Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question: "If social media disappeared today, would I still know who I am?" It's an uncomfortable question, but an important one. Many young people are struggling because they are living on borrowed identity. Borrowed identities from influencers we admire, from friends we want to fit in with, from celebrities we follow, and even brethren in church. Before you know it, we begin dressing like them, talking like them, thinking like them, pursuing their dreams, and measuring our lives by their standards. The major problem here is the constant imitation without personal conviction. When you spend too much time trying to become someone else probably because of the flamboyance it/she/he holds, you slowly forget the person God created you to be. The Bible gives us a powerful reminder in Romans 12:2, it says, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Notice t...
I went to school to have a document signed by my HOD. What I didn't expect was to walk out of his office with something far more valuable than a signature. While we were discussing, he paused and said something that stayed with me long after I left: "In the next ten years of your life, a whole lot of things would change. Things will never be the same." Then he backed it up with his own life. In less than ten years, he had published ten academic books — a milestone most academics spend an entire career chasing. He said it matter-of-factly, not to boast, but to make a point. And that point is, time, when used with intention, does something extraordinary to a life. I walked out of his office and couldn't stop thinking about that very simple truth. However, I did what he did — looking back at my past 10 years. And what I found quietly undid me. Ten years ago, I was a teenager who didn't even know Christ yet. My conversion came the year after...