Use Your Mind to Create Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

You can translate invisible money into visible money. How? Please pray this prayer and then read the entire blogpost for today.

Father, thank You for the abundant financial resources and wealth with which You want to make me a lender to the nations. Deuteronomy Chapters 15 verse 6 and 28 verse 12.

Father, please give me the wisdom to manage the vast divine resources you blessed me with in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.  Give me the wisdom to translate this huge divine deposit of invisible money into visible money; money that will bless humanity in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Deploy your mental processes into creating wealth. How? Rather than reflect on negative experiences and people; reflect on the platforms and opportunities you can deploy for making wealth. Ask God to give you witty ideas and concepts with you can create wealth to bring you out of poverty.

A word from God is what you need. The word of God literally takes you into the throne room of God where you will get divine ideas from God on what to do to create wealth. Therefore, have daily contact with the word of God and you will have daily contact with God on how to create sustainable wealth.

Be innovative. Innovation has the power to transform individuals, families, communities, institutions and nations from mediocrity, irrelevance, insignificance and poverty to limelight, relevance, and significance to astounding wealth. Globally, there are a number of innovation economies which are both economic and political forces to reckon with in the world. The power of innovation is reflected in some of the success stories recorded in California which transformed from an agricultural valley to Silicon Valley. The nation of Israel for instance has very little in terms of landmass. Yet Israel is famed for agricultural excellence. Israel does not have diamonds yet they process diamonds and make money from doing so because they have perfected the art of processing diamonds. In essence, they have translated their mental processes into a technology for processing diamonds.

Exercise Dominion in the Marketplace

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You can and should exercise dominion in the market place by manifesting the grace of God in your life, the divine gifts of God in your life, His beauty, fame, significance, glory, honor and wealth in your life in the market place, especially the global market place now that the world has become a global village. Therefore, showcase these beauties of God for all to see in your life by participating actively in the marketplace. You should and must have something to contribute to local, national and global development which you can conveniently sell online to a carefully selected and targeted global audience.

Some biblical apostles of the marketplace include but are not limited to:

Joseph who exercised dominion in the political and economic space of Egypt by proffering a food security program which ensured that Egypt had food during and beyond the seven years of severe famine. Please read Genesis Chapter 41.

Moses exercised dominion in the political space of Egypt and led the people of Israel out of Egypt to the Promised Land. Although he did not get to the Promised Land, his feats in Egypt especially in his negotiations with Pharaoh are commendable and lessons in the subject of negotiation.

Joshua exercised dominion in the military and political space of the nations in Canaan. He was a conquistador and led highly successful military expeditions against the nations which Israel dispossessed to take over the Promised Land. He also led in apportioning land to the twelve tribes of Israel. The entire book of Joshua is a great instruction on military expeditions and annexations.

Solomon straddled about every space – he exercised dominion in business, politics, diplomacy, you name it; significantly not only in Israel but in the nations around Israel. He had a monopoly of trade in horses and chariots in the region; was the wisest and wealthiest person in his day. Please read 1^st Kings Chapters 3 to 10 for details and insight.

Daniel was a prominent person in the political space of the empires of Babylon and Persia. He served in a number of administrative capacities before rising to become the number two person in the kingdom. Please read Daniel Chapters 1 to 6 for details and inspiration.

The Link between Zero Waste and Prosperity

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5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame. Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 5;

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Proverbs Chapter 6 verses 6 to 11.

To waste anything is to allow the thing rot, be destroyed without being of benefit to anyone. That explains why it is said that waste depletes resources. It takes away from what should have been used to bless humanity thereby reducing what is left. Waste depletes resources while saving up resources multiplies and compounds resources as well as establishes the land, individuals and families.

One way of wasting resources is to sleep through harvest. Ironically, harvest time is not only when crops are harvested and brought in or when your investments mature. About every day and every time is harvest time because seeds sown at diverse times yield their harvests at diverse times. Cereals, tubers, cash crops, fruits and what have you are harvested differently at diverse times.

A person, family, communities, institutions and nations who sleep through harvests unconsciously allow the harvests to waste. This is because animal predators will eat the harvests and because animal predators just eat in an unorganized manner, a good number of the harvest is destroyed in the process, falls to the ground, is trampled upon, rots, thereby resulting in waste.

A foolish child sleeps through harvests. Do not sleep through harvests because harvest times is the time to eat the fruit of your labor. What works against harvest?

