By now serious-minded persons would have completed or be about completing their budget for 2010. In this budget they will draw a list of all they want to do in 2010. They will monetise them i.e. put a realistic figure around them eg.
INCOMES
Expected income (from Salaries, business,
shares dividends etc) 100000
EXPENDITURES
Tithe/offering 21,000
Feeding 6,000
Savings 10,000
Children school fees 10,000
Land Purchase 5,000
Socials 2,000
Clothing 8,000
Utilitie bills (Nepa, Water, etc) 3,000
Shares 10,000
Helping people 5,000
Purchase a Bicycle 5,000
Purchase a fairly used freezer
for selling pure water 5,000
Miscellaneous 10,000
Total 2010 budget 90,000
Budget surplus 10,000
Having spelt out their needs with this budget they will go to God on New Year Eve and request for N100,000 from God for the year 2010. Then the will bed down to work. and the monies will begin to come in. As these monies come in, they know where to channel them because they are keeping account and working with their budget. In between, they are not likely to stray into increasing their number of wives or abnormal producing more issues than their N100,000 budget can accommodate.
However, the planless ones wil go to God and pray thus:
Lord in 2010, prosper me, bless me, let me be above my enemies, increase me, multiply me. They will make resolutions: in 2010, I will neither smoke nor drink alcohol, I will stop womanising. I tell you God, just watch me.
In blessing people, God is will be more disposed toward the persons with budget than the planless ones!
Therefore, brethren, plan your lives.
Jesus Loves you. Jn. 3:16
