Do you Know?
Do you know?
Do you know what?
What do you know?
How much of what you know do you know?
How much has what you know helped you out?
Do you think that what you know is enough or you feel like there is still a space (a vacuum) that you need to fill?
The extent to which a man knows gives him liberation.
If all you know (or believe) is false, fake, insubstantial and valueless, how would you end up? Is there a way to know that what you know is real?
What then do you need to know? THE TRUTH
In knowing the truth, you don’t need facts but FAITH
FACTS can be deceptive, gullible and misleading evidences to support what is fake and false. Have you bought an electronic appliance (tested okay) in your presence – Fact and you get home only for it not to last for a week? –someone says even the same day! Yes.
At first you where attracted by the packaging {false fact 1} and then it tested okay before you paid for it {false fact 2}. The truth was not in place there but a fact
Someone can ask “what is your name?” You say that’s a simple question and you start to supply answers like Sola, Nike, Deji, Niniola, Evleen, Paul etc. But that question can’t be answered the same way as “who are you?”
When someone meets you for the first time and ask “who are you?” you simply say, I’m Sola, Deji, etc. But when the same question starts to carry some adjectives along with it, you start to expatiate on your answer. For instance, let’s see this conversation between Kunle and David
Kunle: Hello young man, how are you?
David: Oh! I’m fine.
Kunle: What is youname?
David: My name is David, and you?
Kunle: I’m Kunle
Kunle: who are you tribally?
David: I’m an Igbo man.
Kunle: who are you academically?
David: I’m a graduate of O. A.U. Ile ife
Kunle: who are you professionally?
David: I’m an artist.
Kunle: who are you occupationally?
David: I’m a federal staff in the National museum
Kunle: who are you maritally?
David: I’m a searching bachelor
Kunle: who are you morally?
David: I’m a humble, easy going and a goal setter young man.
Now you know to some extent I suppose? The questions can continue endlessly as you provide the appropriate adjectives. If David do not know how to answer those questions, he may likely have stopped at the first two or wrongly guess that all the questions carry the same answers. If all David’s answers to the “who are you” questions is “I’m David” regardless of the adjective it carries (you can do a little exercise by repeating the above questions and giving only one answer), who do you feel? Someone said “oh oh” or “whaoooo” .
It takes a man to know what he ought to know to answer life’s questions. One of the greatest life’s questions is FRUSTRATION. Have you ever been faced with the question of frustration in life before? When it came, how did you answer it? Take for instance, you were going for an important appointment that will live a landmark in your life (e.g your first employment interview) and you suddenly met a strong traffic jam that will not dissolve for more than two hours and the only alternative left is for you to trek a 3 miles distance to get to the venue. The job opportunity a big question, the alternative a big question and the traffic jam a big question as well.
# Dear reader, if you had encountered a similar incidence please send me your experience and how you answered the question. Your experience and answer will be referred to in my book titled “DO YOU KNOW?” but your name and address will not be added.
Send your response to
PASTOR BOLU OKIKIOLU
p. o. box 1918, Sapon, Abeokuta, Ogun State
or e-mail: bolu_okikiolu@yahoo.com
or send comment to www.pastorbolu.blogspot.com
Knows all about academic performance (passing exams in schools)? I guess the answer is NO. The reason why so many students had passed exams, obtained certificates and yet could not fit in for job prescription they supposed is not only out of joblessness but because there personal status (knowledge) is not up to the standard the job requires. Yes, he passed the exams in flying colors but he fails to know that professionally you don’t only need to pass exam but be made. As a counselor, I know practically and experientially answer to some life questions without necessarily consulting any existing materials, yet there are some questions I may not be able to answer without making adequate consultations.
Nigeria is one of those countries that is certificate oriented. Once the certificate is okay and the applicant belongs to a club or is the son of a club member, then he gets the job. Quite amazing! There are better brained, divinely creative or endowed men and women out there who can do better but ‘LACKS’ (you can name as many) brings barriers their way. My big question comes again “WHAT DO YOU KNOW? AND HOW MUCH HAS WHAT YOU KNOW HELPED YOU IN LIFE? YOU CAN KNOW MORE AND MORE BY KNOWING THE TRUTH - JESUS (JN 14:6)
Do you know?
