A FORMER Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) staff member has spent N5.5million of his N6million severance pay on the purchase of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), The Nation can reveal.
The ex-PHCN’s staff, who is in his late 50s, bought the brand new car a few days after collecting his pay.
“He is a middle-aged man, without a house. He is still struggling and has nothing to show for his over 20 years’ service in the state-owned electricity company,” his colleagues, who were shocked at his behaviour, said.
“We, his colleagues, were shocked by the development because we expected him to plan with the money, knowing full well that he would not be absorbed by any of the 14 companies that bought the assets of PHCN,’ his colleagues said.’
They said it took the intervention of their District Manager and some senior staff to convince the man to sell the car.
At the end of the day, “we succeeded in helping him to resell the jeep for over N5million, and the money was handed over to him and advised him to invest it”, the they added.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
The Tripartite Dimension of Suffering as Anchored in the Holy Bible
Anchor Scripture: Phil 3:1-10; 2Tim 2:1-5; Heb. 5:8
“that I may know him and the power of His resurrection and that fellowship of his suffering; being made conformable unto His death.” “Though he was a Son, yet learnt he obedience by the things which he suffered.”
Suffering could be defined as a feeling of pain, stress, distress, agony, adversity, affliction, anguish, rejection, hardship, misery, misfortune etc
It’s only Sons that can learn obedience. Are you are son or a daughter? If you are not, then you cannot know Him. Because He is a son, he knows he father, therefore any suffering he was passing through was not seen as wickedness. He was a son at the same time he was also a God, but He didn’t equate himself when it got to the time of learning obedience through suffering. So the first point of call is knowing Him and until you have known Him you are not qualified to be called a son. The Holy writ say, they that know their God shall be strong…….Do you know God? Do you want to be a son or a daughter? Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needed not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Until you know God you cannot be known. Same applies to business and life generally, until you have known something about the business venture you cannot be known by people. Never neglect training and development. God’s chastisement of us is a confirmation that we are His Children.
The power of His resurrection. Many have not known Him and they want to experience the power. Sorry it will be a mirage forever. The power, we are talking about here is the power that torpedo the walls of the grave open, the whims and caprices of the grave couldn’t contend with this power. How then can you possibly experience this power? This power is the power of Love, Sacrifice, Compassion, Humility; it is the power to get wealth also. It cannot be released unto you until you have sufficiently known him to the point of been called a Son. Power in the hand of an unknown person is like a loaded, cocked AK47 rifle in the hands of a 3yr old boy. He is playing with it like a toy and will sooner or later pull the trigger. He never usurps this power because of what he knew.
Many people today got into power and didn’t know anything, the best way to show it is to misuse it for victimization, vendetta and deformation of people character and pirate people’s work. When power finds its way in the wrong hands, abuse is surely the way out. The power of His resurrection will cause you to crave for other people’s welfare. It will make you realize that there is nothing that you have received that was not given to you by God. But I celebrate with you if you are a Son, because you have known him and that’s why the Holy Writ says, But, as many as received Him, to them He gave them power to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. If you know Him, you have received Him and that is when it becomes impossible for you to abuse the power because it wasn’t yours in the first place. With this you can fellowship properly and correctly with His suffering.
