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𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑠 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔, “𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚?” 𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, “𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑗𝑎ℎ; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛.”
There is a serious crisis within the human race; 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀. Most people do not know who they are. When the purpose of a product is not known value is reduced and abuse is inevitable. Jesus was moving with the disciples and He asked them who the world said he was and a lot of definitions came up. Jesus further went on to ask His disciples who He was. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.
Many are frustrated and angry because they are not aware of their identity. Many are going with the wind and running with every seemingly good opportunity hence life is being wasted away in confusion. When they see someone making it they copy without knowing who they are. There must be a personal description of you. Who are you? What do we say when you are gone? Will there be one well defined description or everyone will come up with their own definition of you.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
Moses was not an ordinary man which was revealed by the burning bush. This led him to lead the children of Israel. You need to hear the voice of God to know who you are. You might see a great man doing a menial job yet they are destined to make it big simply because they do not know who they are.
As long as value on something is not known it’s bound to be abused. If you know your value your price tag will
