How God Blesses the Work of Your Hands

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

One of the ways in which God blesses the work of your hands is by blessing you with divine wisdom to do the work excellently and better than anyone else so that you end up working profitably. Please read Isaiah Chapters 48 verse 17; 28 verses 23 to 29, Genesis Chapter 41 verses 14 to 49, Daniel Chapters 1, 2 and 5. This also includes exceptional skills and abilities to always do excellent work; and because excellent work always attracts attention, especially from eminent people, it is always handsomely rewarded. Please read Proverbs Chapter 22 verse 29.

By sending rain and other resources in the right quantity and at the right time so that planted crops grow, blossom to produce abundant harvests. Please read Leviticus Chapter 26 verses 3 to 9, Deuteronomy Chapter 11 verses 10 to 15, Joel Chapter 2 verses 21 to 26, Zechariah Chapter 8 verse 13, 10 verse 1, and Isaiah Chapter 30 verse 23.

God also blesses the work of your hands by watching over the work of your hands, to protect you and the work of your hands from destructive processes and persons that would have made you to labor in vain. Please read Deuteronomy Chapter 11 verses 10 to 12. This is what the Bible refers to as rebuking the devourer in Malachi Chapter 3 verses 10 to 12.

God gives unusual and uncommon intelligence to excel above other people; to solve problems which other people cannot solve so that you are greatly sought after and handsomely rewarded. For example, the Prophet Elisha resolved the issue of the problematic water of Jericho which made the ground barren and was causing death by bringing in God’s healing unction on the water. Elisha put salt in a new bowl and cast the salt at the source of the water (prophetic action) and then spoke the mind of God concerning the water    (prophetic declaration of healing and life and fruitfulness from the water). Beloved, the Bible records that the water remains healed to this day; according to the word of Elisha he spoke. Please read 2^nd Kings Chapter 2 verses 19 to 22. God blessed Elisha with great problem solving skills and used him severally to solve many problems in the lives of the people of God in Israel.

Huram was unusually gifted with the ability to make beautiful designs on buildings. He not only worked for King Hiram; he was also recruited by King Solomon to work on the temple in Jerusalem as well as Solomon’s famed palace.

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Be More Strategic

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Slow down and observe. Running in wide circles doesn’t always achieve our grand designs. Often a little concentrated effort close to home can produce the greatest results. Truly, in God’s arithmetic, a little bit often does become a lot. Evelyn Knapp.

Do not run in wide circles for the fun of it. Make conscious deliberate efforts to be strategic. To be strategic means that you attend to what is a priority. This also implies that you know what your priority is. This is because your priority is different from priorities as your priority takes care of other priorities; that is, if you know your priorities and focus on your priority at the expense of everything else. If you actually know what your priority is, then every other thing which attempts to compete with your priority is actually a distraction which should be ignored or attended to only when it is convenient that is if it actually needs attending to.

The biblical Daniel for instance knew and understood his priority. He therefore focused on his priority and refused to be distracted by the intrigues of the men who were jealous of his success. The result was that his priority took care of other priorities. Please see Daniel Chapters 1 verses 8, 9, 17; 2 verses 17 to 19, 46 to 49, 4 verse 18, 5 verses 11 to 14, 6 verses 1 to 10, and note verse 10, then 25 to 27.

The Apostle Paul also knew and understood his priority. He focused on his priority and was able to ignore all the distractions targeted at making him lose focus. Please see 1^st Corinthians Chapter 9 verses 23 to 27, Philippians Chapter 3 verses 7 to 15.

Streamline priorities positively for Christ and focus on God’s priorities for your life. I recall when the Holy Spirit said to me that I was too diversified. I had to ask Him to help me streamline my priorities and He did. Significantly, I still request such help of Him for sometimes, I want to eat an armful when all I really need is what my spoon can get into my mouth.

Lender to the Nations 5

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The Israelites asked for and received articles of silver and gold as well as clothing from the Egyptians on the eve of their departure from Egypt because God gave them favor before the Egyptians. They blessed and enriched the Israelites with wealth that they did not labor for. Please read Exodus Chapters 3 verses 21 to 22, 11 verses 2 to 3, 12 verses 35 to 36, and Psalm 105 verses 43 to 45. God also made the Israelites to inherit the land and labor of the nations, the original inhabitants of Canaan. Please read Genesis Chapter 15 verses 13 to 14.

In the book of 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 20, the Bible gives an account of how King Jehoshaphat and his army stumbled into great wealth left behind by the combined three allied forces of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir. The Bible records that the loot was so much that it took the Judean army three days to cart away the loot.