The fellowship of His suffering. It’s not possible to know Him, experience the power of His resurrection and not fellowship in His suffering. That is incomplete understanding. Many at times when God is trying to prune you, you deliberately chicken out and severe yourself from the plan of God. Who are you to be made conformable unto His death you must have passed through and keep passing through these 3 stages? As long as we must live Godly we must learn to suffer persecution. Many people today also are quick to announce to people don’t you know “I am a Christian” or “I am a child of God”. Sorry as long as your life doesn’t produces the desired fruit which must be evident and you need to announce to the world, then you don’t even know Him, you had better go back to square one. By their fruits you shall know them. A mango doesn’t need to announce to the passerby, hey come here I am Mango or Cashew or Coconut; mere seeing you can identify the fruit. As will commemorate Easter this season, where do you stand? Do you know Him? Have you experience the power of His resurrection? Are you fellow-shipping in His suffering? Some of us because of status symbol feel we cannot be involved in some kind of assignments. Excuse me, Jesus, washed his disciples’ feet. Can you do that to your subordinates? You can’t accord ordinary respect to your fellow human being because you are not broken. You equate everything with money, status, achievement etc. Sorry until you are broken, you will not experience the level of breakthrough you are expecting. May I shock you, God will never answer your requests, because if He did for Jesus, He would have allowed the cup pass over him and you and I would have been wallowing in cataclysmic upheaval today. Yet He was a Son….. a son will keep on learning, at every stage of learning that you pass through successfully, it affirms your Son-ship. Hear this: there is a level of obedience that its only through suffering that you can learn it. Jesus our perfect example did it and if we will do greater work than He did like he said, it’s only divinely logical to suffer more than Him
Lessons from Joseph life in the Bible
1.His brothers sold him. Expect betrayal from people very close to you.
2. He was sold for 20 pieces of Silver. Expect to be sold cheap.
3. The root cause was envy, it still is.
4. In slavery, God was evidently with Joseph. God doesn’t have a preference for nice places; he’s with people he has purpose for. Even through the valley of the shadow of death.
5. Joseph rose to take total responsibility for Portiphar’s business. If you are an employee that God is with, your master will hand over himself to you.
6. Joseph won’t touch Portiphar’s wife for 2 reasons. Not to betray trust and not to sin against God. Whose trust are you keeping and are you right with God?
7. Joseph was falsely accused and went to prison. It’s not new; expect lies and falsehood and perhaps some time behind bars.
8. Joseph became Personal Assistant to the warden. When God is with you, prison cannot be the same as everyone. Prison becomes your bridge to the palace.
9. Joseph had God with him, but still treated people well, built networks and asked them to remember him. He did his part. While we trust and rely on God, we must not take our networks lightly.
10. When Joseph was summoned from prison, he cut his beard and changed his clothes. Last minutes preparation is good even when you have always been ready. Also dress for the end.
11. Joseph’s strongest CV everywhere was God was with him. This needs to be same for you as well. Is God with you? Don’t gloss over it, if he is, you will be afraid to sin, you will keep trust and seek his glory.
12. Joseph was put in charge of a nation at 30. How old are you and what can God put you in charge of? Were you faithful in Portiphar’s house or are you ready to resit?
FOLLOW-UP TO THE D-T-D OF BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY
As a follow-up to the article I shared few days ago on the D-T-D of business philosophy, I posed a question yesterday afternoon “If 6 birds are perching on a fence and 2 of them decided to fly, how many birds will be left on the fence?” I got varied responses, few were correct, alot were wrong and others were just indifferent. In any case, if the import of that earlier article was understood, then I wouldn’t have gotten some responses I got. Attached again, is the diagrammatic explanation of the D-T-D and sincerely ask yourself where you belong.
A startling survey carried out recently by EMMAB GLOBAL CONCEPT, a Management Consultancy firm revealed that 50% of people actually Dream and Think but never Do(Take Action). Until you take action all your dreaming and thinking in my words, is as useless as all the zeros after a decimal point. Have you not read that over 80% of the world’s wealth is been controlled by just 20% of people? It is not because they are the smartest or wisest, they simply dreamt, thought and most importantly took action(DO). Did they make mistakes? yes! Did they loss money? yes! Did they meet brick-wall at some points? yes! but they never lost enthusiasm.
All the 2 birds were doing were just deciding….until their decision is back with action, work done is zero and they are no different from those who didn’t even think or decided on what to do. Action they say speak louder than voice, this cant be more true as it is our action at a decision that births the intent of what is in the mind. Probably they were also thinking of the risk involved, but like I have always alluded, the risk of not taking a risk is a greater risk. The only time we will not need to take risk is when we are dead and gone.
