Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
God promised to expand Jacob on all sides – the West, the East, the North and the South in Genesis Chapter 28 verses 13 to 15. After sojourning in Padan-Aram for twenty years, Jacob could boldly declare that God had increased him and had prospered him from a single individual who crossed the Jordan with his staff to two companies – two wives, two concubines, thirteen children and a horde of flocks as well as servants. What more could a person ask for? Please read Genesis Chapter 32 verses 9 to 10 and 36 verses 6 to 8.
Expansion is of God and it is the will of God for His
children. However, expansion comes by expanding the resources at your disposal.
Jesus always did so. For instance, the feeding of over five and four thousands
of people with the available little resources that were expanded. Elisha’s
supposedly insufficient bread also compounded to feed the many people around
him.
The widow of the indebted prophet was able to expand the
supposed only a jar of oil into several vessels of oil because she obeyed the
divine instructions relayed to her through the Prophet Elisha. This implies
that obedience to divine instructions is a major factor in expanding resources.
As long as she worked her land, the resources available to her compounded and
solved the problem of financial indebtedness in her family. The threat of debt
slavery disappeared and she and her sons were free to live in financial
freedom.
The virtuous woman of Proverbs Chapter 31 is celebrated for
not eating the bread of idleness. Please see Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 27. She
consistently expanded resources as she grew from fashion designing and production
of clothes to growing a vineyard. Contrast the life and activities of this
unnamed woman in the Bible with the unnamed young man of Proverbs Chapter 24
verses 30 to 34 described as devoid of understanding. God had already blessed
him with everything required for his daily divine provision and expansion yet
he refused to work his land like the following people mentioned in Ecclesiastes
Chapter 10 verse 8, Proverbs Chapter 18 verse 9, 19 verse 24, 26 verse 15, 12
verse 27 did.
Beloved, God hates
complacency. Complacency attracts punishment from God – Zephaniah Chapter 1
verses 12 to 13. Please read also Luke Chapter 12 verses 13 to 22, take note of
verse 19; take your ease, eat, drink and
be merry; rather than work harder, earn more and share with other people. Complacency
does not expand resources. It depletes resources. But diligence expands
resources.
Do not be complacent and negligent in any area of your life. Give careful attention to everything God blessed you with. Please read Job Chapter 39 verses 13 to 18. Always make careful enquiries about the state of your resources. That is what the very diligent and wealthy people always do and they keep earning more and more, expanding resources on a daily basis. God expects His children that He provides for to be diligent. Please see Proverbs Chapter 27 verses 23 to 27, 31 verses 10 to 31, 2nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7, Proverbs Chapter 30 verses 24 to 28.
Laziness, procrastination, giving of excuses, the blame game, refusal to seek help; not knowing that you require help, and some form of leverage indicate a refusal to be diligent as well as symptoms of lack of understanding. Do away with such filthy garments so that you can and will always expand resources to the glory of God the Father Who created you to expand on all sides.
May God in His infinite mercy and grace grant you the requisite wisdom you need to expand resources on a daily basis in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Shalom.
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