One of the thoughts that came to me sometime last year was this question of what exactly I should communicate, especially at the beginning of a new year.
This year has been declared a year of supernatural open doors, advancement, favour, and testimonies. Naturally, many people have already laid out plans. Some are getting married. Some are trusting God for children. Others are preparing to build, relocate, or move into a new phase of their careers. These are good dreams, big goals, and meaningful visions.
Planning itself is not the issue. Scripture already affirms that “the plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance.” The real concern is not whether we have plans, but whether we are positioned rightly for the journey ahead.
So the question became this: what do you say that will genuinely help people in a season like this, especially at such a defining moment as the beginning of a new year?
Then it struck me. That quiet moment when something suddenly becomes clear. Having a vision is one thing, but understanding alignment along the journey is another thing entirely. You can be focused. You can be prayerful. You can even have clarity about where God is taking you. Yet, without discernment, it is still possible to complicate a journey that should have been smooth by carrying people who are not aligned with where you are going.
The Bible captures this principle simply when it asks, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” It is not a dramatic warning, just a sober truth. Alignment matters.
To make this practical, think about a familiar illustration from Abeokuta. If your starting point is Iyana Mortuary and your destination is Oke Ilewo, there are several routes you can take. You can go through Kuto, Isabo, or Sapon. Different roads, same destination. The flexibility of the route does not cancel the clarity of the destination.
That is how life often works. When God gives you a focus for a season, He does not always prescribe one rigid path. What He expects is trust and attentiveness along the way. As Scripture puts it, when we acknowledge Him, He directs our paths.
Now imagine you are on that journey, and along the way someone calls out for you to stop. They are going toward Adatan, and you carry them. Further down the road, someone else is heading to Osiele, and you decide to carry them too. At some point, one of the passengers begins to complain that the route you are taking is not where they are going.
The moment you adjust your direction to satisfy them, something shifts. You are no longer moving with clarity. You are now negotiating destinations. This is how journeys become longer than they need to be.
The instability that follows is not always loud or dramatic. It is often subtle. Scripture describes it as being double-minded, and warns that such a person becomes unstable in all their ways. Not because they lacked vision, but because their direction became divided.
Before long, a journey that should have been straightforward becomes draining and unnecessarily complicated. The problem was never the destination. The problem was the people you allowed into the journey without alignment.
This is what this message is really about. Trusting God as the driver who already knows the end from the beginning. He is the one who gave you the vision. He understands the timing, the process, and the people required for it.
If you look back carefully at your own life, you will realise that many of the things God started with you began when you had very little. You did not know who would help you. You did not know how the resources would come. You did not know how everything would align. You simply stepped forward and said, Lord, help me.
That posture still matters. This year must be a year of “Lord, help me.” Not in fear, but in trust. Help me choose the right alignments. Help me avoid unnecessary detours. Help me not to complicate what You have already planned. Because when God orders your steps, the journey may not be easy, but it will be purposeful.
That is the heart of this message. Trust God. Ask for help. Let Him take the wheel.
I wish you a productive year and a fantastic week. God bless you.
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