Wandering off just when the harvest is ready for harvesting is a satanic ploy of sleeping through harvests. That way, you lose out on your harvest.

Some of the things which cause wandering include ignorance, fear, insecurity, uncertainty, etc. ignorance should be replaced with knowledge, understanding and wisdom while fear should be replaced with faith in the word of God. Insecurity and uncertainty should also be replaced with the truth of the word of God and absolute dependence on God for protection, security and guidance because God is faithful and He will always guide us in His truth and love.

Break Free from Servitude

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It is usually quite common for people to lose their identities. However, the likes of Daniel, Esther, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Job, Moses, Joseph and Paul did not lose their identities despite the challenges they experienced in foreign lands.  Please read Daniel Chapter 1, Exodus Chapters 2 and 3.

The biblical Issachar for instance was divinely wired to provide leadership and direction as well as influence in Israel. But because he saw a pleasant land, he submitted to forced labor and slavery.  How on earth does a slave provide leadership, direction and influence especially so in a land that is not his or her own? By returning to his or her own land and doing what God requires of him or her. Or s/he is sent like Joseph and because of the divine wisdom of God in his or her life, s/he is elevated form slavery and servant hood to royalty and leadership.

Unfortunately, this was not the case with Issachar because God did not send him to the supposedly pleasant land. In the supposedly pleasant land where Issachar submitted to forced labor, Issachar was a band of slaves but in his own land, he became the leader giving directions as ordained by God for him. Please read Nahum Chapter 1 verse 13, Isaiah Chapter 10 verse 27, Obadiah 17. Beloved, herein is wisdom. If you were serving as a slave because the pleasant land you opted to serve in no longer treats you well, then it is time to reconsider; NO MORE SERVITUDE/ I WILL ATTEND TO MY FLOCKS. Please read Proverbs Chapter 27 verses 23 to 27 for insight.  I also pray that the Holy Spirit will give you understanding in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

To start with, God is on your side; therefore He has blessed you with all it takes to create and make wealth happen in your own land. Please read Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 18. You may be working for or partnering with the Labans of this world who are determined to keep you in the ash and dust heap positions of life. But beloved, that is only a momentary fact because the truth is that God created you wealthy and blessed you with the capacity to always make wealth if only you will BREAK FREE FROM SERVITUDE AND TILL YOUR OWN LAND. Please read Deuteronomy Chapters 15 verse 6, 28 verses 11 to 13, 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9, 2^nd Peter Chapter 1 verses 2 to 4.

Be More Strategic 2

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Did Mordecai even in his wildest mental processes ever anticipate the antics of Haman? Was Mordecai aware that Haman would someday tow the path of annihilating the Jews?

For reasons that even Mordecai could not explain, he chose to enroll his orphaned but younger cousin, Esther in his care in the kingdom search for a new queen contest.  Significant and instructive is the fact that Mordecai instructed Esther not to reveal her race and nationality to anyone. Again, was Mordecai futuristic in his thinking? I believe he was being directed by the Holy Spirit; his mental processes already accustomed to being controlled by the Holy Spirit were simply responding to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, unknown to Mordecai, he was strategically, by the leading of the Holy Spirit placing Esther where God wanted her so that at the opportune time in history, Esther would serve the divine purpose of God for her life by being the one to speak to the King about the Jews because she was the only Jew who could gain access, significant access to the King at that point in time and in history.

Secondly, Mordecai also played a very significant and strategic role in the safety and deliverance of the King from untimely death in the hands of his servants Bigthan and Teresh who plotted to kill the King. When Mordecai heard about their plot, he reported the matter to Esther who the n informed the King.

Mordecai could have shared that information with anyone in the palace who could have probably used such information to advantage. But again, acting in divine wisdom, he chose to share the information with Esther which is quite strategic.

The King would believe Esther; secondly Esther had direct and immediate access to the King. Additionally, Esther would not betray Mordecai. Esther could be trusted to manage such information wisely. And when Esther informed the King, she also mentioned the name of her informant, Mordecai. When the matter was investigated and the plot was discovered to be true, Bigthan and Teresh paid with their lives while the safety of the King’s life was credited to Mordecai for future rewards. Significantly, it was documented in the royal records. At the appointed time in history, Mordecai was amply rewarded.

Beloved, being strategic is key to success in business and every other area of life. Being strategic means that you do not waste God’s precious resources.

Stretch Out to Expand

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"Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman," says the Lord. 2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes. 3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited. 4 "Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5 For your Maker is your husband, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth. 6 For the Lord has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Like a youthful wife when you were refused," Says your God. Isaiah Chapter 54 verses 1 to 6.

