Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
All the resources you need to succeed in life are
inside of you. You may wonder how and where. Perhaps you should take a clue
from the prodigal son who thought a rich inheritance from a wealthy father
would set him up in life. What happened? The young man lost everything as fast
as he demanded and collected it from his loving father. And because he had no
idea how to make wealth with his God
given resources he was engaged in what I choose to call slave labor; slave labor
because he did not even earn a living wage. To make matters worse, he came
close to eating what he fed the pigs with. Fortunately, with no human help in
sight from anyone, God helped him to come to himself – he was not a slave but a
bonafide child of a very wealthy father whose servants could be described as
rich. Why then should he live in abject penury when he could return to his
father to make peace and be wealthy again? Do not forget that as a child of
every wealthy man, the prodigal son was already wealthy. He did not need to
collect his inheritance while his father was alive to prove to anyone that he
was wealthy. So Mr. Prodigal Son retraced his steps back home and lived in
affluence again despite what he had done against his father in the past.
The widow of the indebted son of the prophet also
probably came to the same realization when her late husband’s creditor
threatened to come and take her two sons for slave labor. Suddenly, she
realized that God could salvage their situation. So she ran to the prophet
Elisha for a solution. Fortunately, she did not revert to her husband’s methods
of borrowing to solve financial challenges. She chose to trust God to get her
out a habit that if not curbed would become generational. She cried to God for
a solution which surprisingly had been resident in her all these years when her
husband went a borrowing and had mortgaged the destiny of their two sons into
debt servitude. God in His infinite mercy chose to show mercy and spoke through
the Prophet Elisha. The hitherto jar of oil that she probably considered
insignificant and of little or zero monetary value actually had the capacity to
transform their lives – give them more than enough money to pay off their debts
as well as have enough to live on for the rest of their lives. They were free
from the bondage and attendant slavery of debts.
Beloved, God the bondage breaker had set them free
from the affliction of debt and its attendant humiliation, shame, bondage and
slavery. Significantly, God used the woman’s honest and sincere refusal to
continue with the habit of borrowing to break and destroy what the enemy had
intended as a legal ground to introduce debt servitude to the family.
The woman with the issue of blood had exhausted her
financial resources on medics to no avail.
Rather than borrow and probably still not find a solution, she chose to
seek Jesus, to touch the hem of His garment. That was the breakthrough. The
pain, the shame, and humiliation of twelve years ceased and she was made whole
without spending a dime.
The Prophet Elijah prayed down rain at a time when
there was no rain for about three years. Without recourse to money or seeking
help where there was no help, Elijah drew on his internal strength based on the
relationship he had with God and there was rain.
Beloved, IT IS IN YOU. You may argue that Jesus is
no longer physically here on planet earth; therefore you have no access to Him.
Perhaps! But spiritually you can reach Jesus if you have the right spiritual
connection which is salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, the requirement being
that you believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Please see John
Chapter 3 verses 16, 3 to 8. You may wonder if it is that simple. Absolutely
because once you make it right with God through Jesus Christ, you can ask for
absolutely anything within His will and you have it. Please see 1st
John Chapter 5 verses 13 to 15. Besides healing is His will. It does not matter
what the ailment is; how long it has stayed in your body; what negativity
people have attached to it; beloved, God is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all that you can ever ask or think of. Please see Ephesians Chapter 3
verse 20 and Zechariah Chapter 4 verses 6 to 7.
You may also say that Prophet Elisha is long dead
and you do not know any credible prophets to cry to. Be comforted. Jesus is
here, the Holy Spirit is here and the word of God is very near you. Get a
Bible; read and study by the help of the Holy Spirit. You will be amazed at the
truths God will open your eyes to in order to set you free.
How about the excuse of not having a wealthy parent?
Beloved, God is more to you than a wealthy parent? Beloved, God is more to you
than a wealthy parent. After all, God owns the entire universe and everything
in the universe. That makes Him the Owner of wealth and if He is the Owner of
wealth, then He and will always give you of that wealth if you have a
relationship with Him. Significantly, the Bible records in Deuteronomy Chapter
8 verse 18 that God is the One Who gives you power to make wealth. That power
is inside of you waiting patiently to be activated the day you choose to do so.
Therefore, quit waiting in people, events and circumstances to make you
wealthy. Rather ask God to make you wealthy and when you become wealthy, also
remember to ask God to help you stay wealthy so that you can transfer that
wealth to future generations. Additionally, always remember to be a blessing to
humanity with that wealth. Shalom and God bless you.
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