INVESTMENT IN CHARACTER

INVESTING IN YOUR CHARACTER
In dealing with a subject of this nature, the starting point is to unravel and define in proper perspective what investment in character means. Character is a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of someone or something. In a well definite way, character is refers to as the inherent complex of attributes that determines a person’s moral and ethical actions and reactions.

From generation to generation, from one dispensation to another, character has always been a distinguishing and distinctive features of an individual. If a society, organization, or a community want to define an individual, it is basically on character, which most time is refers to as a person’s reputation and sometimes seen as a complex of mental and ethical traits making a person or a group.

Good or godly character is the ultimate goal of all traditional and cultural education. To settle for anything less is to miss the point of growth, acceptance, reputation and legacy within clime and jurisdiction one belong. Every family, community and society spend and invest so much in character development of their children and wards, which later turn out to be the hallmark of the family. Developing the character that is good and of emulation is  life’s  most important task because it is the only thing that will launch us into enduring legacy.

Investment in character is to be committed, courageously and painstakingly inculcating the right moral and ethical values into one’s life. Education, whether formal or informal has been the object of formation of character. Not that alone, education and empowering the mind with positive and goldly values, moral and ethics is a way of investing in human character.

Every man’s eternal rewards in heaven will be based on the character we develop and  demonstrate here on earth. This means the objective of all teachings and education, must be to change  lives, invest and develop character in them, not to merely provide information.

There are two types of characters – (i) Godly or good character, (ii) evil character.

POINTS TO CONSIDER
•Character is never built in classroom; it is built in the circumstances of life. The “classroom study” is simply the place to identify character qualities and learn how character is developed.
• some of the events and  circumstances we face are to develop character in us, and that will make us  respond correctly when individuals are placed us in character-building situations.
• Character development and investment always involves a choice. When we make the right choice, our character grows and enhance our reputation.
•Whenever we choose to respond to a situation in good and ethical way instead of following our natural inclination we develop character

PROCESS OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
How does God produce the fruit of the Spirit in our lives? By putting us in the exact opposite circumstances so we have a choice to make.
•God teaches us how to really love by putting us around unlovable people (it does not require any character to love people who have it all together).
•He teaches us joy in times and in the midst of sorrow. Joy is -internal. Happiness depends on what’s happening, but joy is independent of circumstances.
•He develops peace within us b9 placing us in the midst of chaos so we can learn to trust him.

Character development is not always easily, so also investing in character is one of the herculean task that sometime very difficult at the beginning but pay off later in the future. When you se a parent, mentor, teacher or community that is interested in character development or investment, their concern is to perfect their wards or children, and to make a better person out of them, and not to pamper them.

For this reason, anyone who choose the path of character development or investment, life will  allows such individuals to go through all kinds of character building circumstances: conflicts disappointment, difficulty, temptation, and times of dryness and delays.

When you put knowledge of what you are instructed and taught, had a good perspective, with conviction and corresponding skills together, the resulting product is CHARACTER.