God made the Syrian army to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses; in point of fact, the noise of a great army which made the Syrian army conclude that the King of Israel had hired the armies of the Hittites and Egypt against them. So without thinking, without bothering to inquire if this was so, they fled; leaving behind their well stocked camp intact with the food supplies, gold and silver articles as well as clothing and other materials designed to make the siege last forever until the Israelites succumbed to them as a result of hunger. Unfortunately for the Syrian army, God showed up as the Man of war, always strong and mighty in battle and the Syrian army took to their heels; abandoning their well stocked camp which was discovered by the four lepers who took a decision to surrender to the Syrian army. God is awesome. He used the four lepers to direct the people of Israel to the great abundance He prepared for them overnight in response to the words spoken by Elisha. Please read full details in 2^nd Kings Chapter 7.

Lender to the Nations 4

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 …only if you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. 6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as He promised you; you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. Deuteronomy Chapter 15 verses 5 and 6 NKJV.

And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. Deuteronomy Chapter 28 verses 11 to 13. NKJV

Articles of Gold and Silver as Wealth

In the Bible, God always blessed His children with articles of silver and gold as well as other material resources associated with wealth – purple robes and linen, exotic and rare spices. Beloved, rare spices and other resources, exotic clothing, silver and gold which were not common, expensive jewels such as crowns, rings, bracelets, necklaces and chains, and precious stones were symbols of wealth and royalty. Significantly, they still are and will continue to be such.  

Only recently, God opened my eyes of understanding to the significance of articles of silver and gold; gemstones, royal and exotic clothing as symbols of wealth and royalty. He also let me know that He has been blessing me with these items but I have never given thought to the value of what I own, some of which I discarded cheaply, threw away or put in the mission bag. Significantly, some of these things came cheaply, free, I never asked for them. And you know what, some of you reading this have also been blessed by God with these resources, but maybe, like me, you did not pay attention to them. Or even maybe, you have no idea what value they possess. So you probably treated them cheap and insignificant. But again like me, I believe that God is giving you an opportunity to make good use of these resources so that you can become the lender to the nations that He created you to be.

A number of biblical persons received gifts of articles of silver and gold as well as rare and exotic items of their day which made them wealthy. They include:

King Solomon received numerous gifts of articles of silver from many people, including royalty from other lands and these constituted some of his wealth. Please read 1^st Kings Chapter 10 verses 23 to 29 and 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 9 verses 1 to 9. 1 Kings Chapter 10 verse 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

1 Kings Chapter 10 verse 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.        

Lender to the Nations 3

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Life can sometimes be very ironic and sure throws pleasant surprises when least expected. A people assumed to be without the strengths and capabilities to make wealth stared wealth in the face. Abundant food, silver, gold and choice clothing in large numbers! What a great find! They did not waste a second. First they satisfied and dealt with the hunger pangs of many days; all the while keeping very vigilant eyes on the silver, gold and choice clothing which they carted away for themselves and hid in safe places. The questions to ask would be and should be – were the lepers right in helping themselves first to the silver, gold and clothing; and why hide them in safe places from the people of Samaria? Did they also need these items? Was the daily sustenance of food not their top most priority?

Beloved, herein is wisdom. The four lepers daily begged for sustenance at the city gates and always got pittances. If they got anything substantial, then begging would not be a daily grind at the city gates. So with this one opportunity designed to help themselves out of the daily grind of begging, they did a great job of it, securing their future. Besides, who would remember them when it was time to share that great bounty among the citizens of Samaria? And to think that there was a great stampede when the people of Samaria discovered the food. Fortunately for the physically less endowed but richly endowed wise four lepers, they had taken more than their fair share of the booties and hidden them for safe keeping away from the people of Samaria. Beloved, this great testimony of the four lepers illustrates that any form of incapacitation and challenge is no excuse from hooking up to God and connecting to His divine power in you to get wealth.

The four lepers responded to promptings by the Holy Spirit to go the camp of the Syrian army so that they would be the ones to inform the King and the people of Samaria that the siege was over. This is because none of the people of Samaria, including the army and the army chief were willing to step a foot outside the city gates for fear of the Syrians. But the four lepers who concluded that they had nothing to lose in the process of going to the camp of the Syrians gained a lot such as favor wealth, what they did not labor for coupled with the prestige of being the ones who reported freedom and deliverance from the siege. Their power to get wealth was the obedience and swift response to the promptings of the Holy Spirit – first to go the camp of the Syrians; secondly to help themselves to some of the wealth of the Syrians as well as and broadcast and thirdly to broadcast the good news to the King and his court; thus benefiting humanity. They were a blessing to the people of Samaria despite their physical challenges and the discrimination they suffered.