Even the Holy Writ puts it very clearly, we should be DOERS of the words and not hearers alone. Until you take ACTION you will not be exposed to further steps that will refine your thoughts and decision.
The 2 birds that decided to fly and the 4 that didn’t even bother thinking are one and the same. We tend to create limitations that do not exist in reality. Our mind is a battle ground and if you can defeat in your mind you can take actions to defeat physically.
Hear what Paula White said “your only boundaries in life are your own perception of potential. ANYTHING is possible”
When are you going to take that ACTION that will move you a step away from your doldrums and a step closer to your desired liberation????
Many of us go through a learning process but end up not been educated! That’s a talk for another day.
Yours Sincerely,
Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu ICEN, NIMN
The Millennium Entrepreneur
Twitter handle: @EIdenyi
Blog: http://www.idenyi1.wordpress.com
08036151760
Federal Lowcost, Jos
Plateau State.
ACQUIRE WISDOM
Besides fearing God, a divine midwife must also be wise. It is possible to work hard & not work smart. When there is an assignment to be done & there is not enough wisdom to do
the work,it could be boring, laborious, take longer time & bring about a lot of wastage & even injury. For instance, in Exodus 18:17-23, Moses who was highlyanointed & very hard-working, did not work smart for lack of wisdom. God had to use his father-in-inlaw
to give him the wisdom he required & from that moment, the work became easier & he could find sometime to rest & thereby prolong his life. Hard work is good but working smart is better. Many people who worked hard without working smart have had to die before their time. Jethro was a wise man. He applied certain principles of doing work in
other to achieve greater productivity at lesser costs. He was also ready to share principles. There is nothing wrong wit enrolling for leadership courses that will enhance your productivity. Some people will ask: ‘What will they teach there? Is it not worldly wisdom?’ Thank God for the Bible, yet, there are certain principles that have been tried in
secular businesses that will equally be beneficial in the Kingdom. To be on top, there is need to continue to improve your skills & knowledge. Try things a bit different from how
you normally do them. You must be ready to accept change. In addition to secular seminars & training programmes, you can ask God for wisdom in a specific area. You can
read up books on finance, savings & investments to boost your knowledge in that area. You can go on the internet to download information. We live in the information age and it will be most tragic to be without information during this age. Culled from Open Heaven Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God
10 “D”s of Success
You MUST:-
- DECIDE: conscientiously make up your mind to succeed.
- DIRECTION: After deciding, there must be a road map leading step by step to that destination
- DILIGENCE: constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken. Persistent exertion of body and mind
- DEDICATION: to devote wholly and earnestly as to some person or purpose
- DOGGEDNESS: a persistent effort, stubbornly tenacious
- DETERMINATION: the act of coming to a decision or setting a purpose
- DISCIPLINE: punishment afflicted by way of correction and training
- DELAY: It’s a temporary set back on the way to success. A failed attempt may be seen as delay but keeping at the whole process will surely pay off. Remember Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday
- DUTIFUL: performing a job, task, assignment, obligation that is expected or required, which is characterized by being actively involved in doing it and
- DEAFNESS: You really need to be deaf to every distraction. So many counsels will surface in the time of your advancement, the Bible says in the multitude of counselors there is safety. As long the counsel is anti any of the 9 other points, be deaf to it.
Job was deaf to the counsel of his wife and friends—
David was deaf to the counsel of King Saul in his quest and conquest of Goliath—
Daniel was deaf to the counsel around him to defile himself with the King’s portion—-
The 3 Hebrew chaps were also deaf to the counsel that seek them to deny God in the worship of the graven image—
Jesus Christ was deaf on His mission to save us, He endured the cross, despised the shame because of the Joy that was set before HIM—
Yours Sincerely,
Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu ICEN, NIMN
The Millennium Entrepreneur
08036151760
Federal Lowcost, Jos
Plateau State.
