Monetize Your Contacts 3

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The place of appearance in making, maintaining and sustaining contacts that could be monetized is important. The Biblical Joseph was properly groomed and dressed to meet with Pharaoh. The Bible records that Joseph shaved – apparently they did not shave regularly in prison; that is if they had anything to shave with in prison. Do not forget that sharp objects are not allowed in prison. He also had a change of clothes from prison clothes into decent clothes that could make him presentable to Pharaoh. Please see Genesis Chapters 41 verse 14.

Ruth was instructed to shower, apply cream or oils; of course sweet smelling ones as well as wear her best garment before going to see Boaz at the threshing floor. Her appearance that night which was different from the appearance she put on while gleaning made a considerable impact on Boaz as he quickly went to settle the case of the inheritance so Ruth could become his wife.

The virtuous woman was always well groomed and regally dressed. Though she made clothes for sale and made a fortune out of making and selling clothes, she ensured that she and every member of her family including her maids were well clothed. Please see Proverbs Chapter 31.

The queen from Sheba was awed by the splendor of Solomon’s court. She took note of virtually everything and everyone in Solomon’s court and noted that God indeed blessed Solomon with unrivaled wisdom and wealth. Please read 1^st Kings Chapter 10 verses 1 to 10 and Matthew Chapter 6 verses 28 to 29.

Monetize Your Contacts 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

David was on a find and rescue mission without a clue as to how and where to catch up with the raiders who burnt down Ziklag and took hostage the women and children. As David and his men searched the wilds, they stumbled upon or I dare say God ordered their steps to a sick Egyptian slave of one of the Amalekite raiders who burnt down Ziklag. Abandoned because he was sick and too weak to cope with their pace, the young man lay helpless in the wild. Surprisingly, David and his men cared for the young man and when he was strong enough, he gave David and his men details of their raid and where the raiders were headed. With an exact description, David and his men pursued the raiders and caught up with them; and recovered everything that was stolen as well as additional bounty. The young Egyptian stuck with David.

Monetize Your Contacts 1

 Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

 

Contacts are intangible assets that become tangible assets when they are translated into economic relationships through economic partnerships and collaborations. You can therefore monetize your contacts by creatively translating them into economic partnerships and collaborations. Your contacts include people, institutions and nations that you come in contact with, interact with on a daily basis. Over time you will come up with a huge contact list that you may actually not know how to manage to profit. In the days when business cards held sway, you probably pilled them up in a big office basket if you are an organized person; you arranged them either by names or institutions. Whichever you did, the ideal is to segment your contact base into institutions, sector by sector. Thereafter, you can have an alphabetical categorization of names for ease of calling up your contacts. This is to say that you will need a contact management system at some point. 

Pharaoh’s butler was an economic relationship to Joseph despite the fact that they met in prison. This is because the butler was to an extent pivotal to Joseph’s release from prison. The butler was the one who mentioned or recommend Joseph to Pharaoh and when Joseph was brought before Pharaoh, multiple transformations occurred. Joseph became a free man granted royal pardon. Quite significant is also the fact that he received astronomical promotions; from being a prisoner to a free man, a citizen of Egypt as well as second in command to Pharaoh. Amazing because Joseph was not an Egyptian but he was next in command to Pharaoh. In addition, Joseph had never worked in the palace before and had no connections to Pharaoh. Yet, in just one day, in point of fact, less than a day of meeting Pharaoh through the butler, Joseph became second in command to Pharaoh. This was because God gave Joseph divine contacts and fortunately, Joseph realized this and took advantage of the divine linkage. He assisted the butler and asked the butler to remember him. The butler became Joseph’s connection to Pharaoh. He was a divinely arranged contact.

It is significant to note that the circumstances under which Joseph became acquainted with the butler were not exactly pleasant. Joseph was serving an unjust prison sentence that was not defined. So there was no possible exit date from prison yet Joseph was not bitter. Therefore, when the opportunity presented itself for Joseph to be of service to the butler; he did so with joy. That singular action done without any monetary or material compensation opened the doors into Pharaoh’s court as well as final exit from prison.

