Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Cities
do not happen on hills by chance. They are deliberately, purposefully,
consciously and strategically planted, built and set on hills for specific
purposes or reasons ranging from protection, security, visibility, etc.
whatever be the reason, the import is
that cities are set on hills purposefully and by choice.
A hill is a conspicuous, strategic and vantage
location that gives visibility to both people below the hill and those on top
of the hill. Those below see the city on the hill easily as opposed to other
nearby cities on lowland. And for those on the hills, they can easily see
intruders, predators, competition, enemies and have sufficient time to prepare
to repel such attacks.
The essence of a product or service is to impact and
bless people by adding value to their lives. And when people discover this,
they will definitely seek the product or service. But if the product or service
is buried in a hideout, an obscure, inaccessible terrain, how does the product
get to the people? How do people access the product or service? Therein lies
the wisdom of setting cities on hills so that they will not be hidden. Joseph
was thrown into prison, hopefully to obscure him into oblivion so that his lights
would stop shining. Joseph chose the path of making prison a hill. He shone his
lights as brightly as prison allowed him and prison became a launch pad, a
springboard to global limelight, relevance, significance and dominance.
Beloved, make the effort to shine your lights as
brightly as God would have you shine them wherever God placed you to shine
them. That way, you will leapfrog whatever limitations and barriers that the
enemy attempts to place in your path. This is not to say that you should sit docile
and passive; refuse to make conscious, deliberate purposeful efforts to build
and plant on a hill for global visibility. It is your responsibility to do so
but trust God.
Hills differ in diameters and heights but whatever the
size of your God given hill, purposefully be determined to build your
prestigious God given city on the hill. How? Identify your God given hill.
Build your God given city on your God given hill. Do not covet someone else’s
hill or God given city. It is your God given city built on your God given hill
that will give you global visibility, relevance, significance and dominance.
Use appropriate media.
Joseph used word of mouth. He spoke up about his God
given ability to interpret dreams and significantly so, he interpreted the
dreams of the butler and the baker. He also asked the butler to remember him
and speak up for him to Pharaoh, again the use of word of mouth, a prominent
media in the days of Joseph. It is also still very prominent today.
Daniel also used it – he requested time from the King
to tell and interpret the dream of the King. Thereafter, other people announced
Daniel’s ability to interpret dreams and solve enigmas through word of mouth. What
vantage positions do you require to build on? Build on your hill as soon as
possible and emerge into global relevance and significance. Shalom.
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