The Hammer

Purposely designed to hit nails was what the hammer was created to do right? For instance, the hammer is left in the toolbox day in day out without being used. It doesn't care. Wondering why? Because it is lifeless.

Now imagine a similar hammer with a life and self- consciousness in the same tool box always. The hammer will not feel okay but does not know what exactly the problem is, but feels something is not right.

Then one day someone takes the hammer out of the box to break some branches for firewood. The hammer becomes excited he`s been brought out of the dark tool box and being used for some work. But the unfortunate thing is that after all this has been done, the hammer still feels dissatisfied because he feels something is still missing.

In subsequent days, the same hammer is used for other purposes yet feels excited, dissatisfied and still expecting more. Suddenly, he is picked up and used to hit a nail. Wow, the hammer becomes extremely happy and very satisfied. Wonder why? Because he now understands the purpose for which he was created and that is to hit nails. Any other things that he did in the past were limited in comparison but after been used to hit a nail just once, he came to realise what he had been looking for all that while.

Have you ever thought of what your purpose in life is? Have you ever wondered what you were created for? If you haven't, then let me put it across to you that we were created for the purpose of worship and communion with God. Being in communion with God is like being in a relationship with God and that's the best of relationships because it is the only relationship that can get us where we are headed safely. It is the only relationship that can give us true satisfaction because without God we can never get true satisfaction.

Most of us may have gone through tough times, grown up the hard way struggling to make ends meet yet nothing productive comes of our struggle, not because we have not given it our best shots but because we have not realised our ultimate purpose in life. There are times when we are very happy because of the wonderful and colourful experiences we have but we are still dissatisfied because we have not hit the nail yet.

As I earlier said, we might have been through a lot but yet not succeeded.

It is because we have not realised what we were ultimately designed for.

Whenever we keep God away or out of our lives, we never get true happiness even after trying to find fulfilment in other aspects of life.

Just like the hammer, we keep hitting tree branches, and concrete slabs always thinking that the more we do it, we will get answers to our problems, forgetting that we do it just for the fun of it and our problems are never solved. Have you ever wondered why? The greatest desire we should ever have is to have a communion with God.

Why? Because it is our principal purpose in life. That is what we were created for. Take note that with God all things are possible and remember too that God never forsakes his servants. As you go to bed every night, ask yourself, “Have I hit the nail?”. Don't run after worldly things because you met them here and you will leave them here. We shall be called to answer questions someday sooner or later neither you nor I know when. Let your God be your GUIDE.

Thank you for reading and May the Good Lord continue to bless you.

Karim Ewura Adams
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