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There is a road that seems good.
On the highway of life there is nothing like shortcut. The road that leads to success is usually that of pain, hard work, courage, determination, commitment, endurance and sacrifice. Any other road, (shortcut inclusive) apart from this leads to nowhere. On the road to conquest there are no cutting corners. In fact, all the requirements and details of life must be duly fulfilled. Hence you must be willing to pay the price for success and your ability to pay the full price determines how far you will go in life. It also determines whether you will rise above adversity or not.
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God, (Hebrews 12:2).
For instance, Christ has set the antecedent for us. He understood that for a life of conquest one must pay the full price. Then he took responsibility for the salvation of mankind. He paid the full price by his death on the cross. He had to endure the cross because there was no other shortcut other than the way of the cross. He did not cut corners to make it in life, even when the devil tempted him in the wilderness promising to give him all the kingdom of the world, the power and the glory of it only if he would bow down and worship him, (Matthew 4:5-8). Christ did not oblige because he knew that it is not cutting corners, but taking full responsibility that guarantees long-lasting conquest. And because he did he obtained an eternal glory in his conquest over Satan.
Ordinarily, the natural man when faced with such options, like simply bow down, worship and take the kingdom; or give your life through the hard and unnatural death on the cross, and take the same kingdom and its glory. Many would have opted for the former because it is simple and there is little or no responsibility in it.
Interestingly many in the pursuit of wealth do not want to take responsibility. They want to cut corners, and so they have devised shortcuts for themselves. They have forgotten completely that there are no shortcuts to success in life. They fail to understand that shortcuts lead to nowhere, and that the hard way of responsibility leads to an amazing great success in life.
Dignity of Labor
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Notable among these shortcuts is the cyber crime menace. This is a case where some cyber criminals or fraudsters are taking advantage of the gullibility of unsuspecting men and women within the cyberspace. These criminals hack into computers to gain illegal access to vital information. They steal credit card information, online banking login details and other personal information in order to defraud their victims. Yet, another dangerous dimension to cyber crime is identity theft. These shortcuts have now become a bane to our society. It is a threat to our security; hence our existence is threatened as well. It has destroyed lives, businesses, marriages, and trust among people.
Make a U-turn
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It will do you more harm than good.