Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Life can sometimes be very ironic and sure throws pleasant
surprises when least expected. A people assumed to be without the strengths and
capabilities to make wealth stared wealth in the face. Abundant food, silver,
gold and choice clothing in large numbers! What a great find! They did not
waste a second. First they satisfied and dealt with the hunger pangs of many
days; all the while keeping very vigilant eyes on the silver, gold and choice
clothing which they carted away for themselves and hid in safe places. The
questions to ask would be and should be – were the lepers right in helping
themselves first to the silver, gold and clothing; and why hide them in safe
places from the people of Samaria? Did they also need these items? Was the
daily sustenance of food not their top most priority?
Beloved, herein is wisdom. The four lepers daily begged for
sustenance at the city gates and always got pittances. If they got anything
substantial, then begging would not be a daily grind at the city gates. So with
this one opportunity designed to help themselves out of the daily grind of
begging, they did a great job of it, securing their future. Besides, who would
remember them when it was time to share that great bounty among the citizens of
Samaria? And to think that there was a great stampede when the people of
Samaria discovered the food. Fortunately for the physically less endowed but
richly endowed wise four lepers, they had taken more than their fair share of
the booties and hidden them for safe keeping away from the people of Samaria.
Beloved, this great testimony of the four lepers illustrates that any form of
incapacitation and challenge is no excuse from hooking up to God and connecting
to His divine power in you to get wealth.
The four lepers responded to promptings by the Holy Spirit
to go the camp of the Syrian army so that they would be the ones to inform the
King and the people of Samaria that the siege was over. This is because none of
the people of Samaria, including the army and the army chief were willing to
step a foot outside the city gates for fear of the Syrians. But the four lepers
who concluded that they had nothing to lose in the process of going to the camp
of the Syrians gained a lot such as favor wealth, what they did not labor for
coupled with the prestige of being the ones who reported freedom and
deliverance from the siege. Their power to get wealth was the obedience and swift
response to the promptings of the Holy Spirit – first to go the camp of the
Syrians; secondly to help themselves to some of the wealth of the Syrians as
well as and broadcast and thirdly to broadcast the good news to the King and
his court; thus benefiting humanity. They were a blessing to the people of
Samaria despite their physical challenges and the discrimination they suffered.
Though Mordecai was not physically challenged and ostracized
from mainstream society, he suffered great discrimination on account of his
race, as well as cultural and religious beliefs. To start with, he was employed
in the lowest strata of work – he was a gate man but significantly and to his
great advantage at the palace in Shushan. So despite being a gateman, he saw,
met and interacted with people of class, dignity and importance. He was also
privy to information about events in the kingdom, people, intrigues and plots
in the palace. He was privileged to know about the search for a new queen
contest before it became public information. Mordecai quickly talked his
younger cousin Hadassah, later known as Esther into contesting. Fortunately,
she won. Again, Mordecai was privileged to know about a plot to kill the King
by Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers at the palace of the King. This again was the
working of the Holy Spirit in the life of Mordecai. Again by the leading of the
Holy Spirit, he informed his cousin, Esther the queen about the plot against
life. Esther then informed the king and the matter was investigated. While
Bigthan and Teresh paid with their lives for the treachery, Mordecai’s name was
etched in the chronicles of the King for giving a timely life transforming
report which saved the life of the King.
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