Lift up your eyes, open your eyes and look beyond where you are; your present location and circumstances to the divine possibilities, opportunities which God has blessed you with. They are all yours. Therefore, do not spare, do not hold back on resources required for the expansion. Stretch out as far as you can see. Please read Genesis Chapter 13 verses 14 to 18. Access and use plenty of resources for you are expanding to take over whole nations as well as resettle abandoned cities. Access resources, plenty of them, as much as you can get from everywhere.  The widow of the indebted prophet was instructed to borrow many vessels from everywhere and as she obeyed the divine instructions, her seemingly limited oil filled several vessels which were sold to pay off the family debt. Their family history of indebtedness was rewritten as they were no longer debtors. They had paid off their debts and had more than enough to live on for the rest of their lives. That can also be your testimony if you lift up your eyes to see the divine possibilities God has placed before you. Please read 2^nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7.

Do not be like the King of Israel who struck only thrice. 2^nd Kings Chapter 13 verses 14 to 19. Strike as many times as God gives you opportunity.

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The Wisdom of the Virtuous Woman 2

Back to the unnamed virtuous woman of Proverbs Chapter 31. She was a business woman who understood the dynamics of business. As a skilled designer, she could produce great clothing and accessories but those great clothing and accessories would amount to nothing if they remained unsold, shelved in her home. So what did she do? She took them to where they could be sold – she marketed them to people who would sell them off easily and who would pay for the clothes; not people who would owe her. She also took the trouble to take the clothes to where they could be sold. This was despite the fact that her clothes were well made and elegant – she still marketed them and advertised them.

Beloved, you may have created great products and services; you are endowed with great intelligence, skills, expertise and wisdom. But if these are not advertised and marketed to draw global attention to the rich divine deposit of God in you, you will just be a room champion unknown to the world but known to you and perhaps your family members and some nosey neighbors. Secondly, recall how Elisha instructed the widow of the indebted prophet to go sell her packaged oil in the public domain. She was asked to be quiet about the production and packaging process but was instructed to be loud in the marketing process – take it outside your home and sell – to the teeming buyers God has raised for your products. The widow obeyed and the family became debt free from money realized from selling the oil. Significantly, this was a family who had never earned money. They only borrowed and probably lived off other people’s generosity. But now they earned money from selling what had always been there in the house but which was never utilized for money making purposes.

It is also instructive to know that the virtuous woman had great confidence in her clothes which explain why she took them to the marketplace for sales. Beloved, do you have confidence in the products and services which God enabled you to create? If yes, then get them into the global marketplace as fast as you can so that you can make money from selling them. And if unfortunately you do not have confidence in the products and services you have created, then ask yourself some very pertinent questions – what is it that you do not like about the products and services? Did you create to divine specifications as the Holy Spirit directed you to create or you did a shabby job which you are ashamed of? Whatever be the case, the situation can be quickly and easily redeemed. Rectify what you do not like about the products and services and if you were hasty in your production process and left out significant touches that would create the perfect finish, then sit up. You have ample time and significantly great guidance by the Spirit of God to do a great job that you will not only be proud of but the whole world will be proud of and you will be celebrated globally and remunerated richly.

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The Wisdom of the Virtuous Woman 1

She loved her job – knitting and sewing and because she loved her job; she thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the job. This explains why she took extra care to shop for the best yarns and cottons. Why? So that she would produce quality clothing for her clients, her family and of course herself. Please read Proverbs Chapter 31 verses 12 to 13.

The Bible also records that she knows the value of her work and for that reason, she is always at her work station, unsupervised, first thing in the morning and is never in a hurry to leave. Lesson – she has great work ethics – commitment to her work. Knowing and understanding the value of one’s work, skill, expertise and talent is a precursor to how a person treats the work, skill, expertise and talent. King Solomon for instance valued his God given wisdom and traded it profitably, guarding it jealously, respecting it as a great gift from God to him. King Solomon prospered and made great wealth from the deployment of that gift. Royalty and the wealthy from the global village of his day shipped money and other gifts to King Solomon just so they could hear his wisdom.

