The popular Lagos prophet shared some throwback photos of himself on his
Facebook page and story about growing up in poverty and overcoming it.
What he wrote below...
"I found myself in a family background that irritated me. My natural
circumstance of birth was poverty. I come from a very humble background.
Poverty loomed large in the family. The little education I had was
through self effort. I know many people with a similar circumstance of
birth who did otherwise. They allowed their circumstance to influence
their will. Their dreams crashed on the rocks of disappointment, failure
and setback.”
“Today, many people blame their situation on family background. Some
would say, “I am poor because everyone in my family is poor.” If you
make excuses for being poor, your poverty cannot be excused. Remember,
you are responsible for what you give your attention to; so it is
unnecessary to blame your situation on anyone. Today, it is common for
people to blame their failure on their family background, whereas they
attribute their success to their personal effort. If you attribute your
success to your personal effort, you should also accept the blame for
your failure. When we make excuses for our wrongdoing, such misdeeds
would not be excused.
“I recognised early enough that victory obtained through Christ was a
time past victory. I mean, it is victory assured. Rather than despair
and blame my situation on family background, I began to be proud of my
situation in order to feel Christ’s victory over me. I became content
with my situation, knowing that my situation is redeemable through
Christ and that the redemption was a time-past one. I mean, redemption
assured. Then I began to take God at His Word in order to have His way.
“Nobody is too good or too bad to qualify for His grace. Remember, it
was possible for me to sit somewhere and begin to make excuses for my
situation. I never did. Whatever I am today is a product of that
conviction that victory through Christ is victory indeed. The rest is
history!” - TB Joshua
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