Whether we choose to accept it or not, the world has taken a new turn. For some, they kept affirming that Barack Obama couldn’t win the 2008 U.S presidential election. Their reason was not farfetched – How can someone they like to term “black man” be the president of USA? It has never happened before! Yes! Never before. But that’s history. There are people whose story shape the way history is written, and Obama is one of them. What fascinates me most is that this is the first time an African-American will win the U.S presidential election. Have you ever been the first person to do something remarkable? Today, I see many people not being able to birth the purpose of God for their lives because they have not been able to answer the question –“Where has it been done before?”. There is this unwritten code that rules in the hearts of men to extol an established pattern over a divine program. And that alone has made many not see the workings of God in their lives. In Matthew 15:6 Jesus said “ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition”. What is tradition? It’s simply those things that say ‘this is the way it has always been done’. As little as it may look, it is capable of making the word not have the effect it is supposed to have in our lives. Every tradition starts from someone. Why can’t we be the ones to start something good for others to follow? For a long time, no one ran the 100m race in less than 10 seconds. But the same week this was done by someone, some other people ran 100m race below 10 seconds. I’m sure Obama’s victory has ruptured some barriers from people’s mind. But we do not need to wait for such people before we do what we have been inspired to do. Sometimes it might be too late. It is profitable to follow the divine program on your inside instead of the established pattern on the outside, whether it has been done before or not. This is because we serve a God, who always leads us in victory because of Christ. II Cor. 2:14 (GW)

– tope aladenusi