Unfortunately, the lazy owner of the vineyard in Proverbs Chapter 24 verses 24 to 30 had no knowledge, understanding and value of what God blessed him with. So he left it to rot through his negative attitude and behavior of making excuses for his body; getting extra sleep and rest which his body did not really require. He left the vineyard unattended to and after a while, he lost the vineyard – the walls which cracked a little and were not attended to; the cracks had widened and the walls had collapsed – they were broken down and open to all kinds of prey. There was no more protection of unrestricted access to his vineyard – anyone and anything could walk in.

Always Request for Seeds

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Every seed is a potential great harvest but the potential great harvest can only manifest when the seed is planted. Therefore, do not destroy your harvest by eating the seed. Rather, plant the seed so that your great harvests can manifests. This is because harvest is always guaranteed when seeds are planted.

It is the will of God for His children to always access seeds and plant them in the right places by the leading of His Spirit. This is because seeds rightly planted are the gateway to abundance and wealth. That is why God makes the earth to yield seed to the sower; and bread for the eater. Please read Isaiah Chapter 55 verse 10. This is further reiterated in the book of 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 10 – God supplies seed to the sower; increases the sower’s store of seed. What this means is that the sower always has seeds; abundant seeds to sow. Abundant seeds planted appropriately translate into abundant harvests.

Beloved, God always multiplies and compounds seed especially seeds that He directs you to plant where He wants you to plant them. And sometimes He also tells you where to reap the harvest. Peter was asked to launch out into the deep. Isaac was asked to plant in Gerar. Abraham was asked to go sacrifice Isaac at Moriah. Though Isaac was not sacrificed, God not only provided a sacrificial lamb, He pronounced generational blessings on Abraham.

In some other cases, seeds could be money. God also multiplies and compounds such seeds. To enlarge your coasts financially, you have to plant financial seeds by the leading of the Holy Spirit. As you do so, God moves wealth from all over the globe to transfer to you. Please read Isaiah Chapters 45 verses 14, 1 to 3; 60 note verses 5 to 14, and 17; 61 verses 5 to 6 and 1^st Kings Chapters 4 verse34; 10 verses 14 to 15, 22 to 29; 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 9 verses 9 to 28.

Therefore, plant money at any opportunity and platform you have to plant money. The seed planted will always grow, multiply and compound to your account. The planting of money is and should never be a one off activity. Sustain it by and through prompt obedience to the Holy Spirit and you will always harvest more than enough money to lend to the nations. Please read Luke Chapter 6 verse 38.

Be More Strategic

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Slow down and observe. Running in wide circles doesn’t always achieve our grand designs. Often a little concentrated effort close to home can produce the greatest results. Truly, in God’s arithmetic, a little bit often does become a lot. Evelyn Knapp.

Do not run in wide circles for the fun of it. Make conscious deliberate efforts to be strategic. To be strategic means that you attend to what is a priority. This also implies that you know what your priority is. This is because your priority is different from priorities as your priority takes care of other priorities; that is, if you know your priorities and focus on your priority at the expense of everything else. If you actually know what your priority is, then every other thing which attempts to compete with your priority is actually a distraction which should be ignored or attended to only when it is convenient that is if it actually needs attending to.

The biblical Daniel for instance knew and understood his priority. He therefore focused on his priority and refused to be distracted by the intrigues of the men who were jealous of his success. The result was that his priority took care of other priorities. Please see Daniel Chapters 1 verses 8, 9, 17; 2 verses 17 to 19, 46 to 49, 4 verse 18, 5 verses 11 to 14, 6 verses 1 to 10, and note verse 10, then 25 to 27.

The Apostle Paul also knew and understood his priority. He focused on his priority and was able to ignore all the distractions targeted at making him lose focus. Please see 1^st Corinthians Chapter 9 verses 23 to 27, Philippians Chapter 3 verses 7 to 15.

Streamline priorities positively for Christ and focus on God’s priorities for your life. I recall when the Holy Spirit said to me that I was too diversified. I had to ask Him to help me streamline my priorities and He did. Significantly, I still request such help of Him for sometimes, I want to eat an armful when all I really need is what my spoon can get into my mouth.

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The Israelites asked for and received articles of silver and gold as well as clothing from the Egyptians on the eve of their departure from Egypt because God gave them favor before the Egyptians. They blessed and enriched the Israelites with wealth that they did not labor for. Please read Exodus Chapters 3 verses 21 to 22, 11 verses 2 to 3, 12 verses 35 to 36, and Psalm 105 verses 43 to 45. God also made the Israelites to inherit the land and labor of the nations, the original inhabitants of Canaan. Please read Genesis Chapter 15 verses 13 to 14.