Do you know what?
What do you know?
How much of what you know do you know?
How much has what you know helped you out?
Do you think that what you know is enough or you feel like there is still a space (a vacuum) that you need to fill?
The extent to which a man knows gives him liberation.
If all you know (or believe) is false, fake, insubstantial and valueless, how would you end up? Is there a way to know that what you know is real?
What then do you need to know? THE TRUTH
In knowing the truth, you don’t need facts but FAITH
FACTS can be deceptive, gullible and misleading evidences to support what is fake and false. Have you bought an electronic appliance (tested okay) in your presence – Fact and you get home only for it not to last for a week? –someone says even the same day! Yes.
At first you where attracted by the packaging {false fact 1} and then it tested okay before you paid for it {false fact 2}. The truth was not in place there but a fact
Someone can ask “what is your name?” You say that’s a simple question and you start to supply answers like Sola, Nike, Deji, Niniola, Evleen, Paul etc. But that question can’t be answered the same way as “who are you?”
When someone meets you for the first time and ask “who are you?” you simply say, I’m Sola, Deji, etc. But when the same question starts to carry some adjectives along with it, you start to expatiate on your answer. For instance, let’s see this conversation between Kunle and David
Kunle: Hello young man, how are you?
David: Oh! I’m fine.
Kunle: What is youname?
David: My name is David, and you?
Kunle: I’m Kunle
Kunle: who are you tribally?
David: I’m an Igbo man.
Kunle: who are you academically?
David: I’m a graduate of O. A.U. Ile ife
Kunle: who are you professionally?
David: I’m an artist.
Kunle: who are you occupationally?
David: I’m a federal staff in the National museum
Kunle: who are you maritally?
David: I’m a searching bachelor
Kunle: who are you morally?
David: I’m a humble, easy going and a goal setter young man.
Now you know to some extent I suppose? The questions can continue endlessly as you provide the appropriate adjectives. If David do not know how to answer those questions, he may likely have stopped at the first two or wrongly guess that all the questions carry the same answers. If all David’s answers to the “who are you” questions is “I’m David” regardless of the adjective it carries (you can do a little exercise by repeating the above questions and giving only one answer), who do you feel? Someone said “oh oh” or “whaoooo” .
It takes a man to know what he ought to know to answer life’s questions. One of the greatest life’s questions is FRUSTRATION. Have you ever been faced with the question of frustration in life before? When it came, how did you answer it? Take for instance, you were going for an important appointment that will live a landmark in your life (e.g your first employment interview) and you suddenly met a strong traffic jam that will not dissolve for more than two hours and the only alternative left is for you to trek a 3 miles distance to get to the venue. The job opportunity a big question, the alternative a big question and the traffic jam a big question as well.
# Dear reader, if you had encountered a similar incidence please send me your experience and how you answered the question. Your experience and answer will be referred to in my book titled “DO YOU KNOW?” but your name and address will not be added.
Send your response to
PASTOR BOLU OKIKIOLU
p. o. box 1918, Sapon, Abeokuta, Ogun State
or e-mail: bolu_okikiolu@yahoo.com
or send comment to www.pastorbolu.blogspot.com
Knows all about academic performance (passing exams in schools)? I guess the answer is NO. The reason why so many students had passed exams, obtained certificates and yet could not fit in for job prescription they supposed is not only out of joblessness but because there personal status (knowledge) is not up to the standard the job requires. Yes, he passed the exams in flying colors but he fails to know that professionally you don’t only need to pass exam but be made. As a counselor, I know practically and experientially answer to some life questions without necessarily consulting any existing materials, yet there are some questions I may not be able to answer without making adequate consultations.
Nigeria is one of those countries that is certificate oriented. Once the certificate is okay and the applicant belongs to a club or is the son of a club member, then he gets the job. Quite amazing! There are better brained, divinely creative or endowed men and women out there who can do better but ‘LACKS’ (you can name as many) brings barriers their way. My big question comes again “WHAT DO YOU KNOW? AND HOW MUCH HAS WHAT YOU KNOW HELPED YOU IN LIFE? YOU CAN KNOW MORE AND MORE BY KNOWING THE TRUTH - JESUS (JN 14:6)
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