“So he called him in and asked him, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer”
Luke 16:2
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” These words were spoken
by Sir Winston Churchill. They contain a truth that should be
guarded and heeded. The graveyards are full of great men and
women who never became great because they did not give their ability
responsibility. This untapped ability is called potential. Each of
us comes into the world pregnant with unlimited potential. We are
capable of much more than we have already done. Unless we expose,
during the course of our lives, all that God placed within us for the
good of mankind, our potential will be aborted.
Abortion is one of today’s most controversial issues. It is polarizing
many communities. It has also become a hot political issue in
many countries where it is used to manipulate the reins of power.
Many people think of this concern as a recent one. Although it is
causing much stir in our societies, the concern over abortion is not
new. The truth is that the abortion issue is as old as time. The fact of
abortion is as old as man.
Abortion is not limited to the physical termination of a fetus in
a mother’s womb. The first act of abortion was performed in the
Garden of Eden when the first man, Adam, was given the responsibility
of carrying the entire human race within his loins. In Adam
was the seed of all generations and the strength of all mankind.
God’s instructions to Adam were very simple and clear:
“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must
not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for
when you eat of it you will surely die” (Genesis 2:16-17).
To surely die means to definitely cease from manifesting the
fruitfulness that exists within a thing. Death, in its simplest form, is
the termination of potential. To abort means to terminate life before
its full potential has or can be realized, before the person, animal,
plant, etc. is given an opportunity to fulfill its full potential.
The graveyards are full of great men and women who never became great because they did not give their ability responsibility.