In the book of 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 20, the Bible gives an account of how King Jehoshaphat and his army stumbled into great wealth left behind by the combined three allied forces of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir. The Bible records that the loot was so much that it took the Judean army three days to cart away the loot.

God made the Syrian army to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses; in point of fact, the noise of a great army which made the Syrian army conclude that the King of Israel had hired the armies of the Hittites and Egypt against them. So without thinking, without bothering to inquire if this was so, they fled; leaving behind their well stocked camp intact with the food supplies, gold and silver articles as well as clothing and other materials designed to make the siege last forever until the Israelites succumbed to them as a result of hunger. Unfortunately for the Syrian army, God showed up as the Man of war, always strong and mighty in battle and the Syrian army took to their heels; abandoning their well stocked camp which was discovered by the four lepers who took a decision to surrender to the Syrian army. God is awesome. He used the four lepers to direct the people of Israel to the great abundance He prepared for them overnight in response to the words spoken by Elisha. Please read full details in 2^nd Kings Chapter 7.

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 …only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. 6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. Deuteronomy Chapter 15 verses 5 and 6 NKJV.

And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. Deuteronomy Chapter 28 verses 11 to 13. NKJV

Articles of Gold and Silver as Wealth

In the Bible, God always blessed His children with articles of silver and gold as well as other material resources associated with wealth – purple robes and linen, exotic and rare spices. Beloved, rare spices and other resources, exotic clothing, silver and gold which were not common, expensive jewels such as crowns, rings, bracelets, necklaces and chains, and precious stones were symbols of wealth and royalty. Significantly, they still are and will continue to be such.  

Only recently, God opened my eyes of understanding to the significance of articles of silver and gold; gemstones, royal and exotic clothing as symbols of wealth and royalty. He also let me know that He has been blessing me with these items but I have never given thought to the value of what I own, some of which I discarded cheaply, threw away or put in the mission bag. Significantly, some of these things came cheaply, free, I never asked for them. And you know what, some of you reading this have also been blessed by God with these resources, but maybe, like me, you did not pay attention to them. Or even maybe, you have no idea what value they possess. So you probably treated them cheap and insignificant. But again like me, I believe that God is giving you an opportunity to make good use of these resources so that you can become the lender to the nations that He created you to be.

A number of biblical persons received gifts of articles of silver and gold as well as rare and exotic items of their day which made them wealthy. They include:

King Solomon received numerous gifts of articles of silver from many people, including royalty from other lands and these constituted some of his wealth. Please read 1^st Kings Chapter 10 verses 23 to 29 and 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 9 verses 1 to 9. 1 Kings Chapter 10 verse 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

1 Kings Chapter 10 verse 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.        

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Life can sometimes be very ironic and sure throws pleasant surprises when least expected. A people assumed to be without the strengths and capabilities to make wealth stared wealth in the face. Abundant food, silver, gold and choice clothing in large numbers! What a great find! They did not waste a second. First they satisfied and dealt with the hunger pangs of many days; all the while keeping very vigilant eyes on the silver, gold and choice clothing which they carted away for themselves and hid in safe places. The questions to ask would be and should be – were the lepers right in helping themselves first to the silver, gold and clothing; and why hide them in safe places from the people of Samaria? Did they also need these items? Was the daily sustenance of food not their top most priority?

Beloved, herein is wisdom. The four lepers daily begged for sustenance at the city gates and always got pittances. If they got anything substantial, then begging would not be a daily grind at the city gates. So with this one opportunity designed to help themselves out of the daily grind of begging, they did a great job of it, securing their future. Besides, who would remember them when it was time to share that great bounty among the citizens of Samaria? And to think that there was a great stampede when the people of Samaria discovered the food. Fortunately for the physically less endowed but richly endowed wise four lepers, they had taken more than their fair share of the booties and hidden them for safe keeping away from the people of Samaria. Beloved, this great testimony of the four lepers illustrates that any form of incapacitation and challenge is no excuse from hooking up to God and connecting to His divine power in you to get wealth.

The four lepers responded to promptings by the Holy Spirit to go the camp of the Syrian army so that they would be the ones to inform the King and the people of Samaria that the siege was over. This is because none of the people of Samaria, including the army and the army chief were willing to step a foot outside the city gates for fear of the Syrians. But the four lepers who concluded that they had nothing to lose in the process of going to the camp of the Syrians gained a lot such as favor wealth, what they did not labor for coupled with the prestige of being the ones who reported freedom and deliverance from the siege. Their power to get wealth was the obedience and swift response to the promptings of the Holy Spirit – first to go the camp of the Syrians; secondly to help themselves to some of the wealth of the Syrians as well as and broadcast and thirdly to broadcast the good news to the King and his court; thus benefiting humanity. They were a blessing to the people of Samaria despite their physical challenges and the discrimination they suffered.

