Journey of ONE…. loneliness of transition

Hello there! I have been thinking of the process of dying, it’s been on my mind lately; I don’t mean death but dying. Dying is when you have reached a point that you know that you are leaving this place for another, in dying there is room to think, you get to ponder on life and all you’ve done in the past, dying is different from sudden death, people like King Hezekiah in the bible days experienced dying, that was why he could pray to change it. Ok enough of the analysis of dying; my reason for pondering on dying is simple, at the point of dying, we often get caught up in the loneliness of the process, its so common to be surrounded by many yet feel so alone, that’s because in the physical you are surrounded by people by in the real sense of the process, you are alone. My quest to understand this process is born out of my experience in business decision making, I have come under immense pressure by family and friends for certain decisions I made about business et el,its so hard convincing onlookers that the part you choose is the right once, one of the times, I was told I was wrong where as I am convinced that am on the right part, in fact that said inner voice we seek to hear often reassure me that my decision is the right one, however its been a very lonely journey as only a handful ever appreciate the value of convictions. Its more amazing when none of the said family members or friends have ever been in business. Anyway my point is this, I have learnt to walk in unfamiliar territory, a very lonely one I must say. Its this loneliness that spur me to study the process of dying. The loneliness that comes with transition is something that can only be understood by people who have transited from one level to another, it take you knowing by faith that where you are in where you ought to be, I know that Christians are not often disposed to thinking of the death or dying thing but for me I believe there is a need for us to understand the need to make certain decisions alone, its not a “we” thing, it’s a you alone thing, I am hoping that in discussing this issue, we can pause for a moment and think about the need to be more fervent on matters that revolve around building a relationship with God. I want us to identify this fast approaching reality that one day you would do this process alone, you wont be able to hide under the umbrella of tph or twb or which ever church you belong to,you’ll have to face the process of your transition all alone, this should not scare you, rather it should spur you to think about strong words like accountability, righteousness, salvation, judgment, eternity etc. Am sorry guys, am not here to spoil your mood or fun, am just trying to help you understand decision making and the process of accountability that must take place after here. Your life is a gift, it would warrant a return on investment, living young can be fun and for most of us it comes with appending recklessness of this generation, we do as we like and if we want to be nice, we polish it with few scriptures, its so cool lately to be hip, however I hope we don’t loose hold of the entire mix called life simply because we want to be hip. I love being hip but I love knowing the cost of being hip, ours is a generation that’s fast loosing its sense of accountability, from government to churches, everyone seem carried away by the frenzy of the season that we soon forget that there is something called accountability. We are children of God hence we should know better, God would demand of us an account for time spent here. Dying would be alone hence the need for us to judiciously use the time allotted for the benefit of what really matters and by that I don’t mean quit your job and become a pastor, I mean live knowing that there are expectations, let your life count that men may see and give glory to your father who’s in heaven. Like the decision to stay in business or marry a person of your choice, walking with God is a decision you’ll have to make independent of anybody’s influence, making an effort towards being faithful as  a believer in Jesus Christ is not negotiable, Gods grace is available to see you through. This is not such a popular topic, probably because it wouldn’t have a lot to say about blessings; anyway I hope we can reminisce on the issue and do the needful, make adjustments where needed and lets keep focus on the goal. Ours is a call to worship with faithful hands. Don’t get into bed with the system; we are in this world but not of this world. I pray that we would wake up to the call to be steadfast in what God has called us to do even when it seems unpopular to advance our relationship with him. God bless you Written by: Igonoh Godwin 3/05/12