Written by
Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
For many years the widow of the
indebted prophet alongside her husband and two sons lived in the consciousness
of lack and poverty and therefore had to borrow from family members, friends
and neighbours until they maxed themselves out. When her husband died, the
creditor could not be bothered about their bereavement. He was concerned about
retrieving his money from them by enslaving the two sons of the man in debt
servitude.
Suddenly, reality dawned on the
widow. Her husband was gone; and now her two sons in debt servitude! Something
had to be done to remedy the family situation. She ran to the prophet Elisha.
Beloved, it was possible for the
prophet to have given her the money required to pay off the debts and even if
the prophet did not own such money, he could have sent her to someone he knew
who could pay off the family debt and set them free, albeit; temporarily. This
is because they would revert to borrowing again as it was the only way of
livelihood they understood. So Elisha took the decision to correct the anomaly
of living off borrowing in that family. He taught the woman and her sons to
make their own money and wealth by deploying the resources at their disposal no
matter how seemingly little or insignificant to make their own wealth.
Suddenly, an impoverished family
who had spent almost a lifetime borrowing learnt to create wealth by providing
an urgently required product in the community. Additionally, they took the
great step of delivering the product at the doorstep of those who required the
service and suddenly, the seemingly elusive money that had made them borrowers
found its way into their pockets. So for people who only saw money when it was
borrowed now say money flow into their hands not as borrowed money, given money
but earned money, money earned from selling a product.
They now had money not just to pay off
their debts but money to live on for the rest of their lives. They stopped
living poor because they had learnt to make their own wealth.
Beloved, you can rise up very
dignified from borrowing and begging by simply making your own wealth albeit
through providing a service, a product or selling your expertise, knowledge
resources for a fee. Do not despise the day of small beginnings. Just start
somewhere and grow as big as God would have you grow because definitely, God
Who promised to bless the work of your hands will open great doors of increase
and abundance for you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Shalom.
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