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.

Be a Flowing Stream

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Flowing streams distribute their God given resources, namely water as directed by God. That is why streams flow into rivers and rivers flow into seas and seas flow into oceans. That way, they distribute their natural resources as God would have them distribute such resources so that humanity and other living beings are blessed. In like manner, God expects everyone blessed with divine resources to distribute such resources as directed by God for the blessing of humanity as well as other living beings.

Resource distributors are not necessarily people who give away resources for free. They also include people who distribute resources for a fee such as the distributor of grain in Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 2b. He sold the grain yet was blessed for doing so. Joseph sold the grain that was harvested from the farms of the Egyptians to the Egyptians yet they blessed him. Please see Genesis Chaptre 41 verses 54 to 57, 42 verses 1 to 5, 47 verses 13 to 26.

Distributing resources expands resources as in the case of the diligent servants described in the parable of talents. Please see Matthew Chapter 25 verses 14 to 30.  The wicked and unprofitable servant was cast out into outer darkness because he refused to expand the resources he was blessed with through distributing it.

Run Your Race

 Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Some people make the news while some others report the news. Yet there are many people who neither make the news nor report the news. They are usually content to stay in the sidelines, just watching the world go by, never commenting, never making suggestions or even criticizing. Such people are actually spectators in the race of life including the races they are supposed to run in life but which they either consciously or unconsciously refuse to run; choosing to be impassive spectators. Beloved, you cannot afford to be a spectator in your race. If you watch others and do not run your race, how on earth do you get to destination, especially if your destination is the top?

David for instance was ordained by God to become King in Israel even when King Saul was still on the throne and was grooming his son Jonathan to inherit the throne. Yet, David ran his race. He did not watch as an impassive spectator. He brought Goliath down and ended the intimation and oppression of Israel by the Philistines through Goliath’s taunts and boasts. That earned him respect and great admiration by the people of Israel. Twice, David was opportune to hack down King Saul to smithereens yet David chose to do that which was honorable. He did not lay his hands on the Lord’s anointed. But when the Amalekites attempted to bring sorrow to David and his men after they burned down Ziklag and took the women and children captive, David ran an extremely competitive race. Tired, weary and to some extent uncertain of what lay ahead, David enquired of the Lord what next steps to take. Guided by the Lord, David outran the Amalekites and recovered all that they had attempted to steal from him.

Severally, the enemy attempts to steal and could actually succeed if you act as an impassive spectator in the race of life. But if you get on your knees and respond to the blast of the gun to begin the race, you definitely can by the Spirit of God outrun the enemy no matter how far he has gone. So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. Isaiah Chapter 59 verse 19.

Therefore, Stop looking at people running their own race (1^st Corinthians Chapter 9 verses 24 to 27, 2^nd Timothy Chapter 4 verses 6 to 8, Philemon Chapter 1 verse 6) because you will succeed just as David succeeded.  

Share for Profit

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

You have more than enough because God has destroyed the yoke of insufficiency. Insufficiency is a mental and spiritual stronghold with which the enemy keeps a person in a state of perpetual lack, inability to meet pressing needs because resources are always insufficient. It manifests in never having enough and there is never enough, therefore, you do not share what you have. When you do not share resources, they do not multiply and compound because you have not put any seed on the ground for God to multiply and compound.

Significantly, what makes you refuse to share is because you believe the lie of the enemy that you do not have enough and therefore what you have cannot and should not be shared. That lie is what then keeps a person in the bondage of insufficiency. Unfortunately, this is a time tested strategy of the enemy to keep people in the bondage of insufficiency.

But if you believe the truth of the word of God that God will always supply all your resources according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, then you will always share what you have knowing that God is the One Who will always supply your needs and not necessarily the resources at your disposal. The resources at your disposal are most often seeds for sowing that should be planted to produce great harvests. Please see John Chapter 12 verse 24, Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 verses 1 to 6, Zechariah Chapter 8 verse 12, Isaiah Chapter 30 verse 23 and Luke Chapter 6 verse 38.

Give Your Way to Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The power to get wealth is preceded by the power to lay down. It is impossible to provoke giving without the power to lay down. . You must first lay down before you receive. This is the secret of increase. Increase your giving and you will increase your capacity to get wealth. Every seed you sow always multiplies and compounds. There is a progression – as Isaac sowed in the land, he kept waxing great, growing from one level of greatness to another.  The possible outcomes of giving include unanticipated progress to the next level. GIVING therefore INCREASES INCOME;, GIVING CAN WARD OFF DANGERS. Please see Malachi Chapter 3 verse 11.

In Deuteronomy Chapter 16 verse 17, the Bible instructs believers to give according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. No one should appear before God empty and you give from what God has blessed with you. This implies that God will always bless you but He also expects a worship portion from that blessing through the giving of tithes and generous offerings in His house. Please see also 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verses 1 to 7.

Rule over Your Enemies

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

You will find what you are looking for when you are spiritually and mentally awake. Arise from slumber. Deepen your relationship with God through in-depth word study, worship and expanded praise, thanksgiving, be more obedient to God – prompt and willing obedience, not grudgingly or compelled to but willingly and happily, loving obedience to God.

Be focused - do away with distractions, ignore them completely irrespective of whatever forms they come in.  Concentrate on what has to be done and do it excellently.

Maintain and celebrate a culture of excellence. Copy best practices and learn from those who truly know. Invest in continuous self improvement and be attentive, in fact more attentive than you have ever been. Be more analytic.

Create room for more. The harvests you have seen are the least you will ever see because greater and bigger harvests are on the way. Your giving should line up with where you are headed. Your giving should reflect where you are going. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse of God. Please see Malachi Chapter 3 verses 10 to 13.

Abolish famine in the land. No more ridicule on account of famine. God who does not lie and will never lie will give you good crops and great harvests from everything you plant in Jesus mighty name, AMEN.

Tithe Your Way to Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Jesus is the foundation of tithing. Please see Hebrews Chapter 7 verses 1 to 10, Genesis Chapter 13 verses 18 to 20. 

The tithe is ten percent of a person’s income be it daily, weekly, monthly or annual income that a believer gives to God as an act of worship.  Tithes are meant for the well being of the Levites, their upkeep and for doing the work of the Lord. Please see Nehemiah Chapter 13 verses 9 to 13, Leviticus Chapter 27 verses 30 to 34 and Numbers Chapter 18 verses 21 to 32. In Malachi Chapter 3 verses 8 to 12,  believers are instructed to pay the tithe  and give generous offerings in a Bible believing Church where the Holy Spirit is accorded respect and given freedom to operate fully; so that He guides, teaches and directs the people of God to profit (Isaiah Chapter 48 verse 17); also where the truth of God is upheld and reigns above the doctrines and philosophies of men; where the Lordship of Jesus is celebrated and God is the head of the Church and everyone submits to God. It is also the place where every member of the Church counts – no one is favored above the other and everyone is treated with respect and honor, no partiality in judgment, service, etc. That Church is also where you worship and serve God in truth and in spirit.