7 deadly mistakes men make when their wife cheats
“The 7 Deadly
Mistakes Men
Make When Our
Wife Cheats…”
– Kevin Jackson
Copyright 2010-2012, All Rights Reserved. Kevin Jackson..
“The 7 Deadly Mistakes Men
Make When Our Wife Cheats…”
Hey man,
Listen, I get it.
Your wife cheated on you. And it hurts.
I mean it HURTS.
It hurts like nothing else has ever hurt in your entire life.
I know your pain.
A crazy cocktail of jealousy, rage, shock, loneliness, humiliation, betrayal, revenge, or
devastation… all mixed together.
You probably have crazy and obsessive thoughts running through your mind…
I know how it is because I’ve been through it myself.
My wife ran off with a guy who was supposed to be “just a friend.”
A guy I trusted to be a friend of the marriage…
A guy who lied to me over and over and over…
A guy who was sleeping with my wife right under my nose.
Yeah, I missed the warning signs big time.
And I, like most guys, did things after I found out that made my pain WORSE… and
made my situation even more PAINFUL.
Most of us guys make the same mistakes – but I want to help YOU avoid them.
So here are 7 deadly mistakes even confident men make when their wives cheat…
Mistake #1 BLAMING YOURSELF FOR HER AFFAIR
Many guys get so screwed up in their head when they learn that their wife was
unfaithful… that they do something that just doesn’t make sense.
They blame themselves.
Have you ever caught yourself doing this?
I sure did.
When I found out about my wife’s affair, she turned it around on me and blamed ME
for it… and the sad part was… I got suckered into believing her.
She convinced me if I had only been a “real man” to her, I wouldn’t have pushed her
into the arms of another.
Many guys do what I did, which was to say, “Yep, I can see your point… I guess
you’re right.”
And even if we don’t say it out loud, deep inside we start judging ourselves. We start
thinking we ARE to blame. We COULD have done more.
But going down this mental road is a HUGE mistake.
Why?
I’ll tell you why…
Because it’s simply NOT TRUE.
Yes, you’re responsible for your half of the relationship… and nobody’s perfect… but
you are zero percent responsible for her crossing that final line and cheating.
That’s HER responsibility, not yours.
Even if she tries to turn it around on you.
The good news is… if you are stuck in a cycle of blaming yourself… you CAN get out
of it.
There are specific techniques you can learn that will break this cycle.
Mistake #2: DRIVING YOURSELF CRAZY WITH
JEALOUS THOUGHTS
This is one of the things that almost every guy who has gone through infidelity
suffers from.
We imagine our wife with the other guy.
What they did, physically.
And that drives us NUTS.
The thing to understand… is that this is NATURAL.
It’s ok.
It’s painful… but it’s okay.
No, you’re not going crazy. It’s an expected response for any guy in this situation.
The trick is to not get STUCK with these obsessive thoughts and images.
Don’t be like me – I suffered with them for more than 10 months.
And yes, there are techniques to get rid of these images in your head.
Mistake #3: TALKING ABOUT THE AFFAIR IN THE
WRONG WAY
Most guys dive right in and start bombarding their wife with questions about the
affair:
“What did you guys do, exactly?”
“How many times did you…?”
“You did what? How could you…!!!”
Listen, I get it. You need to get answers. You DESERVE answers.
But if you hound her over and over again – in the wrong way – you know what’s going
to happen?
She’s going to get DEFENSIVE. (If she hasn’t already.)
The fact is, when a woman cheats, it’s almost always a symptom of something else.
And that “something else” is her unhappiness and unmet needs in the marriage.
Maybe she wanted more appreciation from you.
Maybe more attention.
Maybe more “intimacy,” emotional or sexual.
But the bottom line is… you can’t ONLY talk about the affair. You need to also talk
about her unmet needs or else she’s going to clam up like a dog with a bone in it’s
mouth. She’ll never give up.
