Lender to the Nations 7

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The Wisdom of the Virtuous Woman 2

Back to the unnamed virtuous woman of Proverbs Chapter 31. She was a business woman who understood the dynamics of business. As a skilled designer, she could produce great clothing and accessories but those great clothing and accessories would amount to nothing if they remained unsold, shelved in her home. So what did she do? She took them to where they could be sold – she marketed them to people who would sell them off easily and who would pay for the clothes; not people who would owe her. She also took the trouble to take the clothes to where they could be sold. This was despite the fact that her clothes were well made and elegant – she still marketed them and advertised them.

Beloved, you may have created great products and services; you are endowed with great intelligence, skills, expertise and wisdom. But if these are not advertised and marketed to draw global attention to the rich divine deposit of God in you, you will just be a room champion unknown to the world but known to you and perhaps your family members and some nosey neighbors. Secondly, recall how Elisha instructed the widow of the indebted prophet to go sell her packaged oil in the public domain. She was asked to be quiet about the production and packaging process but was instructed to be loud in the marketing process – take it outside your home and sell – to the teeming buyers God has raised for your products. The widow obeyed and the family became debt free from money realized from selling the oil. Significantly, this was a family who had never earned money. They only borrowed and probably lived off other people’s generosity. But now they earned money from selling what had always been there in the house but which was never utilized for money making purposes.

It is also instructive to know that the virtuous woman had great confidence in her clothes which explain why she took them to the marketplace for sales. Beloved, do you have confidence in the products and services which God enabled you to create? If yes, then get them into the global marketplace as fast as you can so that you can make money from selling them. And if unfortunately you do not have confidence in the products and services you have created, then ask yourself some very pertinent questions – what is it that you do not like about the products and services? Did you create to divine specifications as the Holy Spirit directed you to create or you did a shabby job which you are ashamed of? Whatever be the case, the situation can be quickly and easily redeemed. Rectify what you do not like about the products and services and if you were hasty in your production process and left out significant touches that would create the perfect finish, then sit up. You have ample time and significantly great guidance by the Spirit of God to do a great job that you will not only be proud of but the whole world will be proud of and you will be celebrated globally and remunerated richly.

Lender to the Nations 6

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The Wisdom of the Virtuous Woman 1

She loved her job – knitting and sewing and because she loved her job; she thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the job. This explains why she took extra care to shop for the best yarns and cottons. Why? So that she would produce quality clothing for her clients, her family and of course herself. Please read Proverbs Chapter 31 verses 12 to 13.

The Bible also records that she knows the value of her work and for that reason, she is always at her work station, unsupervised, first thing in the morning and is never in a hurry to leave. Lesson – she has great work ethics – commitment to her work. Knowing and understanding the value of one’s work, skill, expertise and talent is a precursor to how a person treats the work, skill, expertise and talent. King Solomon for instance valued his God given wisdom and traded it profitably, guarding it jealously, respecting it as a great gift from God to him. King Solomon prospered and made great wealth from the deployment of that gift. Royalty and the wealthy from the global village of his day shipped money and other gifts to King Solomon just so they could hear his wisdom.

Unfortunately, the lazy owner of the vineyard in Proverbs Chapter 24 verses 24 to 30 had no knowledge, understanding and value of what God blessed him with. So he left it to rot through his negative attitude and behavior of making excuses for his body; getting extra sleep and rest which his body did not really require. He left the vineyard unattended to and after a while, he lost the vineyard – the walls which cracked a little and were not attended to; the cracks had widened and the walls had collapsed – they were broken down and open to all kinds of prey. There was no more protection of unrestricted access to his vineyard – anyone and anything could walk in.

Always Request for Seeds

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Every seed is a potential great harvest but the potential great harvest can only manifest when the seed is planted. Therefore, do not destroy your harvest by eating the seed. Rather, plant the seed so that your great harvests can manifests. This is because harvest is always guaranteed when seeds are planted.

It is the will of God for His children to always access seeds and plant them in the right places by the leading of His Spirit. This is because seeds rightly planted are the gateway to abundance and wealth. That is why God makes the earth to yield seed to the sower; and bread for the eater. Please read Isaiah Chapter 55 verse 10. This is further reiterated in the book of 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 9 verse 10 – God supplies seed to the sower; increases the sower’s store of seed. What this means is that the sower always has seeds; abundant seeds to sow. Abundant seeds planted appropriately translate into abundant harvests.

Beloved, God always multiplies and compounds seed especially seeds that He directs you to plant where He wants you to plant them. And sometimes He also tells you where to reap the harvest. Peter was asked to launch out into the deep. Isaac was asked to plant in Gerar. Abraham was asked to go sacrifice Isaac at Moriah. Though Isaac was not sacrificed, God not only provided a sacrificial lamb, He pronounced generational blessings on Abraham.

In some other cases, seeds could be money. God also multiplies and compounds such seeds. To enlarge your coasts financially, you have to plant financial seeds by the leading of the Holy Spirit. As you do so, God moves wealth from all over the globe to transfer to you. Please read Isaiah Chapters 45 verses 14, 1 to 3; 60 note verses 5 to 14, and 17; 61 verses 5 to 6 and 1^st Kings Chapters 4 verse34; 10 verses 14 to 15, 22 to 29; 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 9 verses 9 to 28.

Therefore, plant money at any opportunity and platform you have to plant money. The seed planted will always grow, multiply and compound to your account. The planting of money is and should never be a one off activity. Sustain it by and through prompt obedience to the Holy Spirit and you will always harvest more than enough money to lend to the nations. Please read Luke Chapter 6 verse 38.

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

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

 …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.