Push out into Deep Water

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Move away from where you are now to where God wants you to be in 2020. Peter and his colleagues labored fruitlessly all through the night but when Jesus Christ instructed them to push out into deep water; where significantly, God wanted him to be at that point in time; and he obeyed, Peter and his colleagues’ harvested abundance.

Beloved, move away, NOW from fruitless labors to FRUITFUL LABORS by pushing out into the deep waters God planned and purposed for you from the foundation of the world. That is to say that there is a divine place and time for you to harvest and enjoy abundance if only you will pay attention to God and be where He wants you to be.

Beloved, pay attention to God through the Holy Spirit to get the specific location as Peter got – into deep water and not shallow water. Peter was also instructed on the specific activities to engage in – launch out your nets for a catch. Beloved, get your clear specific instructions and obey God. You will definitely have sure harvests and abundance in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

You may have to learn new skills, interact with and collaborate with a new set of partners, build strategic alliances that are purposeful to your new destination and activities. Go ahead and do so. Also, LEARN TO APPLY NEW SKILLS; DEPLOY LATENT EXPERTISE in your deep waters and harvest abundance in 2020 and beyond in the name of Jesus Christ.

The Mindset of the Wealthy 3

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The unnamed virtuous woman of Proverbs Chapter 31 verses 10 to 31 was a successful wife, as well as a mother no doubt. Besides, her husband was a man of substance considering that he sat with the elders at the city gate. That should have been any woman’s pride in her days. After all, she owned a home provided for by her husband yet the Bible records that she was not an idle woman. Economically and socially, and even spiritually, she was profitably busy. In today’s world, she would be described as a fashion designer, and a very successful one at that. But her success as a fashion designer did not get to her head that she had peaked. Rather, the success she experienced as a fashion designer who supplied sashes to merchants did not get to her head and make her complacent. Rather, it made her more diligent and committed to investing in other areas of the economy. She took profits from her fashion business into purchasing a field to grow a vineyard – a source of raw materials for wine production. What an amazing woman, with the great mindset of the wealthy, the people who truly understand the difference between bread and seed. A typical bread eater would happily fritter the profits from the fashion business in to bread eating (physical bread, entertainment, additional clothes and accessories that are not even needed) but the seed sower that she was, she ploughed the profits into a different sector of the economy thereby multiplying her income streams as well as sheltering her financial resources by investing in different sectors of the economy. That is the mindset of the wealthy, invest, reinvest, diversify investments, multiply income streams and associate with like minded people and not bread eaters.

Isaac was the heir of Abraham, a very wealthy man. Please read Genesis Chapters 13 and 24 yet Isaac did not become complacent despite inheriting so much wealth from his father. Isaac kept working to accumulate more wealth (Genesis Chapter 26) until he became very wealthy and even when he was already very wealthy, he did not stop investing. He dug up more wells despite the contention by the Philistines over the wells his servants dug.

The Mindset of the Wealthy 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

God also endowed Solomon with great descriptive powers so that he could describe plant life, including plants and trees which were not even native to Israel. He had great descriptive powers coupled with vast knowledge which kept his very attentive audience spell bound; willing to come back again and again to hear him speak. Additionally, this same audience spread the word about Solomon’s great wisdom, vast knowledge base and understanding like wildfire. Any wonder his fame spread.

King Solomon topped these up with the divine ability to teach – transfer knowledge and wisdom resources to other people. Please read Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verses 9 to 13. He was a great communicator. Solomon was indeed endowed with the tongue of the learned – Isaiah Chapter 50 verses 4 to 5; an instructed tongue, clearly instructed by God to speak peace, life, comfort, healing, deliverance, knowledge to take away ignorance from the lives of people held captive by ignorance (Isaiah Chapter 9 verse 2), understanding to people whose lack of understanding made life difficult to understand; and wisdom to the foolish so they could become wise, truly functional and successful.

King Solomon also knew how to take advantage of divine opportunities and platform. The people who came from all nations to hear his wisdom alongside his own people whom he ruled were great assets. So he invested his wisdom in them; and also partnered with them to do business. Hiram, his most trusted and respected ally was one of his greatest business partners. Together, they ruled the sea with their trading fleet of ships alongside their seasoned sailors who knew and understood the sea and sea routes as well as where to find gold, silver, choice spices and other great articles of trade. This way, King Solomon made money every second, minute, hour, day, week, month and year. Are you still surprised that he was the richest man of his days!

The Mindset of the Wealthy

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The wealthy always strategize on earning, investing and reinvesting the profits in other profitable ventures and even when they spend money, it is on investment pieces; pieces which would earn additional income beyond the purchase value and price in the future. They could be great works of art, unique and beautiful jewelry, great clothing, shoes, bags, houses and homes, quality décor, quality silver ware, you name it. King Solomon is a classic example. Please read 1^st Kings Chapter 10 verses 1 to 29. Though he enjoyed great peace all through his reign and received tributes from the nations his father had conquered and who were subject to him, the Bible records that King Solomon was a prudent business man. He was always investing and trading gold, horses, spices and whatever fetched good money in his days. He owned a fleet of trading ships at sea, controlled horses and chariot trade along Israel’s border; in point of fact, he had a monopoly of the trade – he bought horses and chariots from Egypt and sold to all their neighbours such as the Arameans and the Hittites. Additionally, King Solomon earned income from his God given wisdom as the people who came to see him in order to hear his wisdom brought quality gifts such as gold, silver, clothing. These further enriched King Solomon. Please read 1^st Kings Chapter 4 verses 29 to 34.

King Solomon’s Wisdom

What Solomon did with his God given wisdom.

He spoke three thousand proverbs, a great feat if you ask me. This is because he was mentally busy in a positive way. Additionally these proverbs ere written down and passed on as wisdom to several peoples and nationalities as well as generations beyond King Solomon’s immediate generation. This was what people came to hear. Significantly, Solomon did not keep the wisdom to his chest. He shared the wisdom with people through speaking about in well organized speaking sessions. Beloved, this implies that you can share whatever wisdom God endowed you with at speaking events such conferences and training, seminars, on YouTube, GodTube, Television and as podcasts. Additionally, you can write down the wisdom and publish as books in any of the publishing formats. Dramatize the wisdom as films and documentaries. Do not for any reason keep the wisdom to your chest or hide it in the ground like the wicked lazy servant or share it among people who cannot reward you like the poor man whose wisdom saved the city from a very strong king who besieged the city yet the poor man was despised because he did not have financial muscles. Beloved, ideally and in about all the biblical examples I know of; the divine deposit of God’s wisdom in the life of his children always brings about untold wealth and honor. Please read 1^st Kings Chapters 4 verse 32; 10 verses 14 to 29 and 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 9 verses 13 to 28.