
Obedient But Off Course — Final Part
Segun Iwasanmi@iwasanmisegun212159
3 days ago
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“This Thing Called Life" Series — Episode 21
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If you follow instructions without understanding direction, you can be moving correctly and still be lost. E shock you?
It's because nobody will correct you. Nobody stops you. You even look disciplined and ook serious.
People will clap for you. Meanwhile, you are far from where you are supposed to be. I have seen people defend wrong paths with correct habits.
“I pray.”
“I try.”
“I don’t offend anybody.”
“I just mind my business.”
All good things. But good things in the wrong direction still lead to the wrong destination.
As how nah? That happens beause nobody likes to hear that effort is not enough.
Nobody likes to accept that sincerity can still be misplaced. Nobody likes to question their own path when it looks neat on the outside.
But truth is not just about neatness, it's more about alignment. And alignment is deeper than activity.
I thought about that first argument again.
“You did what they said, not what you were meant to do.”
At first, it sounded like an insult. Now it sounds like a warning.
Since life will not always correct you immediately. Sometimes it allows you to continue. To keep moving, to keep doing, keep obeying.
Until one day you look up and realize you have been faithful… but in the wrong direction.
That kind of realization will first make you rethink, then ask you one question that changes everything.
Not “Have you been busy?”
Not “Have you been trying?”
Not even “Have you been obedient?”
Just one question: “Are you aligned?”
Because in the end, it is possible to be very obedient…and still be completely off course.
Watch out for the next epiode… 🔥
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