My Month Of Re-Positioning Myself

It is with delight and joy that I welcome you to the month of Re-positioning yourself …………. I deliberately did not complete that sentence. I want to give you a blank check of self- repositioning. You are the one that knows what you want to reposition yourself for. You may wish to position yourself to do exploits for the kingdom of God or to grow in your relationship with the King of kings. Or you want to position yourself for general success. Or you want to position yourself for blessing, financial growth, spiritual development, ministerial advancement, longevity of life or simply as they say for lack of clarity, reposition yourself for the next level! Whatever tickles your fancy or is good for you, I am sure you have heard the quotation "some people look for a beautiful place to stay while others build a beautiful place to stay".

I want to encourage you as well as pray with you that you will reposition yourself for the better and attain greater height in life. It was credited to David "Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle" Psalm 144:1. It was also credited to Habakkuk " I will take my post;I will position myself on the fortress.I will keep watch to see what the Lord says to me and how he will respond to my complaint. Hab 2:1 CEB. The whole concept this month is to ensure that you don't use the first (current) part of your life to destroy the last part of your life but to make it better.

It is also a great opportunity for me to wish our great nation Nigeria, Happy Independence Day. I pray that Nigeria and Nigerians will reposition themselves to be what God has destined us to be -a true giant of Africa and the world in all ramifications!

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

What is repositioning? Before repositioning there must be positioning. To position is to put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way. Therefore, repositioning presupposes that where that person or material is placed is not the best position. To reposition therefore is to place or put in a new position or place in a better position. To update or change the marketing of a product or service. To change the position. To put in a new position. Change place or direction. For example, a misplaced bone could be returned to its proper position through orthopaedic surgery. To reposition something such as a product or service means to try to get more people interested in that product for example by changing certain things about it or the way it is marketed. In our context this month we shall be looking at repositioning our lives to make us more marketable, comfortable, live a peaceable and prosperous life. To reposition yourself is to make yourself a better citizen, wife, husband, in-law, worker, Christian, pastor, mother, father, politician and professional. It is to rearrange yourself, your dreams, priorities, strategies and values to produce a new you. Whatever you do in the name of spirituality or SWOT analysis is good for you. It is in your interest and the society to reposition yourself. Repositioning is like upgrading ourselves. We all have areas where we need self-assessment and upgrade.

Examples of people who repositioned themselves or got repositioned by others and God

1. Abraham. Abraham would have died without being the father of faith if he had remained in Haran. The Scripture tells us that his wife was barren and he was already old and his father died there. He would have remained there, but thank God he did not. God repositioned him and his wife. He called them out of Ur of the Chaldees. Get thee out…. And I will bless thee and make thy name great… (Genesis 12:1-2). For Abraham to prosper and have the good things of life he repositioned himself. Call it for career prospect Abraham had to be separated from his family in order to be positioned for what God had planned and purposed to do in his life. I was complaining when God repositioned me from Nigeria to Canada. But when I was privileged to hold the International Gathering of Eagles conference in Malaysia in 2011, and my host said- "Dr Dada I can facilitate your hosting this conference in Singapore and Indonesia" I googled Canadian citizen visa condition for going to those nations, no visa is required! God knew ahead of time I shall be holding Strategic Leadership Conferences globally in over ten nations a year and visa issuance maybe a setback, he repositioned me. May the good Lord reposition you.

2. Jehoshaphat "It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle." 2Chr 20:1. In the case of Jehoshaphat he has to reposition himself to keep his life from enemies. From the scripture above we saw different armies getting together to dethrone him and terminate his reign and his life through the process of war. He repositioned himself by gathering the children, the choir, the prophets and engaging in passionate prayer.