Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Recourse to God in
Prayers
Any business or venture which you cannot creatively finance may not be what you are divinely called to do to make wealth. Any business which makes you borrow start up finance which you may not be able to pay back may not necessarily be what you are divinely called to do.
The widow of the
indebted prophet already had a jar of oil that could multiply and compound in
the house. However she lacked vessels to package the oil into to make it a
marketable commodity. Of course she did not know all of this until the prophet
Elisha opened her eyes of understanding to the huge opportunities for money
making in her home; a supposedly no descript little jar of oil paid off the
family’s debt and provided sustainable income for the family to live on for the
rest of their lives.
The woman with the
persisting flow of issue of blood had run out of resources to finance the
medical challenge of twelve that had exhausted her financial resources. But she
did not give up in her quest for a cure. She creatively financed the medical
challenge by turning to God for help through Jesus Christ. She received instant
healing without having to beg or borrow to fritter on another set of medics who
would not be able to help her.
The virtuous woman
must have considered owning a vineyard as one of her goals while still a very
young woman. But she did not start immediately because she did not own the
resources to buy the requisite land to own the vineyard. So she started with
what she had. She deployed the ability to sew and knit into a money making
activity. She worked diligently at this until she was able to earn sufficient
financial resources to purchase land for the planting of the vineyard.
Beloved, a little
bit of creative thinking would reveal that she excelled at her designing,
sewing and knit wear to attract the right kind of clientele who paid handsomely
for the goods she produced. Further critical thinking would also reveal that
she was a good manager of financial resources. She saved up money from the
fashion business to plough into the new business – purchasing land to plant a
vineyard.
Significantly, she
did not stop the fashion business. Both businesses grew side by side – industry
and wisdom on the part of the virtuous woman.
Jacob did not go borrowing or begging financial resources or flock in order to raise his own flock after Laban played a fast one on him. Rather, he creatively raised his own flock from what was left over by Laban, flock from which supposedly spotted flock could not be raised. All it took what was the Holy Spirit directed creative thinking and the flock were able to conceive and birth healthy spotted flock.
Though the Apostle
Paul was entitled to financial support (for his living and other expenses) from
the many Churches he planted; he chose to creatively finance his living and
other expenses. While in Corinth, he worked as a tent maker alongside Aquila
and Priscilla (both tent makers) in order to earn income to support his living
and other expenses so as not to be a burden to anyone or the Churches he
planted. Please read Acts Chapter 18 verses 1 to 3.
Beloved, ask God for
wisdom to creatively finance whatever business idea He lays in your heart.
Shalom.
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