Prepare for Abundance

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Preparation for abundance is not idling away because God promises overflowing abundance. Please read Deuteronomy Chapters 15 verse 6, 28 verses 12 to 13 and Malachi Chapter 10 verses 10 to 12. Rather, it is obeying the voice of God to carry out whatever divine instructions He gives through the Holy Spirit, in His word or through His anointed servants. The biblical case studies who prepared for abundance and received abundance were productively engaged in the divine tasks assigned to them that would bring about the required abundance. Therefore, take up your tools and work the divine tasks diligently so that your great expectations of overflowing abundance would not be cut short. Also, preparations for abundance are as diverse as people and professions are diverse. 

Prophet Elijah had prophesied abundant rain in the midst of a drought that was well on in its third year. Such audacity! But Elijah did not speak by his own spirit. He did not speak cleverly devised lies to massage the ego of the people. He spoke as directed by God and by the Spirit of God. However, some preparations had to take place such as the restoration of the altar of God and worship of God in Israel; the elimination of the prophets of Baal as well as destruction of their altars. The moment Elijah accomplished these tasks, he instructed King Ahab to go eat and drink; in essence, celebrate the abundant rain. He also advised Ahab to hurry home so that he would not be drenched by the heavy downpour. While Ahab was feasting, Elijah who was not with the divine preparatory tasks commenced his multi level intercession for the heavenly release of the abundant rain. He did not give up until he saw results. Thereafter, he sent word to Ahab. The land was drenched in abundant rain. 

Prepare for the Future

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Every position you are in today is an opportunity given to you by God to effect future changes in your life. Please see John Chapter 9 verse 4. Therefore invest well by utilizing the opportunity of your present position to invest well for your future because every opportunity given to you is to effect a change. Every street they say is lined with gold but that gold can only be seen when your eyes are opened to see the gold.

Joseph utilized the opportunity of his present position in prison to prepare for his future by being kind and compassionate to his fellow prisoners, obedient to the leadership of the prison. Additionally, he interpreted the dreams of the baker and butler of Pharaoh who were also imprisoned in the royal gulag. Coincidence you may say but I dare to say, divine arrangement for the future God promised Joseph. Any position you find yourself in may be an opportunity which though disguised as a challenge or even an affliction is for a purpose. Joseph’s case is instructive as it buttresses Scriptures in Romans Chapter 8 verse 28. Joseph became a slave in Egypt not because the family lacked the resources to care for him but because his brothers sold him into slavery because they envied him. They capped up their wickedness by deceiving their father that Joseph was probably killed by a wild animal after dipping Joseph’s cloth in the blood of an animal. Also just when Joseph should have shouted hallelujah, it turned out that it was not yet uhuru as Potiphar’s wife lied about Joseph and Joseph was thrown into prison albeit, events orchestrated by God to bring Joseph before Pharaoh. Instructive and significant is the fact that Joseph took advantage of the opportunity of every position he found himself in and became great. You can also do same.

The Principle of Twelve Baskets - Be a Blessing

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

A person’s life does not consist in the abundance of what he has but what he gives. The essence of living is giving, no matter how small it may appear to be. Giving is one of the divine keys to prosperity, breakthrough, healing, you name it. Beloved, you can give yourself out of lack, begging and borrowing. Therefore, give out your pain and insufficiency to sufficiency and abundance so that you will no longer experience financial struggles in Jesus mighty name.  And the catch is that you can never out give God. God alone owns resources and us. Therefore, our lives and resources should be committed to serving Him.

There is power in giving especially giving to what is relevant. Giving to a good cause brings rewards. The hand that gives is always on top and has power. On the other hand, the hand that receives is always below the hand that gives. To be on top, you should be a giver. There are some challenges that you are going through today that can disappear because of your giving.

