Choosing Between Poverty and Riches
"So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long" Eccl. 9:16
The church is a place where we ought to learn the truth about how to positively shape all aspects of our lives and I thank God I was there on a particular Sunday when the above quotation was treated by my Pastor.
If you are the 'super-holy' person who believes that it better to be poor than to be rich or you are one of the critics of 'prosperity preachers', the above quotation is worth your consideration so that you may reconsider your thoughts towards being prosperous.
The Bible has never hidden the fact that 'Holiness' and 'Prosperity' are two wings with which a WISE believer must fly. If you pursue one at the expense of the other, no matter how well you do in the very direction, you will end up in regrets. For you to fulfil your destiny therefore, you must of NECESSITY BE HOLY AND PROSPEROUS.
To be Holy, you need to become very knowledgeable in the word of God, be born again, baptised by water immersion/holy spirit-filled and of necessity, you should have specific assignment or ministry that will enable you consistently grow up in the spiritual realm. Above all, you must become your own pastor instead of being pastored all the time by another person who has himself applied himself to God. To achieve this goal, you need to prosper. Your overall goal here should be to make heaven in the end.
On the secular hand, you must nurture your seven stages of life (i.e. birth, education, career, marriage, retirement, death and History) very well to ensure you succeed in life.
To prosper both in the spirit and in the secular, you need to prosper and your Career or chosen profession has a direct link with how well you will prosper. A lazy bone tends to poverty! Therefore stage 3 of our live is something everyone must take seriously because it is where you generate the wealth required to successfully manage all the others. No wonder the Bible rightly said that "money answers all things"! Therefore it is very important that we all engage in profitable economic activities that will generate us the funds we need to run all the affairs of our lives.
Failure to do so, no matter how Wise, Knowledgeable and Understanding we are, we would not be taken seriously anywhere, including the Church of God and it will be right to do so!
Good morning.
MM
