Push the Boundaries of Excellence 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,  And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.Isaiah Chapter 62 verses 6 to 7.

You can be a praise in the earth. Therefore, do not give God rest; do not give yourself rest until you become a praise in the earth by the Spirit of God and the doing of the Lord. You can do this through the prayer of importunity as instructed by Jesus Christ in Luke Chapter 18 verses to 8, 1st Thessalonians Chapter 5 verse 17, Romans Chapter 12 verse 12. As you do so, God in His infinite mercy will give you the knowledge, understanding and wisdom that you require to always push the boundaries of excellence.

The multitudes sought and followed Jesus of their own volition. No one was compelled or coerced to do so. Please see Luke Chapters 8 verse 4, 9 verses 10 to 11. The question to ask is why did the people come from their cities, towns, villages and houses to seek Jesus even when Jesus severally sought anonymity and privacy by taking off to deserted places? The simple answer is that a city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Jesus had something of great value to offer them therefore like a city set on a hill, He could not be hidden regardless of where He was. The people took time and trouble to seek Him in order to be blessed by Him. 

Are you a city set on a hill? If yes, what blessings are you offering to people? Do your products and services bless humanity? Do you give counsel that brings about transformation in the lives of people? Do you speak words of wisdom or you consistently utter folly, wickedness, bitterness and resentment? Do your words and actions bring healing and health, encouragement, life, transformation and even inspire faith to people so that when people spend time with you and leave you; they are happy and fulfilled? Do your words and actions help people find their bearing in life so that when people spend time with you, they can take quality decisions which put them on the right track in life? The Bible records that the tongue of the wise promotes health (Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 18); uses knowledge rightly and the lips of the wise disperse knowledge (Proverbs Chapter 15 verses 2, 7) which explains why the Bible records that a wholesome tongue is a tree of life. 

Push the Boundaries of Excellence

 Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

God rewards excellent work that is done diligently with the help of the Holy Spirit. This is to say that excellent work is a function of working closely with the Holy Spirit as some Biblical examples like Joseph, Daniel, Nehemiah, Bezalel and Oholiab as well as many others testify. 

Excellence is a culture of consistent quality that is devoid of haste whether in thought, speech and actions. People who operate under a culture of excellence are not hasty. They are diligent, thorough, knowledgeable, analytical, careful, patient, dependent on God and strive above everything else to please God and not anyone. Please see Ephesians Chapter 6 verses 5 to 9.

The boundaries of excellence are elastic. They can be stretched to as far as God wants them stretched. That is to say that they have the capacity to bring God’s best out of you, unleash your potentials, latent and active to the best use they can be put to. That is why an excellent minded person continuously stretches the borders of excellence; always improving on what has been done, continuously evolving. The late Sam Walton was always coming up with new and great ideas about making Walmart great. 

Excellence speaks loudly through the quality of the finish, the quality of materials used, the close attention paid to details, the cut and design, and what have you. Excellence does not do things just for the sake of doing things; does not render service for the sake of rendering service but to bring out improvements, enhance the quality of lives of people, build to improve on what had been done before on products and services. 

Birth and Live the Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

For years, I worked hard at engendering   pro-poor policies instead of learning to create and make wealth which is the Biblical standard and God’s will for me and every child of God who agrees with God on this and chooses to make wealth. Now I know better and really want to make wealth. I can also understand why God wants me o teach His people wealth creation and free them from the lies and deceit of the enemy that God wants them poor, in a state of constant lack, in debt and constant begging and humiliation. That is not the will of God for anyone.

The blog Olives International is an empowering platform designed to raise the consciousness of people to prosper through teaching them to discover themselves, that is the innate potentials of Christ in them, develop and activate these potentials to soar, create wealth to benefit themselves, families and society, manage the relationships in their lives profitably, groom like royalty, have ethics and values and live successful Christian lives.

People choose to be wealthy and have a choice to be wealthy when they discard the poverty mentality and consciousness for the wealthy mentality and consciousness. God is your father and He owns every wealth that is named anywhere. Therefore, as His heir and covenant child, you also own that wealth and can always access that wealth through Him. This mental paradigm shift also includes the choice of relationships and environments you maintain.  A wealth conscious mentality will ensure that the relationships in your life are relationships that move you up the wealth ladder albeit in a godly manner. Such relationships will include godly relationships, proactive people who are motivated and driven by excellence, as well as innovative people who are pro change. Such a mentality will deliberately and wisely avoid relationships with people who celebrate mediocrity, people who are opposed to change, complacent and are satisfied with mediocrity, incompetence and obscurity.

Steps to Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

It is the blessing of God that can make you rich, a lender to nations and not a borrower. Please see Deuteronomy Chapters 28 verses 12 and 13, 8 verse 18, 10 verse 29, 15 verses 1 to 18, 16 verses 15 to 17, 24 verse 19, 30 verses 5 and 9; 2^nd Samuel Chapter 6 verses 10 to 12, 1^st Chronicles Chapter 26 verses 4 to 8, 15, 1^st Chronicles Chapter 4 verses 9 and 10, 1^st Samuel Chapter 2 verses 8 and 9. Ask God to bless you.

Do not depend on a single source of income. Always expand your sources of income – multiple income streams. Oceans never dry up because they have multiple water bodies – seas, rivers, lakes, streams flowing into them.

Always invest and re-invest your income in high yield businesses. Expand your selling points – identify other sales outlets.

Deep calls unto deep. What you seek is in the depths of God’s word. Dig deep and you will find what you seek. Seek and you will find. Oceans run deep, have multiple inflow channels and therefore do not dry up.

Move Forward (Deuteronomy Chapter 1 verses 1 to 8). The only propeller for moving forward in life is the word of God. Please, see. Therefore, move forward and take over the entire land, the mountains, the hills, the plains, the lowlands, the seacoast, the great river, the North, the South, the East and the West. The land is before you. Move in and occupy. It is your land given to you by God for a possession. Move in and occupy.

Discard every Lot. Your Lot may not necessarily be your nephew, niece, brother, sister or cousin or friends that you invited into the business. It could be mediocrity, tunnel vision, or what have you. Whatever it is, ask God to help you get rid of it so you can internalize excellence and move on to global visibility, recognition and number 1 positioning.

Assess your intangible assets and what tangible assets they should generate. Any one, any activity that does not generate this or does not lead to the generation of this is not worth spending five minutes on. Give them fleeting seconds and move on to more fruitful activities. The determinant of activities and relationships should be how much they can generate in the long run.