Sunday, October 2, 2016

THE CEO


There was a certain man in the city who is a renowned fishermen. He grew up to own his own business. His business was growing so well that he had numerous workers. His company was simply acclaimed the best when it comes to supply of water fishes, tropical marine fishes and aquatic plants in the country. His employees calls him “the CEO” because he maintained a wholesome relationship with them. He does this by going fishing with them ones in a while in order to share his wealth of experience with them. Anytime he goes with his employees, it’s always a big catch. The fishes even knows and exclaim “the CEO is around”.

 

Suddenly, there was a serious economic crisis in the country and businesses were affected. The CEO’s company wasn’t left out coupled with the activities of oil companies around that had polluted the waters, aquatic lives was affected. It became worrisome, the only place to go fishing then is the centre city but isn’t just a small body of water. This means the CEO will have to go with them being a major adventure. Orders have been placed, there is a need to meet up demand of customers and also pay workers’ salaries. The employees would have left but because of the relationship they had with the CEO they stayed.

 

This meant that the hunt is the only option they had left to salvage the problem at hand. The CEO then called a general meeting to let them know when and how to go about it. “We shall go at night because there is a popular preacher who goes around town and each time multitude follow him, he may likely be around the lake in the morning for a program, and this might be a form of distraction. Also it’s the best time of the day to have the greatest catch”. That was the strategy for a big catch that will cover all demands of their clients and bring them back to compete favorably with other businesses.

 

As if someone had intimated the fishes on the coming of “the CEO” alongside with the boys. The fishes all went hiding. However, the CEO didn’t give up, he and his team kept a night vigil at the sea shore. Despite the calmness of the night, the absence of oil spillage they got not even a baby fish. The fishes didn’t respect the CEO’s years of experience. This means he can’t meet up with all the supplies they need to make, and payment of salaries. He is at the verge of losing all.


At this point I think something may be wrong with the CEO. Perhaps there is a curse at work or God has chosen to deal with him for a sin he had committed. Or what do you think?

 

Just as the CEO instructed his boys to begin clearing all the fishing instruments and the boats for them to leave, there was a shout from the rear, what could that be? The preacher is around town and vast multitude have come to hear from him. It was a surprise when the preacher went straight to the CEO to ask for his boat so that he could sit in the boat and speak to the crowd. The CEO knew him, he is always on air every Sunday on Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN), and so he obliged him.

 

Immediately the preacher had finished his business, he the motioned to the CEO to go now to a certain part, LAUNCH INTO THE DEEP and just right there he will catch a lot of fishes. This is just the same spot the CEO and his team had ventured all through the night and caught nothing. Despite his frustration, he listened to the preacher (he sure saw all the miracles the preacher had performed on TBN), they gave it a shot and here was a net breaking catch.

 
Perhaps like the CEO (whose story you can read about in Luke 5vs1-7), you are facing an impossibly hopeless situation in your life. It seems you have exhausted all options. You feel to change your vocation due to the present economic condition which seems not to be in favour. Are you about packing your boats to give up on that idea?

 
Friend, where  the CEO expected to hit big he didn’t get  anything there at several trial. However,  from same place in the next few hours he had a net breaking catch. The initial failure wasn’t as a result of any curse, evil or plague. It is because it was the CEO’s time for a major breakthrough. It’s not a time to give up but to launch into the deep in that which you do.

 
As you go this week, can you jettison that idea of giving up and just launch deep just this one more time? No one is in charge of your life but God, it’s a major breakthrough in sight. Launch deep.

 
Great month ahead.

Be Innovated
Olufemi Ibitoye
@toyeolufemi

 

 

1 comment:

  1. A timely one. God bless you sir. Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy comes in the morning. As we surrender our lives (boat) to Jesus, we are sure of a breakthrough.

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