A wise man once said, You can tell where a man is going by the books he reads and also by the company he keeps.

Reading has become a lost art, reading has always been an issue for people.
In a school, the percentage of students who read is so low compared to those who loves reading. This generation of young people are worse, no one wants to sit down and read, there is also a saying that if you want to hide something from a black man, put it inside a book. Pathetic.

I can humorously say that reading was actually a serious matter, that in heaven, a book was presented, nobody could open it, except Jesus. Rev. 5:4

Isaiah. 34:16a says
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail..

So failure in any aspect of life is tied to inability to read. Reading informs you, it elicits your mind, sparks your mental capacity into life.

A prophecy came that Israel as a nation will spend 70 years in captivity, years in pain and captivity made them not to know it was past 70yrs, it took Daniel opening books to read, which made him understand that it is past 70 years, then made moves for captivity to end.

Some people can spend so much for food, for bags, fashion, their hair, on a woman BUT never on a book. Bishop David Oyedepo said he went abroad and when he came back, he came with two boxes or so and his wife filled with Joy asked, ‘what did you buy from your trip abroad?’ He opened the first box - books, He opened the second box, still books, the woman looked bewildered, and she was like, just books? Bishop replied and I rephrase, “all these books, if I internalize the contents of these books, all those material things will be readily ours and in abundance” Look at Bishop’s life, it is evident.

This year, I have read 2 books and I am on the third, and I feel I am not serious yet. All the men who make marks and took giant strides in life were heavy readers, not one of them don't read.

Acts 19:20 says
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed..

So in any field of life that you gather enough information on, it will engender success. Are you a business man/woman? What have you read on business, on staying successful for a long while, for sustaining the business, for attracting and keeping customers etc. Do you want to get married? How many books have you read on marriage, parenting, handling finances, raising kids, managing pregnancy etc

Have you wondered why text messages are usually 160 words? Because people have attention disorder and find it difficult to read anything longer than 160 words. Mmh, serious matter.

Whatever you gather enough information by reading, internalizing and consequent actions/steps leads to success in that field.

Open that book, READ!!!