When people come to seek you because of the gift of God in you, meet both their spiritual and physical needs. Do not send them away empty handed no matter how small your resources are. For all you care, that may be all they require for their needs to be met. All the disciples of Jesus Christ had were five loaves of bread and two fishes; yet because they laid it on the altar for all to benefit from, the loaves of bread and fish multiplied and compounded; and fed five thousand men, excluding women and children. Additionally, there were twelve baskets left over. Please see Luke Chapter 9 verses 10 to 17.

Desire to be Wealthy

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Truly desire to be wealthy. Do not seek wealth because you have bills waiting to be paid, you want to be like the Joneses, or you want to show off.  Desire and seek wealth because it is the will of God for your life. Please see Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 18, 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9.

One of the benefits of redemption is divine wealth transfer through Jesus Christ Who became poor so that heirs of salvation such as you and I would become rich. Also, God in His infinite mercy gives you power to create wealth so that you can be wealthy. To do this, God blesses the work of your hands (Psalms 85 verse 12, 104 verses 13 to 15, Zechariah Chapter 8 verse 12, Leviticus Chapter 26 verses 1 to 10, Deuteronomy Chapters 8 verses 6 to 9, 11 verses 10 to 15, 12 verses 7, 17, 14 verse 29, 15 verses 4, 10, 14, 18, 16 verses 17, 15, 23 verse 20, 24 verse 19, 28 verses 1 to 13, 30 verses 5, 9, 16); gives you divine ideas and unusual abilities (Joseph, Daniel, Huram and many others; and also safeguards the works of your hands from satanic predators be they spiritual, physical or mental (Malachi Chapter 3 verses , Ezekiel Chapters s 34 verses 25 to 30, 36 verse 30).

Beloved, it is the will of God for you to be wealthy, live in wealth and enjoy wealth. Please see 3^rd John 1 and 2.

Wisdom for Seed Planting 5

Written by Uyoyou Charles-Iyoha

Why Plant on Such Grounds

Inattention – you were not paying attention while planting so your seeds probably fell by the wayside; the path to the farm; rock on the path to the farm and the thorn bushes along the path to the farm.

Thoughtlessness – you did not do any thinking not to talk of strategic thinking about where to plant your seeds therefore any ground, just any ground would suffice. A little thinking would have given you options of planting grounds and a little more probing to analyze the options (referred to as strategic thinking) would have led you to the right planting ground albeit good ground where you could plant your seeds knowing your seeds would be safe and secure, have sufficient moisture for nourishment and there would be no contention for nourishment between your plants and thorns.

Non chalance – you do not give a hoot. After all they are your seeds; aren’t they? But you forget a critical point. They are divine endowments for divine purposes. What will you tell God, the Owner of the seeds on the day of reckoning?

Laziness – too lazy to go the whole hog of identifying the right place  and even if someone else identifies it for you, like the lazy man described in Proverbs Chapter 26 verse 13, you will see several lions on the way and have the supposedly perfect excuse for not even attempting to know the place talk much of preparing the place for planting so you can have great bountiful harvests.

Wisdom for Seed Planting 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Significantly, your seed is God’s divine deposit in you for you to become sought after and great in life. If you do not respect, value it and trade it for profit by paying attention to it, how then will you become sought after, great, wealthy and successful? Please see Proverbs Chapter 27 verses 23 to 27. The Bible standard is for you to diligently pay attention to; nurture and care for whatever God blessed you with to a profit. 

To do this you have to find an enabling environment to plant your seeds so that they are like pearls cast before swine. For example the seeds which fell on rock sprouted but they withered away because they lacked moisture. Moisture is critical to the survival of pants. Unfortunately, rocks do not retain water; therefore will not have moisture to sustain the growth of any plant. Besides, rocks take the toll of hot sunshine especially in tropical regions and on very sunny days. No plant no matter how resilient can survive in such an environment. The sprouted seeds withered away as quickly as they had sprouted. What a shame, what a pity! The bottom line is to avoid environments that are not conducive to the growth and fruition of your seed as such environments are inimical to your success. The wayside environment did not even give the seeds that fell on it a chance to germinate like the rock did. However, the growth transient – germinate to wither and not to fruit. This is not the will of God for anyone endowed with divine seeds. It is my prayer that God in His infinite mercy will forbid such evil in your life in Jesus mighty name. 

