opportunists who have mastered the art of making money out of these fears. That is “Shadows in the Sky” for this week. Remember, wherever you are today, there are still heights unreached that must be reached. Keep flying. Tell someone about my column will ya? 🙂
KKM!
