Being educated means knowing truth from error, By Bayo Ogunmupe

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. The farmer's workers went to him and and said, Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds. An enemy has done this, the farmer exclaimed. Should we pull out the weeds? they asked.No, he replied, you will uproot the wheat if you do.let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds." There are two lessons here: One, You must know God's Word so well that error, regardless of how convincingly it's presented, can't mislead you. Apostle Paul warned the leaders of the church at Ephesus: Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! From this you are to be at alert from false promises by politicians and false friends. Two, You must stay spiritually awake and alert. Notice, the seeds that were sown that night didn't produce harvest of weeds until later. And at that point they could not be uprooted. As such you should beware; something could be harmless enough; but if you stay on that trajectory long enough, you will end up far from where God wants you and realize, an enemy has done this. Which is why you must be at alert always, being educated means you are able to checkmate enemies through knowing their snares and deception. In the same vein, you must be of great courage to succeed in life. Walk your own life path alone. You do not need the approval of anyone to get ahead in your chosen profession. If people do not like you, let them be. life is not about pleasing everyone. Just do what is right for you. The person you are becoming will cost you people, relationships and material things. Choose yourself over anything. Focus on what you really want. Act by doing whatever is necessary to achieve your goal. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord," jeremiah 17:7. You can if you will take action.Initiators don't wait for others to motivate them. They know it is their responsibility to move forward beyond their comfort zone; and they make it a practice. Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once said: There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing. I do the things I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do one thing, I act." Also,learn from your failures and keep moving forward.The good news about achievers is that they make things happen. But they also make a lot of mistakes. The greater your potential, the greater your chance for failure. United States Senator Robert Kennedy said, "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." Are you constantly on the lookout for opportunity or are you waiting for it to come to you? Are you willing to pray and take a leap of faith, or do you endlessly doubt everything? As a former chairman of Chrysler, Lee Iacocca said, "Even the correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late." If you haven't moved yourself out of your comfort zone lately, you might have to jumpstart your initiative. Lastly, being educated is being able to change your mindset. Do not allow risk taking to scare you. "The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe," Proverbs 29:25. A snare is a trap, and whenever you see your fears as a trap, you will want to be free from them. Since opportunities seldom come knocking on your door, you have to look for them. "God has given each of us different gifts to use," Romans 12:6. When you notice an opportunity, act on it. Everyone has a great idea in the shower, but a few step out and do something about it. Choose the best opportunity you find, pray about it; do the best you can do about it. Keep struggling with it until you have done everything possible to make it happen. And when you have done your best--trust God to do the rest. Winston Churchill once said, "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all the other qualities." and where does courage comes from? It is from God! "Trust in the Lord forever for in the Lord, is everlasting strength," Isaiah 26:4.