Balance the two and you’ll have much better luck getting what you want – THE
TRUTH.
Mistake #4: TRYING TO “BE A MAN” ABOUT IT
Some guys, when they hear their wife cheated, try to minimize their feelings.
They try to act like it’s less of a big deal to them than it really is.
Huge mistake.
All this does is create a recipe for you to BLOW UP later… and for some REALLY
serious shit to go down.
Instead, talk to your wife about it. Let her know some of your feelings.
She’ll probably argue that it “wasn’t a big deal” or “I didn’t love him” or “We didn’t
actually have sex” or “It was only once”
She’s saying all those things to try to calm you down.
Don’t believe what she says, but don’t argue with her either.
Tell her you are hurt and you need some time and space to think about how you want
to handle this.
But don’t bottle up all your feelings inside. Like I said, that’s a recipe for disaster.
Mistake #5: THINKING YOUR PAIN WILL LAST
FOREVER
When I found out about my wife’s infidelity, I felt like my pain would never end.
I felt like the rest of my whole life would be fucked up, and that I’d be bitter,
resentful… and emotionally a MESS… forever.
And that was fucking depressing.
It’s natural to FEEL this way… but the truth is… the pain WON’T last forever.
Yes, it’s going to suck for a while – but with the right tools, you will get over your
suffering as quickly as possible… and be back stronger than ever.
Even if you can’t imagine that right now.
Mistake #6: MAKING BIG DECISIONS NOW
Right now, your emotions are all over the place.
You probably can’t focus.
You have those obsessive thoughts and images.
And you can’t believe this happened to you.
With everything that’s going on, it’s obvious that you’re not in a good “state of mind”
to be making big decisions right now.
Like whether to get divorced or not… or move out… or even buy a new car.
The mistake many guys make is acting on their crazy emotions…so they run out,
make big decisions… and then those decision turn out to be SHIT.
They actually make the situation worse… and can quickly get your life spinning out of
control.
It’s ok to have strong feelings and emotions… just don’t ACT on them.
Let things settle down for a month… then see if you still want to do those same
things.
Mistake #7: NOT GETTING HELP
This is probably the biggest mistake of all.
They say that time heals all wounds. But this is one situation where this is DEAD
WRONG.
Here’s why…
If you don’t know how to deal with your emotions, and how to handle things, starting
today…
… you will make things WORSE.
This is true whether you ultimately decide to stay and work on the marriage… or if
you leave… or if your wife has already left.
The sooner you get EDUCATED on what to do RIGHT NOW… the less of a chance
you’re going to screw things up even more than they already are.
I hate to sound like a broken record… but I think you get my point by now.
I don’t want you to suffer any longer than you have to.
That would suck.
Sadly, most guys do suffer more than they need to, because they don’t know there’s a
better way – a FASTER way – to get through this.
The problem is that most of the advice you’ll find on the internet is written for
WOMEN – I’ll explain why a little later – and so it won’t help YOU.
In fact, it may even make things WORSE…
If you want to get control of your situation and get out of your pain as quickly as
possible, with tips tailor made just for us GUYS, you really should check out my oneof-
a-kind eBook, Survive Her Affair: Healing And Dealing When Your Wife Cheats.
I’ll teach you:
– How to erase the images from your mind
– How to get your confidence back
– How to talk about the details with your wife
– How to find out why it happened
– How to decide if you should stay or go (and how to make yourself very attractive to
your wife if you don’t want to lose your marriage)
– and more
You can find out more about how my eBook can help you get out the pain, get more
control in the situation, and avoid making things worse than they already are, by
clicking below:
http://www.soyourwifecheated.com/sl-ar.php
Talk soon,
Kevin Jackson
SoYourWifeCheated.com
The Art of Self Discipline
THE ART OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.
Having accepted responsibility for our lives (actions and inactions) and being fully determined to succeed on all fronts in 2011, we need to master the art of self-discipline in order to stay focused.
