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By Pastor Korede Komaiya

A star connotes outstanding performance, supernatural distinction or uncommon achievement. It also connotes uncommon exploits, outstanding results, record breaking, pace setting and unequalled performance. It has been gathered according to a study that there are a minority 5% of the world that controls the majority 95%. These 5% are not men who attained lofty heights by sheer luck but men who gave themselves to certain principles of success and took uncommon steps to be among the topmost 5%.

By all holy means possible, a believer who possesses the mind of Christ must strive to be among the best 5 in any field of human endeavour in which he or she finds himself or herself. Whether as a student or in a chosen profession, whatever you do must spark of excellence, intelligence and sharpened literacy. Stars are people who possess rare accomplishments. They are stars simply because they dare the odds to reach the heights where others dream to climb. They are men of swift and calculated actions. He is a star in the world who is first a star in his mind.
For you to become a star there are two things you must never lack:

1.Ability to answer questions that life will present to you: Every expression of stardom is a product of answered questions. Life will always present you with questions, the way you answer such questions will determine which direction you will go on the ladder of success. Stardom is never accidental. It comes by preparedness and connotes excellence; you must pursue excellence as a way of life in order to remain a burning and shining star.

2.Ability to solve problems: The level of your problem solving is the level of your shining. The more problems you solve, the more of a star you become. Every area in which you desire shine, all you need to do is to solve important problems. You must understand that you can never shine until you bring down the Goliath in the area. 



1.Overcome Intimidation: 
Everyone that must be great must first conquer intimidation. Intimidation would always be a force you must war against as you attempt to climb the ladder of greatness in your chosen sphere of influence. This happened to David. The first thing Goliath did on sighting David was to intimidate him; the scripture says in verse 42 of our text that when Goliath ‘looked about and saw David, he disdained him’ and went further to intimidate him with words. Anything that intimidates you is the thing that God has called you to tackle.

2.Take Charge Spiritually: 
Believers must begin to realise that the enemy understands the power of the spiritual reality of things and would first take advantage of the spiritual before they would attempt to launch out an attack in the physical. Though Goliath had observed that David was a small and inexperienced lad in the art of war, after intimidating him, he switched on to the spiritual. In verse 43, we read that he cursed him in the name of his gods. Goliath knew that no matter how small David looked in the physical, he must ensure that David is disfavoured spiritually before he would be able to defeat him physically. A curse is an empowerment to fail, so Goliath cursed David in a bid to ensure that David fails in the spiritual so that he can fail in the physical. As believers, the ‘Goliath’ we want to bring down must not be wiser than we are in spiritual matters. As soon as Goliath engaged spiritual forces against David, David also engaged a higher spiritual force against Goliath. He made confessions against Goliath in the name of the God of Israel. You must be conscious of your spiritual strength in battle. In order to uproot any force in the physical, you must first uproot it in the spiritual. Any believer who is spiritually disconnected will suffer constantly in the hands of the enemy.

3.Maintain a Right Attitude: 
To become a star, you must give God the glory so He can give you the victory. In verse 46 of our text, David declared that he wanted to bring down the Philistine so that the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. The reason why you are going to solve the political problems of your nation must be because you want men to know how wise and mighty your God is. The reason why you want to solve the educational problems of your nation must be because you desire that men would know that you serve a God whose power is unlimited. You are into sports and entertainment, industry, medicine, science, entrepreneuring etc. because you want men to know that you serve a living and sovereign God. If that is your reason for facing the ‘Goliath’ in your chosen sphere of influence, then you can be sure of your victory. If you are doing it because you want to enthrone self, you will certainly fail. God is a jealous God. The glory belongs to him alone. Anyone who wants to take the glory and the victory will lose both. You start falling from the very point you start struggling with God for His glory. Any victory you get that does not give glory to God is not from God. Any gift or talent you have that does not give glory to God will eventually be taken away from you. 

4.Make Wise Decisions: 
There is need for you to develop the Ability to Form a Structure and System that will Work. Develop the ability to make sound and productive decisions based on sound spirituality, objective reasoning and emotional balance. Also develop the ability to discern and know what will work for you. In verse 40 of our text, the scripture records how David went to the brook and carefully selected five workable stones among the thousands of stones that were in the brook. In the end he did not just have five stones but he also understood the mystery of what he had. Though five stones may seem insignificant to meet a giant in battle, David made use of his carefully and strategically selected stones. Learn to strategise intelligently and make good use of what you have. All that you need is in what you have. You must know what will not work even as David knew that Saul’s armour will not work and rejected them early enough. Take calculated steps and see what others cannot see.

5.Be Proactive:
In verse 48 of our text, David is seen hastily and speedily moving against Goliath. In life you must be proactive; there is a place for prayer and another place for strategic move. You must be smart. You must understand times and seasons, chance and opportunities, privileges and advantages. You must be intelligent. 

Bring out your skills and use them for God, it is what God will use to give you the victory. Seek real knowledge and not general knowledge. Real knowledge is what makes you a voice in your chosen area of influence. Real knowledge is what you need to become an authority in a field and take that field for God.