Wisdom for Seed Planting 1

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Seeds vary. There are agricultural seeds, spiritual seeds, financial seeds, emotional seeds, physical seeds, reproductive seeds, academic seeds, technological seeds, etc. whatever seeds you are blessed with, please note that a major characteristic of seeds is to reproduce themselves through addition, multiplication and compounding only after they are planted. 

Plant your seeds on good ground so that they can germinate, grow, bud, flourish to harvests so that you can have great and abundant harvests. That way you will not waste precious seed especially quality seeds. Seeds are divinely designed to be planted on good ground to grow and bear good fruit for great harvests. Please see Genesis Chapters 8 verse 22, and 26 verses 12 to 14. They are not designed to be trampled down and devoured by the birds of the air as in the case of the seeds that fell by the wayside. The wayside was open, exposed and was actually a thoroughfare for anyone, just anyone including people who had no respect for seeds. So the seeds were trampled down and with no protection whatsoever, they were devoured by birds. Please note the choice of words – trampled down because they were not sown in the right place; beneath the earth in specially selected land areas designated for growing seed and secured from human and animal traffic. The seeds are further secured by planting them beneath the earth; safe from predatory animals and birds as well as unobservant and who knows insensitive human passersby. 

The Link between Waste and Poverty

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. Proverbs Chapter 21 verse 20.

Squandering is a symptom and very clear indication of the fact that there is no indentified purpose that will multiply and compound resources; so the resources are squandered, no investments, no returns, poverty. The Bible describes wine bibing, gluttony which a number of people refer to as pleasure or enjoyment as means of impoverishment. Please see Proverbs Chapter 23 verses 20 to 21, 21 verse 17. The prodigal son for instance squandered every productive resource at his disposal. He frittered time, money, his body divine talent and ideas in non spiritually, physically, mentally, financially and materially rewarding activities which the Bible describes as riotous living. Please see Luke Chapter 15 verses 11 to 17.

At the end of the exercise, he was so impoverished that he came close to eating what he fed the pigs with; at a farm where he labored in vain. Please take note of the words he labored in vain. This is because what he earned was not a living wage. How do I know this? The Bible records in Luke Chapter 15 verses 14 to 16 that he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate. A living wage would have put good food on his table.

Secondly, to feed swine was a despicable job yet because the prodigal son was so impoverished, he accepted the job despite the fact that the job did not pay a living wage. A little attention to the details of managing productive processes to a profit as well as the practice in His father’s house would have saved the prodigal son the hunger pangs and indignity of what he suffered. Fortunately, he learnt his lessons well and returned to his father.

Always Look at Value

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Effective leaders negotiate win/win agreements whenever possible; follow through on their commitments, whatever the cost. John Maxwell

Value is whatever brings positive additions to your life, enhances your brand and potentials for wealth and success. This implies that your associations, your knowledgebase, your assumed assets could be worthless if they have no value and do not attract any value. Even dresses worn by certain people attract value. Same goes for fashion accessories and even home accessories used by certain people.  Certain vintage cars also have value as their prices increase with the times. This makes it imperative for you, a creator of wealth to know and understand value so that you can always identify value, always seek value and entertain value. That way, you will always look at value. The Bible records in Genesis Chapter 13 verses 14 to 18 that Abraham lifted up his eyes as instructed by the Lord and he saw Canaan, the land of promise. Please see also Psalm 119 verse 37, verse 148 where David chose to look at the word of God. Job on the other chose not to look at what would make him lust after young women. Please see Job Chapter 31 verse 1.

Wealthier than the Palms

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The palm tree with its several varieties is said to one of the richest trees. This is because of the several uses to which about every part of the tree can be put to. The palm tree has multiple uses; it is used for making brooms, baskets, mats, brushes, etc.   Every part of the palm tree is useful as nothing is wasted. The fruit which is noted for its sweetness also has many uses. 

