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.
