For over two years, commuters along the Mallam-Kasoa road (in Accra Ghana) suffered untold hardships in the hands of traffic at the Mallam junction due to a major road construction work. It became so unbearable that most people resorted to walking from Odorkor to Mallam Junction to pick vehicle then continued their journey. Thank God we are relieved with the completion of the project. In all this, I have learnt that time changes. And not only does time changes, but conditions do too! There are four lessons I have learnt from this traffic condition which I think are relevant to every human experience under the sun. I believe each of us has a reconstruction to make in life.
Every Condition Has A Beginning. What necessitated the reconstruction of the road was due to the bad nature of the road. It was a condition to make new what was old and deteriorating. This decision in turn brought the traffic. This is true for every change in condition in our personal lives too. For instance, when I noticed that my expenses far outstripped my income, I had to make a decision for change. Once I made the decision to change that condition, I had to start from somewhere. I took a look at my income streams. I began a change process by roping in more streams into my river of income so that my current of finances will flow well. A change in a worse condition is like that road construction at Mallam junction to replace a deteriorating one with a befitting one. It all begins from somewhere.
Every Condition Takes Time. There is a saying that says that God’s delays are not His denials. For over two years running, we experienced the worse traffic in the whole of Ghana, I think. But it was just for a change in condition. Sometimes we believe God for a breakthrough but it takes time to manifest. The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:8 that, “With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” Waiting is part and parcel of our walk in faith. Waiting proves our believe in what we expect. But it’s a fact that many people dislike waiting. On countless occasions, people have quitted because things were delaying. Just like the traffic condition took time to end, some conditions you believe to change will not happen overnight. It will take time!
No Condition Is Permanent. It is not entirely true that every condition is not permanent. Why? A condition is not permanent except steps are taken to change it. The traffic made staying in Kasoa stressful and even some people swore never to move to Kasoa. Even though it took that long for the situation to be turned around, we now have a free flow of traffic. The lesson we learn from this is that every condition under control will not be permanent. Conditions may tarry but they will surely not be permanent. No condition under control is permanent!
The End Of A Condition Is Joy. I am yet to see someone patiently waiting to see a bad condition turn for worse. Except for those who mean it for bad, even they, wish to feel joyful. The end of the construction brought so much joy. Now we stay in town longer to do more business. We don’t fear that we will struggle for vehicle only to join a hectic traffic. We don’t endure walking from Odorkor to Mallam junction. We don’t fear that we have to wake up at dawn to catch a car early in order to avoid traffic. Every bad condition has an end! You must let this principle sink into your spirit – the end of a condition is joy. This principle works for those who believe and act according to the saying that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In this article, I have tried to distill some four lessons for better positioning whilst traversing through hard and unbearable conditions. Whether you like it or not one worse condition or the other will hit hard at you along the way to your destiny. A suitable posture is required to deal with them. As time changes, conditions are bound to change if and only if we become committed to trading our bad conditions for good ones and staying the course.
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