There are over two thousand species of the palm tree but in this context, the date palm will be used. The palm tree has an average size of forty to fifty feet. The very tall ones get to a hundred feet and last for hundreds of years, say about four hundred years. The palm tree is noted for its hidden life – no amount of tampering destroys it. This speaks of stability and durability.  It is also not easy to uproot a palm tree. This is because it has a deep tap root that travels down for nourishment which explains why it is usually not affected by drought except in very severe cases of drought.  The root of the palm tree is deep and goes deep into the soil until it strikes the spring of water and then feeds the entire tree with water therefore making the tree fruitful. The palm tree is thus evergreen, always fresh and beautiful. You can also have such eternal freshness in Jesus mighty name, daily blossoming, bearing fruit and attractive. Please see Psalm 92 verse 12, Psalm 125 verse 1 and Psalm 1 verse 3. This also speaks of continuity in fruit bearing meaning that your life becomes sweeter each day in Jesus mighty name. Fatness refers to wealth, prosperity and riches while flourishing refers to spontaneous and luxurious growth.

Divine Treasures

                                       Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Divine  Treasures

Hidden riches of secret places

Treasures in Unlikely Places

Water everywhere, fresh and salty

Deep, shallow, narrow, wavy, stormy, frightful

Yet abundant in treasures

Treasures in abundant waters

Water in the desert?

Yes! Hagar and the Israelites in the wilderness

Water from the rock

Water that was healed

Samson, the Israelites and allied army going to war against Moab

So even in a desert or should I say financial desert of lack, insufficiency,

God will make available for you

Overflowing financial abundance

From unlikely sources in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 

Choose Global Desirability

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

God is the author of global desirability in the life of anyone. He does it by giving the person destined for global desirability His glory. Please see Haggai Chapter 2 verses 6 to 9 and Isaiah Chapter 60 verses 1 to 22. This glory of God usually manifest through His Presence in the life of a person. The Bible records that God was with Joseph, Isaac, Abraham, David as well as a number of other successful Biblical characters and this holy Presence in the life of a person manifests in a number of ways.

For David, it was military prowess; Joseph, it was the gift of problem solving through the word of knowledge and wisdom coupled with his sincere commitment to God. Daniel was also blessed with this gift and rose to global desirability, relevance and prominence. He was greatly sought after by Kings Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar and Darius.

A person, institution, product or service can be globally visible yet not desirable. But when God is with you and His presence and glory is in you, He makes you globally visible and desirable as in the case of Joseph. There is a difference between global visibility and global desirability. A person, institution, product or service can be globally visible because of the opportunities or privileges available to occupy global platforms or space yet may not be globally desirable; that is liked, accepted or wanted. In such cases, global visibility is of no use really. What is the essence of being known globally and yet not desired, therefore not relevant and significant? But global visibility accompanied by global desirability culminates in significance and relevance which ultimately translates to dominance if managed wisely as instructed by God through His Holy Spirit.

Soul winning Births Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Soul winning is not struggling for positions but service to humanity – Luke Chapter 24. It  is about doing good to the people. You are a soul winner when lives are positively impacted for Christ. The gospel and not personal lives or wealth should be preached. Jesus had vision, mission statements and a clear job description – Luke Chapter 4. Jesus did not act independently. He acted on the father’s instruction based on the divine mandate he received. The presence of the Holy Spirit is Who you need to minister. If God is in it, then go ahead. Soul winning is not about crowd, it is about impact. The primary reason for Pentecost was for believers to become effective witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Pentecost was therefore designed for believers to receive power to become witnesses to God on a global scale To witness is to give evidence or be an evidence yourself, in this case proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the lives of believers.  That is why the Holy Spirit was given to believers.