“The difference between a successful person and others is not lack of strength, not lack of knowledge, but rather lack of will” – Vince Lombardi.
Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state. It refers to the training that one gives oneself to accomplish a certain task or to adopt a particular pattern of behavior, even if one would rather be doing something else. For example, denying oneself an extravagant pleasure in order to accomplish a more demanding deed is a display of self-discipline. Thus, self-discipline is the assertion of willpower over more base desires, and is usually understood to be synonymous with self-control. Self-discipline is self-regulation. It is the ability to do the things that are necessary although inconvenient.
Imagine what you could accomplish if you could simply get yourself to follow through on your best intentions no matter what. Picture yourself saying to your body, “You’re overweight. Lose 20 pounds.” Without self-discipline that intention won’t become manifest. But with sufficient self-discipline, it’s a done deal. The pinnacle of self-discipline is when you reach the point that when you make a conscious decision; it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll follow through on it.
A lack of discipline in any individual, group, or society can lead to disaster. The abilities of an individual to self-manage his or her actions are proportional to the level of success and happiness they will experience in their lifetime. Self-discipline is not about punishment or even about a restrictive lifestyle. It is the ability of the individual to adhere to actions, thoughts, and behaviors that result in personal improvement instead of instant gratification. A lack of self-discipline is the main reason for the failures we experience in both our personal and professional lives. It is also the underlying reason we experience disease, obesity, financial ruin, and relationship problems on a national level.
Self-discipline is much like the operating systems we use for our computers. As human beings, the most common and destructive virus found in our personal operating system is the justification virus. We have the tendency to justify our poor decisions by using excuses. We use the power of excuses to justify our poor performance, our attitudes, our problems, and ultimately our lack of overall happiness.
Keep in mind that as human beings we will always make mistakes and blunders, but it is through the power of self-discipline that we are able to diminish their impact on our lives. Before we can develop the power of self-discipline, we must first take an honest and direct look at the excuses we usually use to justify our problems and poor daily performance. Once we begin to consciously recognize them for what they are – excuses, we can then focus our efforts towards fixing the real problem. The problems we face and the methods we use to deal with them vary from individual to individual, but the underlying solution will always remain consistent. Get in the habit of identifying the real reason behind the circumstances in your life and defeat the excuse virus.
Time is a constant but your personal productivity is not. Disciplining yourself allows you to squeeze more value out of your time and increase your personal productivity. This explains why some people will use the hours of their day far more efficiently than others. In order to distinguish yourself, you need to build self-discipline. There is no short cut to success.
YOU WILL SUCCEED!
12 Simple Concepts to become a better Leader
- Listening
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” – Ernest Hemingway
- Storytelling
“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.” -Robert McAfee Brown
- Authenticity
“I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier.” -Oprah Winfrey
- Transparency
“As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.” -John Whittier - Team Playing
“Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds.” -SEAL Team Saying
- Responsiveness
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” -Charles Swindoll - Adaptability
“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” -Ben Franklin - Passion
“The only way to do great work is to love the work you do.” -Steve Jobs
- Surprise and Delight
“A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.” -Charles de Gaulle
- Simplicity
“Less isn’t more; just enough is more.” -Milton Glaser
- Gratefulness
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” -Gilbert Chesterton.
- 12. Prayers
“Being sincerely prayerful makes all the 11 concepts above easily achievable, I have tried it, it has worked and still working and will keep on working”
Sincere prayers which is communication with the Almighty God is an indication that you are limited and incapacitated in your knowledge and committing it to HIS hands means that you cannot rely on what you know alone to achieve success. “There is and will always be a God factor in all we do” – Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu.
Yours Sincerely,
Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu ICEN, NIMN
The Millennium Entrepreneur
08036151760
Federal Lowcost, Jos
Plateau State.
