Written by Uyoyou Christiana
Charles-Iyoha
Start Walking.
Are you crippled by the negative experiences
which plagued you in life? Is your financial situation so bad that you are as
good as financially crippled in life; with no one to turn to for assistance
anymore because you have practically maxed out whatever assistance you should
receive?
You have borrowed from friends, neighbors,
family members, colleagues at work and even financial institutions and barely paid
back. In point of fact, the only reason you paid back was so the harassments by
your creditors would come to an end. And unfortunately for you, your creditors
learnt their lessons; particularly the ones you refused to pay back. You would
never ever get a dime from them again. And the ones you delayed in paying back
also took decisions to blacklist you. You would never ever get a dime from them
again even if you offered to pay back with high interest rates because they are
fed up with your tales by moonlight.
Beloved, you have also maxed out on
the generosity of kind hearted people who always blessed you with financial
resources until they discovered that your financial crisis was a result of your
gross financial indiscipline manifested in your refusal to honor God with your
resources, your constant recourse to impress people with gifts you do not own
and cannot afford; just to give the impression that you are financially
comfortable whereas you are not; your uncontrolled drinking habit and the
drinking sprees fund with borrowed money which you have no hope of paying back
except you rob Peter to pay Paul in your characteristic manner; putting up
structures with other people’s money which you have no intention of paying back
or paying back at your convenience which unfortunately never comes.
This is no way to live especially
so when you inconvenience other people to live this false lifestyle which
unfortunately paints you as a dupe, a cheat, and a fraudster. Additionally,
this lifestyle devalues your brand and does not bring glory to God. The Bible
instructs believers to give out of their God given resources and not borrowed
resources which they have no intention of paying back simply because they want
to manage the impression that they are generous people when actually they borrow to impress.
Beloved, it is time to wake up to
reality so that you can stop playing this game of folly and grow up emotionally
and financially. Why emotionally? Because you want to massage your emotions,
you give to impress so that you feel good amongst the people you want to
impress. So how do you wake up? Simply ask yourself the following empowering
questions.
Why do I give to these horde of
parasitic people around me who actually do not care about me but are only after
what I can give to them?
Am I doing it to buy affection,
applause, recognition and recommendation?
Does God Who created me not love
me, applaud me, recognize and recommend me to the right people who would do
same without binding me to give them the financial resources which I do not
own?
Why am I allowing myself to be
manipulated?
Do I suffer low self-esteem and the
supposedly applause of these people give me some props?
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