Jesus gave procedural instructions on how to bear witness of Him. First, from your home, in your community, nation and then on a global scale so that if you are effective witnesses at home, then you can succeed outside. To be an effective witness, your lifestyle should reflect the nature of Christ. The world out there does not see Jesus physically. They see Jesus through you (Acts Chapter 4 verse 13, John Chapter 1 verses 40 to 46). The world around you needs to see the character of Jesus in you. Your qualitative lifestyle – changed lifestyle in appearance, talk is a proof that Jesus is raised and is a tool for evangelism. There must be a clear difference in the behavior patterns of believers and unbelievers. We should live lives that other people can copy. What people want to see is the proof of your encounter with Christ (Romans Chapter 2 verse 24). It is one thing to proclaim the resurrection and another to reflect the glory of His resurrection. There must be a difference between a believer and an unbeliever in their lifestyles. This is what the Apostle Paul meant in 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 3 verses 1 to 3. Our lifestyles commend and recommend people to Christ. You are the Bible that those who have no access to the bible will ever read. Therefore, you must live the Christlike life. Jesus lived the life he preached and Jesus was teaching through His lifestyle. 1^st Corinthians Chapter 4 verse 16. Paul did not preach a single message. But the manner in which he handled the viper attack made the people refer to him as a god. Wherever you are, you are an open Bible that people need.

If your lifestyle does not support evangelism, then it is a blasphemy. As Christians, we are expected to live exemplary lifestyles that glorify God (Matthew Chapter 5 verse 14). Your lifestyle is the beginning of evangelism (Acts Chapter 1 verse 1). Some of us wear character masks (2^nd Thessalonians Chapter 3 verse 16). It is possible for a child of God to be a negative witness.

Borrow Many Empty Vessels

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

She was instructed to borrow vessels, specifically empty vessels. Why was she instructed to borrow empty vessels and many empty vessels? The empty vessels were the instruments for packaging the oil which she did not even own then. She could not have owned them because all she had was a jar of oil so she did not even need the vessels then. She had little oil but that same little oil was about to multiply and compound into an oil factory that would produce and package oil for sales, money making, freedom from debt and financial freedom.

Borrow empty vessels. She was asked to borrow the empty vessels because she could not afford them and they were a much needed requirement that would help propel her and her two sons into financial freedom. The empty vessels were required to package the oil and significantly the presence, absence as well as the quantity of empty vessels determined the scope of multiplication and compounding – no empty vessels, no overflow for multiplication and compounding. Remember that the oil stopped flowing when the borrowed empty vessels were filled up (verses 3 to 6).

So she went around her neighbours and everywhere and borrowed many empty vessels – wherever you can get the required platforms to create, to produce what you need to produce at no cost to you. The divine deposits of God in you will multiply and compound beyond your wildest imagination if you have many empty vessels. 

Access to Divine Resources

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Divine resources are for divinely assigned tasks or permit me to say divine projects. Divine projects are projects specific to the plans and purposes of God for the common good and accomplishment of His purposes for humanity. The rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem was for the common good of humanity. Ezra and his team as well as the people of Judah and Benjamin who responded to the call of Cyrus to go rebuild the temple in Jerusalem accessed state resources that Cyrus released (Ezra Chapter 6 verses 3 to 4). Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon were restored to the people of Judah for onward transmission to Jerusalem for use in the new temple (Ezra Chapter 5 verses 13 to 15, 6 verse 5, 1 verses 1 to 11.

God prepared Cyrus to release the required resources while Ezra and his team were prepared by God to manage the required resources for the accomplishment of divine purposes in the divine timing of God. The Psalmist noted that kings would bring presents to God because of the temple of God at Jerusalem (Psalm 68 verses 29 to 31, 72 verses 10 to 11).

Much later, King Darius gave them additional state resources (Ezra Chapter 6 verses 8 to 14; money from taxes in the region beyond the River for the building of the temple and to be given immediately. King Artaxerxes also gave them access to state resources (Ezra Chapter 7 verses 20 to 24). The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinims or servants of the house of God were also excluded from any form of taxation, tribute or custom.

Apart from these resources, the people received additional favor from God and their neighbors who also supported the building of the temple with their resources (Ezra Chapter 1 verses 4, 6). Additionally, the people of Judah and Benjamin, beginning with the leadership also gave generously and cheerfully for the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra Chapter 2 verses 68 to 69, Haggai Chapter 1 verses 12 to 15).

