Character Is Destiny
SEGUN ‘TREMENDOUS’ OSHINAGA
More often than not, the limits of character become the limits of destiny. A good character attracts men and good things to us and conversely, a bad character drives men and good things away from us.
A man of good character hardly needs to chase good fortunes; rather good fortunes chase a man of good character. The truth is that everything we do or I dare say, everything we are, is a seed. Therefore, who we are or become and receive, therefore will be an harvest.
Often, we waste time praying about destiny while we are busy distorting or even crippling destiny by the seeds we are sowing with our character. We spend long hours in prayer for our destiny on the one hand and daily destroying the destiny with bad character.
Solomon is hailed as the wisest man in all history on account of character. His unselfish desire to rule his people compelled him to ask God for wisdom even when he had a blank check to ask for riches and all good things of life.
“The Lord was happy that Solomon asked for wisdom. So God said to him, “You did not ask for long life and riches for yourself. You did not ask for the death of your enemies. You asked for the wisdom to listen and make the right decisions. So I will give you what you asked for. I will make you wise and intelligent. I will make you wiser than anyone who ever lived or ever will live. And I will also give you what you did not ask for. You will have riches and honor all your life. There will be no other king in the world as great as you. And I will give you a long life if you follow me and obey my laws and commands as your father David did.””
1 Kings 3:10-14
His preeminent desire was not for self but his community. Destiny found him because of character. A greedy man in his shoes would have been selfish and would have lost destiny. Character is the building block of destiny.
If you are concerned about your destiny, first be concerned about your character in everyday life. Stop worrying about your destiny. Worry about your character. If you can fix your character, you have, inadvertently fixed your destiny.
