Growth is the process through which a person increases his or her spiritual, emotional, cognitive, and skill capacities via learning, experiences, and introspection. In order to do this, one must actively seek out and take on new challenges, develop new skills, and nurture character traits that lead to personal growth and fulfillment in general.
At times, we witness individuals who yearn for development in various spheres of their lives, such as spiritual, economical, emotional, etc., but are either too fearful or too indolent to do the necessary effort. We can all see from the definition above that in order for something to grow, it has to be fed. The question then becomes, what do we feed on and where do we get these things from?
This write up is to bring to the notice of the public:
- The Wells of life
- Contents of these wells and how to fetch what is trapped in these wells.
- Major makeup of these wells.
- How to access these wells.
THE WELLS OF LIFE
There are two major Wells of life (sources/reservoir of knowledge) humans draw from should they want to invest in their growth. They include:
- Come-at-able well
- Inaccessible well.
COME -AT-ABLE WELL.
Just like the name implies, this source is easily accessible by all. I call this reservoir a limited one because resources drawn from this source are ephemeral. Only things that can satisfy our physical being can be found in this well, things that we can only invest in our physical body, things like pleasures, lust, fantasy, ephemeral desires, etc.
People that live their lives only chasing after physical desires and how to satisfy them will end up only exploring this well and knowing nothing or a little of the other well, they are known as the self-centered ones.
INACCESSIBLE WELL.
It is inaccessible by all because it goes beyond the physical, only the intentional minds draw from this reservoir.
Resources dawn from this well can not be exhausted this makes is an unlimited well,
anything that has to do with this well goes beyond what will satisfy the physical. It might interest you to know that some people can live all their days on earth without exploring the depth of this well, not even up to 10%. Anytime you hear these words “there is more to life other than what we can see” be rest assured that the speaker is referring to the invisible well.
The major source that makes up the invisible reservoir.
This reservoir can be divided into two
- Soul dept reservoir (the mind)
- Spirit dept reservoir
Man as a being was never created to exist in the physical only, dwelling in that realm adds little or nothing to who “we are” and who we desire to be,so whenever the physical abilities are suspended – due to its limited nature – the next automatic resort for man is one of this reservoir.
One’s emotions, intellectual abilities and spiritual abilities are hidden in this invisible reservoir. While the first two are trapped in our Soul dept reservoir, the last is trapped in our Spirit dept reservoir. Kenneth E. Hagin defined man as a spirit that has a soul and lives in a body, this definition I believe clarifies this.
For one to access this reservoir, the Come-at-able reservoir – which in most cases are noise and distraction – must be suspended, if not what will be fetched will have little or no value with little or no clarity. Have you wondered why it is difficult for one to study or pray effectively in the midst of “noise”? It is because there is a clash between the two reservoirs which distracts the mind and the spirit.
It is good to note at this point that these reservoirs are hidden in every man, no one is created without them. So, if one desires to grow, if one desires and craves for change, if we need to fetch what will improve our lives we must access these wells.
HOW TO ACCESS THESE RESERVOIR
One will ask, how can we access these reservoirs? There are four different ways one can access these reservoirs – both the visible and invisible reservoir, they include
- What we see and hear.
- Studies
- Praying
- Divine access.
One will Wonder why we need to know how to access the visible reservoir since we are to suspend its activities if “we are to grow”. Well, for you to learn how to shut something out, you must first learn how access is granted in the first place and also, it is also important to note that at some point in our life, we need to access the visible reservoir – that will be a discussion for another day.
What we see and hear.
Sometime ago, a wise woman taught me about the gate to a man’s being, among what she listed, the eyes and the ears -what we see and hear – stood out. What we hear and what we see has a strong ability in making or destroying is. The question then is, what do you choose to see, what do you listen to?
Studies
This could be one’s Bible or any other material that can increase one’s knowledge about a concept, a topic or a being.
Praying
Prayer can be simply defined as an act of communicating with a supreme being, it is a spiritual practice in which an individual seeks to connect with, worship, or seek assistance from a higher power, deity, or the divine.
Divine access
While the first 3 means is based on our abilities, this means has nothing to do with our ability but based on supernatural permission, but this permission can only be granted to the extent of our consistent investment to other means.
What we see and hear, studying, praying and other spiritual activities does not launch us into the realms of ideas or the spirit realm, it can only knock at the devine door, only when access is granted can we access the invisible well. This entails that the other means must not be neglected at all if we are to access the invisible realm because it is to he that knocks that the door will be opened to.
Have you wondered why you get your ideas in weird places, it flies in while you were using the restroom, while you were in the kitchen, while driving and all that? That’s because that’s when the access to your request is granted.
Conclusion
We are to take note of these reservoirs and how access is granted, so we would know how to avoid those to be avoided and to access those to be accessed.
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