10/08/2026
MONDAY MEMO STUDIES
WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY & KINGDOM FORMATION
TIME: 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM
VENUE: WHATSAPP
STUDY OUTLINE
THE OBSCURITY OF PROGRESS
1 Samuel 2:26
“And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.”
Luke 2:40
“And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”
“GROWTH IS GOLD”
Obscurity is consistent with destiny. Those who will become propellers in all works of life must embrace the first batch of greatness: obscurity.
Obscurity is the security of every new dream.
Pay the price for usefulness when others are playing so that you will play when there is a payout.
The Holy Scriptures iterate this truth clearly:
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
Every man must, of necessity, have a taste of obscurity. You cannot miss this class because this is where incubation for progress transpires.
Endurance gained during the nights of preparation will soon break forth in the mornings of celebration. But if you fail during the nights of ceaseless preparation, you may end up still weeping in the morning of accomplishment.
Somewhere, somehow, we will all one day pay this price of attention or neglect.
This price of neglect is unquantifiable and unimaginable.
“Had I known” is always the final or concluding verse of an unplanned life.
Today, people across different nations have read my books and encountered the ideas, teachings, and principles contained in them because I decided to pay the price of endless studies and prayers during the most strenuous and difficult seasons of my life.
I wrote this book when I was 23 years old and working as a security agent or gateman. I took my study materials to work, and like Mordecai, I had an eye for the future.
I had my season of obscurity, but like a seed buried beneath the earth, I had to break forth through endless, laborious studies and wailings.
Nothing hinders relevance like ignorance, and nothing activates greatness like knowledge.
Knowledge averts bo***ge.
The Scriptures reiterate that:
“The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.”
Proverbs 3:35
The inheritance of the wise is always guaranteed, but shame and pain shall be the promotion of fools.
Come to think of it, comrade, who is a fool?
A fool is simply someone who says in his heart that there is NO GOD.
A fool is anyone who doesn't place God and His Kingdom as a priority. He places everything else over and above God.
I'm really sorry to say this at this junction, but here is the simple truth:
There are more fools in the church today than anywhere else in the world.
Any believer who trivialises his or her spiritual growth is a fool.
How can you say you're a child of God but hardly prioritise kingdom advancement, spiritual growth, and kingdom stewardship?
You live like you own your life.
Psalm 14:1 gives us a clear definition of who a fool is:
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt; they have done abominable works; there is none that doeth good.”
In maximising your season of obscurity, have you not read about Jesus, the ultimate role model, who, in the days of His earthly sojourn, offered prayers and supplication with strong crying and tears?
He learned obedience, spiritual growth, through the things He suffered.
He was a man of strong emotions.
See Hebrews 5:7-9.
Jesus was distinguished through intense preparation, and you're not exempt.
The language of sonship is responsibility.
Children are born, but sons are given.
Can you imagine how life would have been if men hadn't taken the responsibility of tending and developing all the things we enjoy today?
Irresponsibility is a curse on humanity.
The Kingdom of God will suffer loss if, like Adam, we tow the line of excuse-making.
As a young lad, I once heard a wise teacher, Bishop David Abioye, affirm:
“Excuse is what excludes men from greatness.”
And I made a choice never to give excuses for anything.
What preparation you make is what result or future you are surely to get.
You can't participate in a future you avoided.
You can't feature in a dream you never played a role in its realisation.
God has a dream for the entire world. It is your preparation that will guarantee you a spot among the generals like Jotham, Elijah, Paul, Peter, Kumuyi, Gbile Akanni, Bishop David Oyedepo, E. A. Adeboye, David Ogbueli, and my spiritual father, Rev. Richard Udoh-King, and a host of others I can't mention for want of space.
An unprepared man will end up repairing his life in old age.
If you want to make progress, you must prepare for it.
Preparation must meet opportunity.
If opportunity meets an unprepared man, it will cause disaster and panic.
Opportunity in the hands of an unprepared person is like giving a plane to a three-year-old child to pilot.
Quantum disaster is the resultant effect of such a collision.
You now see why God can't use certain people.
Even Alexander Graham Bell rightly put it well when he said:
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
We keep progressing only when we continue preparing.
The day you stop preparing, you'll also start depreciating.
Paul knew this truth better. Thus, he opted to remain focused and keep pressing forward for that which only eternity can reward.
He never succumbed to such satisfaction, which the present-day church has fallen into.
He forever sustained the holy pursuit of the God who encountered him on his way to Damascus.
If there is one man who ought to be content, I think Paul should be the right man.
But no.
He kept pressing.
When we refuse to draw near to God, we're officially telling Him that we are self-sufficient and capable.
God can only respond to the thirsty and hungry.
Those who are full, He sends them away empty.
Emptiness is sometimes a sign of our neglect.
Revival begins when men draw near to God in total humility.
Preparation in the secret place is what gives us victory in the open.
Paul's encounter with Christ on his way to Damascus should have been enough to sustain him throughout his lifetime.
After all, he heard the audible voice of Christ and got the clarity of his life assignment on the spot.
But you see, he was determined and eager to know more.
Hence the reason he went to the back ends of Arabia seeking to know more about God and be prepared to do more for God.
Listen, friend.
The fact that God gave you good promises or that you had heavenly visitations that culminated in hours of interaction with the invisible does not mean that you will relax and fold your hands.
Genuine encounters can only be preserved by continuous preparation.
God cannot use an unprepared man.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The inheritance of the wise is always guaranteed, but shame and pain shall be the promotion of fools.
PRAYER
Lord, help me to maximise my days of obscurity.