How to Laugh at Recessions – SHARE

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Recessions are times of insufficient resources when the best course of action would be to hoard whatever resources are at one’s disposal for safe keeping and self preservation for the rainy day. This of course is the world’s system but unfortunately it does not work and has never solved the problem of insufficient resources. This is because insufficient resources that are hoarded remain insufficient resources without anything with which to multiply and compound such resources. But insufficient resources shared end up being multiplied and compounded by God who gave the law of harvests in Genesis Chapter 8 verse 22 and Luke Chapter 6 verse 38. Significantly, this law always works each time it is applied. The widow of Zarephath is a case in point. She shared her supposedly last meal with the Prophet Elijah. God compounded that supposedly last meal and it served them even beyond the famine. They did not experience any form of lack during the period of famine. The widow enjoyed divine abundance through sharing her limited resources.  Please see 1^st Kings Chapter 17 verses 1 to 16.

The Prophet Elisha asked his servant to serve the only twenty loaves of barley bread and new ripened grain to one hundred men. To start with, twenty loaves of bread  and whatever quantity of ripened grain they had was grossly insufficient to feed one hundred men but Elisha insisted that the food would not only be enough to feed them but would also be more than enough as they would have left overs. The servant obeyed Elisha and there was indeed left overs. Please see 2^nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 42 to 44.

Beloved, if ever there was a time to share, it is when resources appear insufficient. This is because God usually takes over what appears to be insufficient and compounds them into overflowing abundance. Jesus Christ demonstrated this principle in the feeding of the four thousand and five thousand men besides women and children. What the disciples considered insufficient bread and fish for the multitude (John Chapter 6 verses 5 to 14, Matthew Chapter 15 verses 32 to 38) turned out to be more than sufficient. Twelve baskets were filled with the left overs from the feeding of the five thousand men besides women and children from the supposedly insufficient five loaves of bread and two fishes; while seven baskets were filled to the brim from the left overs from the feeding of the four thousand men besides women and children with the supposedly insufficient seven loaves of bread and a few fishes. God surely knows how and when to multiply and compound resources.

Do You Desire Inexhaustible Wealth?

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God is still in the business of making impossibilities possibilities. Please see Luke Chapter 1 verse 37, Mark Chapter 10 verse 27, Jeremiah Chapter 32 verse 27, 17, Daniel Chapter 2, Esther Chapter 7, Exodus Chapter 14, Ephesians Chapter 3 verse 20, Luke Chapter 18 verse 27, and Psalm 62 verse 12.

You need inexhaustible wealth? Then you should answer the question - what can you presently trade in and exchange for wealth?  The widow of the indebted prophet in 2^nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7 traded in a jar of oil for inexhaustible wealth. God compounded a limited resource set aside for domestic purposes – cooking to an unlimited resource for money making activities. God compounded the jar of oil into several vessels of oil because the woman obeyed divine instructions. A woman who had nothing as it were; was in an unpleasant and impossible situation; without any visible means of livelihood suddenly became an oil merchant because God intervened in her situation.

God gave her an endless supply of divine resources – the oil kept flowing as long as she had vessels to fill because the oil was coming from an unlimited overflowing source that never runs out irrespective of economic temperatures in the world. Though the situation the woman and her two sons found themselves in was unpleasant and embarrassing, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, an opportunity masked as problems and challenges that became stepping stones to financial abundance and total freedom from debts. They were never again in debt as their income from the divine surplus of oil resources exceeded their expenditure so that they had more than enough to live on for the rest of their lives. There was no reason to borrow from anyone to live on like their late father and husband did. The situation ended the issue of indebtedness that was fast progressing into a generational issue and debt bondage in their lineage. God reversed the evil to good by replacing financial lack with financial abundance that would last generations. With the flow of oil God ensured financial transformation from indebtedness and lack to financial abundance and overflow.