Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
…only if you carefully obey the voice of the
Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you
today. 6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you
shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many
nations, but they shall not reign over you. Deuteronomy Chapter 15 verses 5 and
6 NKJV.
And the Lord will
grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your
livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord
swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good
treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to
bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall
not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall
be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord
your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
Deuteronomy Chapter 28 verses 11 to 13. NKJV
Articles of Gold and Silver as Wealth
In the Bible, God always blessed His children with articles of silver and gold as well as other material resources associated with wealth – purple robes and linen, exotic and rare spices. Beloved, rare spices and other resources, exotic clothing, silver and gold which were not common, expensive jewels such as crowns, rings, bracelets, necklaces and chains, and precious stones were symbols of wealth and royalty. Significantly, they still are and will continue to be such.
Only recently, God opened my eyes of understanding to the
significance of articles of silver and gold; gemstones, royal and exotic clothing
as symbols of wealth and royalty. He also let me know that He has been blessing
me with these items but I have never given thought to the value of what I own,
some of which I discarded cheaply, threw away or put in the mission bag.
Significantly, some of these things came cheaply, free, I never asked for them.
And you know what, some of you reading this have also been blessed by God with
these resources, but maybe, like me, you did not pay attention to them. Or even
maybe, you have no idea what value they possess. So you probably treated them
cheap and insignificant. But again like me, I believe that God is giving you an
opportunity to make good use of these resources so that you can become the
lender to the nations that He created you to be.
A number of biblical persons received gifts of articles of
silver and gold as well as rare and exotic items of their day which made them wealthy.
They include:
King Solomon received numerous gifts of articles of silver
from many people, including royalty from other lands and these constituted some
of his wealth. Please read 1st Kings Chapter 10 verses 23 to 29 and
2nd Chronicles Chapter 9 verses 1 to 9. 1 Kings Chapter 10 verse 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon
in one year was 666 talents of gold,
1 Kings Chapter 10 verse 2 She came
to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very
much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all
that was on her mind.
Abraham received silver from Abimelech after Abimelech
discovered that Sarah was the wife of Abraham. To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand
pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you,
and before all men you are cleared." Genesis Chapter 20 verse 16.
Genesis Chapter 13 verse 2 Now Abram
was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
Daniel received several such gifts from the Kings he served
in the kingdoms of Babylon and later Persia and Medes when the kingdom of
Babylon was transferred to the Persians and the Medes. Please read Daniel
Chapters 2 and 5.
Joseph was a recipient of such items from Pharaoh.
Then Pharaoh took his
signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in
garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck. Genesis Chapter
41 verse 42.
Rebekah and her family received articles of silver and gold
and fine apparel from the servant of Abraham who came to find a wife for Isaac,
the son of Abraham.
When the camels had
finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two
bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,
53 And the servant
brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to
Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments. Genesis
Chapter 24 verses 22 and 53.
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