School is the quintessential place where we are supposed to learn everything that allows us to develop and become model citizens who contribute effectively to the development of the society in which we live.

Schools are supposed to help those who attend them to know the path of life they must follow and prepare them to follow this path to the end despite the obstacles. In other words, school should aim to help each individual become, or manifest, what God had already placed in them even before sending them to earth. Therefore, school should only be limited to developing the faculties that God has placed in each student and respecting the professional orientation that God had planned for that person.

“Train up a child in the way he should go; And when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

The Lord reveals to us in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 1 verse 5, that every person receives a mission, a function, or a vocation before birth: a predestination. In the book of Proverbs, the Lord recommends that we respect His career plan for each person. He asks us to instruct, train, teach, and prepare each child according to the initial project or plan that God has for them.

Yes, every human being is created to fulfill a specific function on earth. This function is supposed to meet a need of humanity and thus contribute to the well-being and harmony of all human beings. The solution that a human being is supposed to bring to humanity is already within them when they manifest on earth. In other words, every person holds within themselves all that is necessary to succeed in life on earth, with success here being defined as the accomplishment of their mission on earth.

Doesn’t the corn seed contain the necessary potential to become a cornfield? Just as the corn seed needs only to develop, that is, to develop what it already is to provide corn to humanity, each human being needs to develop what they already are in order to bring flavor to humanity. This truth about the potential and predefinition of each individual’s role for the well-being of all is unfortunately rejected by many philosophical currents that prefer to make humans believe that nothing is predefined and that man can be, inside and outside, anything they want and that they have no account to render to anyone.

It must be acknowledged that the idea of creating one’s own world seems more interesting than living in a world according to pre-established rules by a creator. However, it must be recognized that every time humans have wanted to take the place of the creator by turning away from natural and spiritual laws, it is humanity as a whole that has had to suffer the consequences, manifested by all kinds of crises.

When teachers ignore or refuse to believe in God’s word about the mission and potential of every human on earth, they become a threat to the children they must educate in schools. Instead of helping them manifest what they already are, they try to guide them according to society’s aspirations. This is how, in a racist society for example, teachers do not hesitate to dissuade black students from pursuing higher education. Teachers subtly manage to introduce lies into the thoughts of students about their intellectual abilities.

Once the student accepts the teacher’s statements as true, they lose all self-confidence, which negatively impacts their motivation to succeed. The result is that this young student, filled with potential they are unaware of, finds themselves a few years later with no prospects for the future. The glorious future reserved for them by their Creator then evaporates because they did not guard their heart. They let the teacher’s lying words possess their thoughts.

One day, I happened to evaluate the success rate of people of foreign origin in Belgium, where I live. I quickly realized that the vast majority of foreigners who graduated from higher education and held honorable positions in society were born and raised in their countries of origin. This is the case for 80% of the doctors, lawyers, engineers, deputies, and senior executives I know. I found that people of foreign origin born in Belgium rarely know the same success. They are mostly satisfied with the bare minimum, as if an insurmountable limit had been imposed on them.

I couldn’t understand how those born in a developed country failed while those from so-called underdeveloped countries succeeded. As I meditated on this issue, I eventually uncovered the mystery. I understood that what made the difference between these two categories of foreigners was the quality of their thoughts or their thought systems.

Foreigners born in their respective countries of origin were less negatively influenced in their thoughts, which allowed them to maintain the dream that God had placed in their hearts. When they expressed the nature of this dream at school, their teachers, who were also of the same origin and with whom these students could identify, did not hesitate to sincerely encourage them.

Becoming a lawyer, doctor, minister, or even president of the republic in one’s country of origin are not dreams that can be considered pretentious to the point of wanting to dissuade the dreamer. The environment is thus favorable for this dream given by God to take root. Once the roots have taken place, it becomes very difficult to dissuade the dreamer from pursuing their dream even when they later find themselves in a foreign country…

This text is an excerpt from the book “THINK WELL TO SUCCEED BETTER” written by Dominique MBOG.

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