For the past four years of my life now a steady prayer point on my card is that I want to graduate from university with a high second-class upper and it looked like God had tagged me “case closed” because day-by-day it seemed unachievable. It even got so bad that a friend walked up to me and told me that I have no results to show for my efforts in life but I soon came to a realization that your certificate does not define you in life, it is not certificate that gives recognition rather the knowledge that is carried.
For the past four years of my life now a steady prayer point on my card is that I want to graduate from university with a high second-class upper and it looked like God had tagged me “case closed” because day-by-day it seemed unachievable. It even got so bad that a friend walked up to me and told me that I have no results to show for my efforts in life but I soon came to a realization that your certificate does not define you in life, it is not certificate that gives recognition rather the knowledge that is carried.
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On a cold Sunday morning in the university chapel after the choir sang Grace by Potter’s House Choir I broke down in tears, sitting immovably. The shawl of ungratefulness wrapped me immediately and I began to ask myself series of unending questions: where did I miss it? How come I never realized how faithful God has been to me academically? Why did I allow the devil to steal my joy? Just because of a 3.3CGPA out of a possible 5.0CGPA that has refused to change status right from 100level and now this is final year? The fact that amongst all my friends I labour most and when its harvest times my fruit is the least? How did I forget the sweet, promising and comforting words of the lord that says he will make a way for me where there seems to be no way?
I got back to my room that Sunday morning and I fell on my knees saying Jesus am so sorry for being an ungrateful daughter, am sorry I thought you were not granting my request, am sorry I came to a conclusion that there was no one for me again. That moment for the first time in my life after 4 years I said thank you Jesus for my result, I am grateful that I am on a second-class lower academically.
Many times we fail to realize that the fact that someone is passing more than you today doesn’t guarantee that the person will succeed more than you, our God is a miracle working God and he sometimes conceals a secret for a divine purpose to be fulfilled. In life never let what people say about you or the surrounding circumstanced determine your behaviour just hold on to his ever true word and remember days to come will tell the difference. Keep pressing till you reach your destination and stay strong because he never fails.
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Fatunbi Ajibike is a 400 level Student of Management Information System, Covenant University, Ogun State
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