THE POWER OF AN OPEN PALM

Do you ever realize that an open palm synchronously makes you live a life of impact? 

The subject of giving is quite controversial, especially in a time like ours where people sing “I don’t owe anybody anything” while that may be true can I remind you that John 3:27 affirms that A man hath nothing except it be given to him from heaven. So if all that you have was given to you, should giving be a question?  

Personalities may differ, some people may find it easier to let go of things than others, but regardless of this differences. A Christ centered life must reflect the nature of giving. Salvation itself was built on the attribute of God GIVING his only son to redeem us to him. 

Giving or as I would like to call it, nonrefundable impact is not always measured in how weighty it is, although that is important but rather in the action itself and how we made the other person or persons feel.one of the greatest ways to make a memorable impact is to do something for someone that they couldn’t do for themselves.

Let me share a story with you.  A few Years back I was about leaving the market and a little girl I am sure hadn’t eaten all day walked up to me, with a plastic bowl in her hand. 

You know what that means when they approach you. I knew if I had given her money she would have ran off to give it back to her mum who would probably would wait till the end of the days begging job to feed her.

I honestly didn’t have much. After strictly following my shopping list, but I remember that I had 200 naira to spare. Fanta and Doughnuts where the closest things insight. So we struck a deal, I told her I wasn’t going to give her money but I would buy her snacks and she would promise to eat the right in front of me. And she agreed. 

When she was done, I saw tears in her eyes, I asked why and she said, no stranger has ever cared for me this much, they may give me money but not insist that I eat. My heart broke. I have never felt as accomplished as I did that day. 

If I could I would run away with the little girl and give her all the love in my heart. What am I getting at with this? The impact was not in the size but in how I made her feel, Loved. 

When you make an impact in someone’s life ensure to take into cognizance how deeply touched they felt by your actions. That is the true weight of impact.

Start small. There are so many ways to do something for someone and be remembered. 

Let me share another story with you. A friend of mine told me she wanted to start a charity foundation but she didn’t have sponsors or donors or even a team.

 I told her to buy five pairs of slippers which go for 200 naira each, a total of a thousand naira. I told her to go to the market, or any close by slum and hand them out to five beggars who were bare feet! Get someone to take a photo of you in action (for reembrace sake at least) as your first charity outreach

 When she got back to me to tell me that she did as I told her, I said. Do you know that you have started your charity foundation? Small? Yes, unregistered? Yes, again. But made Impact? A big roaring YES!!

Then I Told her, now tell 2 of your friends that this is what you do, at least once a month and that if they would like to join it would only cost them a thousand naira each and guess what? You would be touching 15 lives, just imagine the multiplier! And then you have a team. Small? Yes, but a team is a team regardless. Give yourself a name, or a tag for example clean slippers for clean feet. 

When God see’s the genuine intent of your heart, he says riches and gold belonged to him, he will bring all that you need to expand your way.

It mustn’t even be a charity organization you want to start. We all have that friend would want to call us all the time but airtime stands as a constraint. 200 naira isn’t so much to spare. 

Wait I’ve been talking money, money, money for too long.  How about you send a text message of prayers to someone you know is in a fix or going through some struggle. Those oranges have been in your refrigerator for weeks and are probably going to go bad in a couple day, give them to your security guard and your neighbors security guard. These are examples and I’m only trying to drive at one point. A lot of small things put together makes a big thing. 

Owe it to yourself that each passing day, you must make an impact no matter how small or how large.

Let me close by saying that giving is a very intentional act, you don’t just give by chance or based on how you feel. For it to matter it should be sacrificial, intentional and even calculated and done wisely. I’m not asking you to spray money around. 

What better way is there to receive than to give?

Peace.

By Victory Enokela 

Enokela Victory is a young Nigerian student currently pursuing An Economics degree. She finds writing as one of her core competencies and is constantly looking for great opportunities to hone out this skill.