Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
The Biblical truth about wealth creation is that wealth has to be created – Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 18. The indebted prophet’s widow alongside her two sons became packagers of an unlimited divine resource which they later marketed to generate money. Wealth was created.
The power to create wealth can be mental, spiritual and
physical. Whichever, God deposited in you the power to create wealth. David for
instance had military power and used that power to advantage in securing
personal and national wealth in Israel. How? The nations he subdued brought
tribute to him. In addition, the spoils of war, particularly the gold, silver
and bronze pieces alongside iron and
opulent garments contributed to his wealth. The slaves taken in war also worked
the land for agricultural produce.
Solomon was blessed with spiritual and mental power.
His spiritual power lay in his total surrender, respect, honor and obedience to
God coupled with his total dependence on God to help him administer justice. Consequently,
God blessed him with the additional gift of wisdom. He was the wisest man of
his time and globally he became a resource and reference on wisdom. People;
especially kings and queens as well as people of great repute, social and
economic standing came in search of him to hear his wisdom. They did not come
empty handed. They came with quality gifts that translated into great wealth
for Solomon. He became the wealthiest person of his time. Solomon also invested
in intra region trade and had a flourishing bilateral trade treaty and business
with Hiram, king of Tyre. This increased his wealth.
King Solomon had multiple income streams , a
function of his engagement in multiple economic activities – his teaching
sessions on wisdom for which he was spiritually, mentally and physically
prepared, tributes, wisdom fees, trade, etc. Though his wealth was favor wealth, he generated the wealth from economic activities utilizing the powers God gave to him to create wealth. As a king, he had to look the part, speak the part and be sufficiently knowledgeably. He was always prepared for this and wisely scheduled appointed
times for such sessions.
There were also meetings with kings and queens from
other nations. These were also wisely scheduled. Nothing was done haphazardly –
there was adequate preparation ahead of time. He also received tributes from
many nations around him because he had dominion over the entire region. But
significantly, he had peace and recognized that God gave him the peace. He
therefore invested the proceeds of the peace – ample time to plan and develop
personally, nationally as well as worship God in the plans and purposes of God
for himself and his nation. He built the temple, served God in the temple,
encouraged and ensured the worship of God in the temple, gave generously for
the worship of God in the temple. King Solomon invested time in profitable
trading activities and greatly increased his wealth. He was a skilled
negotiator and always negotiated profitable trade treaties. He indeed utilized
his God given power to get wealth to great advantage and great wealth.
Solomon was a thinker. Strategic thinking was one of
his key strengths. That perhaps explains why he took advantage of every
opportunity to create business opportunities, alliances and wealth. He took
advantage of the diplomatic visits from Hiram to negotiate a long term business
partnership that translated into strong diplomatic ties between both countries.
He was proactive, planned, prepared and
managed time effectively. In essence, he invested time.
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