Lender to the Nations 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Silver and gold as well as items of silver and gold are mentioned severally in the Bible. Significantly, the connotations of articles of silver and gold and their relationship to wealth, prominence, significance, relevance, affluence, influence, promotion and royalty is further attested in the Bible. Please read Genesis Chapter 13 verses 1 to 2. Several wealthy biblical personalities such a Kings Solomon, David, Hezekiah, Jehoshaphat were blessed with gold, silver as well as numerous articles of gold and silver. In many respects they were lenders to the nations as they owned and controlled great wealth.

Wealth is of God, comes from God and to as many people who are willing to receive the wealth from God. Please read Deuteronomy Chapters 8 verse 18, 15 verse 6 and 28 verses 11 to 13 and 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9. Ironically wealth does not drop on anyone like a bag of cherries. It has to be earned through divinely endowed abilities which range from divine wisdom, knowledge, understanding, uncommon skills and expertise, brute physical strength as in the cases of Goliath and Samson, etc. All of these however have to be traded for and multiplied in the marketplace. In the light of these, it is possible that certain people would to some extent be excluded, either by the personal restrictions and limits which they place on themselves or by societal restrictions and limits.

The unnamed four lepers of Samaria fall into this latter category. They could not engage in economic activities on account of their physical disabilities as well as societal restrictions and limitations which forbade them from participating in the marketplace of economic activities. In essence, they appeared to lack the power to get wealth. So they confined themselves to begging on a daily basis for sustenance at the entrance of the city gates of Samaria living on the mercy and generosity of passersby.

How to Manage Life Transforming Information for Profit

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The place of information management in accessing wealth, prominence and prestige in the land is very strategic. The person or people you share life transforming information designed to uplift you out of obscurity into limelight; out of poverty into wealth; out of the ash heap and dust positions of life to sit with royalty, with is very important. The Bible instructs that anyone diligent in his or her work stands before Kings and not unknown people. It is therefore important that you identify significant people; either kings or people highly connected to Kings to share such information with.

The four lepers who sat at the entrance gates of Samaria received the good news first because they responded to the promptings of the Holy Spirit speedily so they were the first to know that the siege was over and there was abundance in the land as prophesied by Elisha. After helping themselves to the bounties of siege and a war they could never have fought in even if they volunteered to, they shared the information with the King and his court and by extension, the people of Samaria. The lepers did not labor for their wealth. Access to the right information and being at the right place at the right time paved the way to the wealth the lepers accessed. In essence, they inherited the hard and maybe smart labor as well as wealth of other people. Significantly, they were careful who they shared the information with. They ensured that the information got to the King but not after they had used the information to better their lot. Rather than rush off to inform the King or the people of the city of Samaria when they first got to the camp, they kept the information to themselves and helped themselves to great booties before sharing the privileged information with other people.

Beloved, you can also access the right information by the Spirit of God. Access to the right information by the Spirit of God is also God’s way of empowering His children to get wealth.

The biblical Joseph interpreted the dreams of the baker and the butler; people who were well connected to Pharaoh; who had the ears of Pharaoh; who had direct access to the King and could recommend him and his services to the King. That was eventually what happened when Pharaoh had his troubling dreams which all the wise men and magicians of Egypt could not interpret. The butler recommended Joseph to Pharaoh and the moment the connection was made, Joseph by the grace of God was at his optimal best and impressed Pharaoh and his court beyond their wildest imagination. Joseph stood before a great king and other significant members of the court and on the same day, Joseph was divinely promoted from prisoner to Prime Minster.

Beloved, pray that God in His infinite mercies will help you to always stand before kings and significant people so that by His Spirit, He will seat you among princes in the land. Please read 1^st Samuel Chapter 2 verses 7 to 8, psalm 113 verses 7 to 8.

Can you imagine what would have happened to Joseph if he shared the information with someone else? That person would have taken the glory which rightly belonged to Joseph and Joseph would have probably remained in prison for the rest of his life. Beloved, what you do with the life transforming information God blessed you with either makes or mar your chances to the top. If you share the information with right people, you are made. But if you share the information with the wrong people, you remain at ground zero. I pray that will not be your portion in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.