Give it Expression

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

What do you do with pearls? You showcase them. You do not hide them under your pillow, bed or a hidden case as a good luck charm. It is when you showcase the pearl or pearls to the world that you get the true value for the pearl or pearls and enjoy the divine blessing.

Please, do not be like the man in the Philippines who found the current most expensive pearl in the world. It was only after his tiny home got burnt down and the pearl was found that the actual value of what he found and owned; a divine gift from God dawned on him. The man lived in penury for ten years while he had great wealth on him or with him. Significantly, he did not even labor for the wealth he was not aware of and which belonged to him. He found the pearl in a large clam as he went fishing. But unfortunately had no inkling of the value of the pearl of great worth except that it would make a great good luck charm which explains why he kept it under his pillow as a good luck charm. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertanaas/2016/08/23/100-million-pearl-hidden-

Beloved, pearls are divine gifts from God to you to uplift you in life. If the man who found that great pearl knew the worth of the pearl, he would have traded it in for the money he had been working for all his life as a fisherman. But he was unaware which unfortunately is the case with a large number of people blessed with great divine gifts for actualizing purpose and making money. While the divine gifts may be latent or active, the agonizing truth is that a great number of people never actually get to know the value of the gifts and so they spend their lives in penury lamenting their poverty when actually great wealth resides in them. All they need is to come to an awareness of the value of the great deposit of God in their lives so that they can be prosperous and be forever free of poverty.

But awareness is not enough as a person laden with divine gifts also has to showcase the gifts as the Biblical Joseph did. If Joseph had not offered to interpret the dreams of the butler and the baker, he would not have had the opportunity of standing before Pharaoh. This is because the butler would not have known that Joseph could interpret dreams and therefore recommend him to Pharaoh. The Biblical Daniel also went to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to offer his services – he would tell the King his dream alongside the interpretation. After successfully interpreting the dream and of course getting handsome remuneration, Daniel became the official dream interpreter of not only the Babylonian court but also that of the Persians and Medes when they dethroned the Babylonians and took over the ruler ship of the empire.

Recognizing Wealth 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Beloved, isn’t it ironic that a person so blessed and so endowed with wealth despised the wealth, sold it for peanuts and went in quest of poverty? Could this be akin to what Esau did? Significantly, and this is quite instructive. A great many of us; including me are no different from Ali Hafed. How often do we disdain real wealth and throw it away completely for what glitters that is nowhere near gold. I recall my early days in the jewelry business when I collected stock from any aunt to sell. She had capital and could bring in large quantities of real stuff – corals, pearls, gold and costume and quality costume and regular everyday jewelry. I preferred to sell corals and pearls because I understood and knew how tell the real from the fake. But when it came to gold and costume, I was a rookie. So when my aunt gave me some earrings to string corals and pearls earrings with, I returned them when I saw another set that had a greater glitter. My aunt tried to prevail against my decision to return the gold in favor of the glitter. I ignored her and insisted on the glitter.

Fortunately, I kept some of the non glitters for myself, just four of them and till date, I am ever grateful to God who led me that way as all the glitters have since faded. Talk about knowing the worth of what you own. Well, I have learnt and I am still learning that there is great wisdom in unearthing the blessings of God for one’s life daily enriching one’s life with the word of God. This is because the word of God will open your eyes of understanding to the hidden riches of God in you so that you can skillfully by the help of the Holy Spirit mine your true wealth.

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.