Life is in Phases
- Life is in phases. There was a time in this Country when Secondary School Certificate was considered basic requirement for seeking employment in parastatals and business organizations, as a result of the level of the nation’s civilization. During the era, graduates were always in demand and valued. They command enormous preference, and were indeed assets to their respective families. Every father desired to be addressed as the daddy of Engineers, Medical Doctor, Accountant, Lawyer etc.
The demand placed on the then graduates drove every parent to encourage his child to study in a higher Institution. Parents believe that as the child graduates from school, he/she would be employed as usual, and afterward better the lot of the family. Some go as far as augmenting their qualifications with professional certificates, believing that as they graduate from college, they would be employed as usual, and afterward better the lot of their individual families. What a dream! The nation’s present oversaturated labour market has proven this belief a mere flight of the imagination. A thorough assessment of the rate of employment in the past Fifteen years reveals a graphical situation of drastic decline, yet, tens of thousands of tertiary students are warming up to submit to fate.
I know many employers of labour would disagree with this argument, on the basis of the number of business organizations in Nigeria recruiting fresh graduates to work with their firm. There is a clear difference between recruitment and employment; someone could be recruited to work and still not be employed. What many youths celebrate in Nigeria today is underemployment; a situation where graduates compete during job interviews to receive
N15,000.00 as monthly take-home pay. Reliance on this income alone would be tantamount to waste of life, as there is literally little or nothing to save after transportation, feeding and other basic spending. If you imbibe this culture, you may end in penury.It is true that, like Joseph, God could use you to bless your company (Genesis 39:2). But of all you heap-up for your company, your only entitlements are your basic salary and other allowances which have been pre-determined. Also, there is no job guarantee anywhere these days, because a Pharaoh “which knew not Joseph” may assume leadership, scheme you out of limelight, and empower his loyalists (Exodus 1:8).
Also, have you considered the routine involved in working in a company for someone else? Like Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo said, “you wake up in the morning, rush to work, come back home and have some food, watch television and go to bed. Another day you do the same thing; wake up in the morning, rush to work, come back home and have some food, watch television and go to bed.” Before you could say ‘jack’, the future has met you where you are. And there is nothing to show for your several years of being enslaved by ordinary men like yourself, but with extra-ordinary determination to succeed. That will not be your story in Jesus’ name.
As much as I subscribe to starting life under a boss, I do not succumb to absolute dependence on the salary as the only source of income. You need to create streams of income for you to achieve an ocean of wealth. The blessings of God flowing from His inexhaustible fountain cannot be maximally drawn for all-inclusive financial fruitfulness through one source. This is scriptural. This I explained elaborately in one of my write-ups- the futility of a pay cheque
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. – Gen 2:10-14
One river would not have successfully watered the entire region in question: Havilah, Ethiopia, Assyria and the last land which was not mentioned. God in His infinite wisdom had to channel the blessings through four means, to make fruitful every area of the region. So, in a contemporary language, river Pison could connote your salary from a job you picked up with an organization, budgeted to cater for Accommodation and other assets, while river Gihon could connote your income from consulting services you render, budgeted to cater for food and clothing, river Hiddekel could connote income from sales of goods you produce, budgeted to cater for kingdom expansion, and river Euphrates could connote income from farming, budgeted to cater for family members.
Many of us defend our lethargic lifestyle with Ecclesiastes 2:26 “To the sinner He giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God”. Yeah! I love unmerited favour, but it is for workers; not loafers! The Bible says in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 that “if any would not work, neither should he eat.” Jesus expects us to do business till he comes. In Matthew 25: 14 – 30, he revealed the purpose for which we are endowed – to trade profitably. The Psalmist also communicated the need to be enterprising to us. In Psalm 1:3, it is written that whatsoever a child of God does shall prosper. Deuteronomy 30:9 says “And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand…” So, if you do nothing, what will God bless?
Yours Sincerely,
Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu ICEN, NIMN
The Millennium Entrepreneur
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Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu Esq. 