WHEN IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

I once saw a movie named ‘’Marshall’, it was about a white man, Mr Friedman. He found himself in a situation were he was left without a choice but to be the attorney for a black man accused of a crime in the era of strong racism and discrimination of blacks. He was an insurance lawyer but somehow was coerced into being the defending lawyer of the case. The original attorney Mr Marshall, who was black was unfairly disqualified from defending the case. Mr Friedman had his family to protect from the society that will later turn against him, a reputation (as a white to protect), and a law firm to protect. He was confused initially and he wanted to back out so many times, but he later accepted it. Against all odds (he was threatened, beaten, mocked and insulted, the presiding judge was a friend of the prosecutor’s father and seemed to favour the prosecutor somehow), and with the help of Mr Marshall who didn’t leave his side, he fought for the black man’s innocence. He tediously convinced a jury made up of just whites to rule in favour of the accused. After all of this, a life was saved and this was part of what stirred a revolution in the judiciary system to be fair when handling cases involving the blacks. He allowed himself to be led to make impact on a lot of people. Truth is, even if it was just the black man he saved, it made a difference. The movie is based on a true life story. This movie kind of reminded me of medical school, how the emotional, physical and mental stress has made so many of us wish we were studying something else instead and sometimes you may want to give up. Its indeed exhausting, but you must understand that there’s a reason why you are where you are right now.

If God wants you somewhere, he wants you there even when it doesn’t make sense to you. Unless you are certain it’s not God’s plan for you because he told you so. Currently, you may not impact a thousand souls but the ten souls you impact every step of the way counts so much. One soul is precious to God and this soul has to be precious to you too.

Even with God’s assurance, we still question if God is with us at all. Mr Marshall the black attorney wasn't allowed to say a word in court, the best he could do was write on a note for the defending lawyer on directions to take and instructions to follow in handling the case. It was fustrating for Mr Friedman to pause for instructions, take breaks, make mistakes for missing out something and for trying to do it his way but the end was good. Here we have a God who speaks to us in many ways but we still don't have faith in him because just like the defending lawyer who was the one to do the talking in court and was afraid for that despite being guided by the other attorney, we tend to get frightened because physically, all we see is ourselves going through it all. You have to understand that no matter what happens in life, you matter to God, God is with us every step of the way and he wants the best for you and that he gives. Sometimes, the preparation phase is the hardest and it may seem like you are breaking a lot but you are only getting stronger.

Let’s say it’s a different scenario where you made a wrong decision in life and the consequences come, God won’t still scrap you out of his plan, he will make something out of you with it and use it to make you better at what he called you to do.

Sometimes, because of being shaken, stressed, confused or broken, we either lose our passion, throw it away or bury it. Or we let our passion out only when everything seems to be working fine. God wants you to keep your passion burning. Passion reminds you of why you are where you are regardless of what happens, Passion helps you see what’s ahead, it’s a reminder that you are not wasting your time, but you are where you are for a reason. Passion goes a long way in making you have faith in something. Passion keeps you focused.

Always look forward to making the best out of situations, learn from things that happen, observe, listen to what God has to say about it and rise, knowing God wants the best for you. The most important thing is understanding that God is with you every single step of the way. God hasn’t looked away from you even for a second. Drop your burden at God's feet and trust his guidance. 

When it was a day to the end of this case, Mr Marshall had other duties to attend to, so he left. But before that he spoke with the defending attorney, Mr Freidman. He told him that having come this far, he has trust in him to close the case on his own and then guided him to write a good closing argument. The defending lawyer was able to do that and they won. You may be progressing from a phase to another phase and it scares you so much because you are afraid of how you’re going to fare in the next phase or you are tempted to doubt yourself. The end of a phase means something has been built or established for use for another phase.  Let me remind you that God made you and he knows every single thing about what’s ahead and where you are going. Though this black lawyer left to attend to other duties, God is there to watch over you knowing fully well that he's put something in you. lean on him and go talk to him right now.

Hebrews 13 vs 5: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.