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Silver and gold as well as items of silver and gold are mentioned severally in the Bible. Significantly, the connotations of articles of silver and gold and their relationship to wealth, prominence, significance, relevance, affluence, influence, promotion and royalty is further attested in the Bible. Please read Genesis Chapter 13 verses 1 to 2. Several wealthy biblical personalities such a Kings Solomon, David, Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat were blessed with gold, silver as well as numerous articles of gold and silver. In many respects they were lenders to the nations as they owned and controlled great wealth.

Wealth is of God, comes from God and to as many people who are willing to receive the wealth from God. Please read Deuteronomy Chapters 8 verse 18, 15 verse 6 and 28 verses 11 to 13 and 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9. Ironically wealth does not drop on anyone like a bag of cherries. It has to be earned through divinely endowed abilities which range from divine wisdom, knowledge, understanding, uncommon skills and expertise, brute physical strength as in the cases of Goliath and Samson, etc. All of these however have to be traded for and multiplied in the marketplace. In the light of these, it is possible that certain people would to some extent be excluded, either by the personal restrictions and limits which they place on themselves or by societal restrictions and limits.

The unnamed four lepers of Samaria fall into this latter category. They could not engage in economic activities on account of their physical disabilities as well as societal restrictions and limitations which forbade them from participating in the marketplace of economic activities. In essence, they appeared to lack the power to get wealth. So they confined themselves to begging on a daily basis for sustenance at the entrance of the city gates of Samaria living on the mercy and generosity of passersby.

How to Manage Life Transforming Information for Profit

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The place of information management in accessing wealth, prominence and prestige in the land is very strategic. The person or people you share life transforming information designed to uplift you out of obscurity into limelight; out of poverty into wealth; out of the ash heap and dust positions of life to sit with royalty, with is very important. The Bible instructs that anyone diligent in his or her work stands before Kings and not unknown people. It is therefore important that you identify significant people; either kings or people highly connected to Kings to share such information with.

The four lepers who sat at the entrance gates of Samaria received the good news first because they responded to the promptings of the Holy Spirit speedily so they were the first to know that the siege was over and there was abundance in the land as prophesied by Elisha. After helping themselves to the bounties of siege and a war they could never have fought in even if they volunteered to, they shared the information with the King and his court and by extension, the people of Samaria. The lepers did not labor for their wealth. Access to the right information and being at the right place at the right time paved the way to the wealth the lepers accessed. In essence, they inherited the hard and maybe smart labor as well as wealth of other people. Significantly, they were careful who they shared the information with. They ensured that the information got to the King but not after they had used the information to better their lot. Rather than rush off to inform the King or the people of the city of Samaria when they first got to the camp, they kept the information to themselves and helped themselves to great booties before sharing the privileged information with other people.

Beloved, you can also access the right information by the Spirit of God. Access to the right information by the Spirit of God is also God’s way of empowering His children to get wealth.

The biblical Joseph interpreted the dreams of the baker and the butler; people who were well connected to Pharaoh; who had the ears of Pharaoh; who had direct access to the King and could recommend him and his services to the King. That was eventually what happened when Pharaoh had his troubling dreams which all the wise men and magicians of Egypt could not interpret. The butler recommended Joseph to Pharaoh and the moment the connection was made, Joseph by the grace of God was at his optimal best and impressed Pharaoh and his court beyond their wildest imagination. Joseph stood before a great king and other significant members of the court and on the same day, Joseph was divinely promoted from prisoner to Prime Minster.

Beloved, pray that God in His infinite mercies will help you to always stand before kings and significant people so that by His Spirit, He will seat you among princes in the land. Please read 1^st Samuel Chapter 2 verses 7 to 8, psalm 113 verses 7 to 8.

Can you imagine what would have happened to Joseph if he shared the information with someone else? That person would have taken the glory which rightly belonged to Joseph and Joseph would have probably remained in prison for the rest of his life. Beloved, what you do with the life transforming information God blessed you with either makes or mar your chances to the top. If you share the information with right people, you are made. But if you share the information with the wrong people, you remain at ground zero. I pray that will not be your portion in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.