Be
Proactive
The Oxford
Advanced Learners Dictionary of English defines proactive as “a person or
policy controlling a situation by making things happen rather than waiting for
things to happen and then reacting to
them. You can be proactive in the following areas:
Time and Timing – What you do with time either
enriches or impoverishes you. Time invested in productive action translates to
money and other resources that should be wisely managed to generate wealth.
Time should not be frittered in idle chatter or sleep. At every point in time,
time should be invested.
} Of what value is
time to you? What do you do with time? Please see Genesis Chapter 8 verse 22,
24 verse 11b, Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 verses 1 to 8, 11, 17 Proverbs Chapter 10
verse 5, 30 verse 25, Zechariah Chapter 10 verse 1 for how people took
advantage of time and invested time. Spend
quality time with God to receive favor and divine ideas; and in your business
to know and understand the business.
} Planning; one of
the ways to plan is budgeting (Luke Chapter 14 verses 28 to 32, Matthew Chapter
25 verses 1 to 13). A budget is a financial plan, a road map that helps you
manage your income and expenses.
} Call to action –
The servant of Abraham who went to procure a wife for Isaac applied this
principle. He made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well. Please see Genesis
Chapter 24 verses 11a, 16 to 20. Joseph
also did same when he asked Pharaoh and his court to search for a discerning
person that would manage the surplus of the seven years for plentiful harvests
to safeguard the impending famine. Please see Genesis Chapter 41 verses 32 to
42. Daniel approached the King
to request for more time. The allied army of Israel, Judah and Edom
going for war ran out of water in the desert, a wrong place to look for water.
Their primary aim was to not to look for water in the desert. It was to fight
the Moabites. But water became a challenge. They then went to see the Prophet
Elisha who instructed them to make the valley full of ditches despite the fact
there was no water in sight. They
obeyed and made the valley full of ditches and had water. Please see 2nd
Kings Chapter 3 verse 16.
} Jacob,
King Solomon

