I went to a faith-based, private school for my primary education. The fees were high, but my parents never hesitated to pay the annual fees due to the quality of education provided by the school, and their strong belief that a good education is one of the greatest assets they could give me. In addition, my parents paid for extra private tuition at home for me in the evenings.
As it happens, I was a top-set student in my year group. Scoring eighty percent and above in my exam results was a regular occurrence. You can imagine the horror and shock, on the rare occasion that I got a miserable seventy percent in general knowledge during my Year 5 exams. My final primary school results were excellent, I was the president of the science club in my school and I gained admission into a high-performing and competitive Secondary School.
When I got to secondary school, it was a different ball game. I was surprised at how far back I was. I was a top-set in primary school, but in secondary school, there were students that were miles ahead of me academically. Looking back, I now appreciate the lesson of ‘The Next Level.’ Becoming a Diamond Believer is a journey to the next level.
We live life on levels, and experience life in stages. The life I lived as a 6-year-old, is completely different from the life I lived as a 16-year-old, 26-year-old, and 36 year old.
For every level that we experience, or we aspire to, there is the ‘A-I-R’ principle for that next level. ‘A’ stands for authority, ‘I’ stands for influence, and ‘R’ stands for responsibility. God ensures that we are fully prepared in all these areas before moving us to the next level.
Listen to this audio on preparing for the next level.
