The Power of Quality Decisions

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Decisions are like earthquakes. They have tremors or consequences that affect generations even long after the person who takes them is dead. That is why decisions should not be made in a hurry; and without accurate and sufficient information. On no account should decisions be taken through gambling, divination, emotions or compulsion.

Decisions made with sufficiently garnered information are natural practical decisions that are dependent on information. Therefore, be sufficiently informed before taking a decision as right information birth right decisions. Do not take decisions in a hurry. The ideal thing to do is to slow down and gather all the necessary information you need before taking a major decision. You may need to slow down if you notice that you are being stampeded to take a decision especially so if your emotions are largely involved. Beloved, you would be moving too fast without the right arsenal to shield you. The right arsenal in this case is sufficient information. Practical decisions require practical senses, the common sense that instructs you to gather the requisite information so that you can take informed decisions. This may require that you leave your comfort zone in order to garner the right information that will enable you make decisions based on privileged information.

God will Always Provide

                                        Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

You cannot separate divine provision from divine guidance. Please see Psalm 23, Isaiah Chapter 48 verse 17, Matthew Chapter 17 verses 24 to 27, Luke Chapter 5 verses 1 to 9, John Chapter 21 verses 1 to 11, 2^nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7, Psalm 1 verses 1 to 3, Deuteronomy Chapter 28 verses 1 to 13, 15 verses 1 to 6.

The wisdom in accessing abundant and overwhelming divine provision is obedience to God at all times coupled with absolute trust in God that He will always do what is right. It is that absolute trust in God that will make you obey God promptly without asking questions. Please see Proverbs Chapter 3 verses 1 to 5, Psalm 23.

Prompt and willing loving obedience coupled with absolute trust and confidence in God as well as belief in the power of God to do to always do the impossible always guarantees overwhelming abundant divine provision. Hagar in the wilderness – Genesis Chapter 21 verses 14 to 19; Isaac in Gerar Genesis Chapter 26 verses 1 to 33, take note of verses 12 to 14, the Israelites in captivity (Jeremiah Chapter 29 verses 4 to 14, Ezra Chapter 2 verse 68, Genesis Chapters 15 verses 13 to 14, 37; 39 to 48, 50 verses 18 to 26; Exodus Chapters 1 verses 7 to 11, 3 verses 21 to 22, 11 verses 2 to 3, 12 verses 35 to 36, 25 verses 1 to 8, 36 verses 1 to 7 (they continued bringing in gifts for the building of the tabernacle because they had more than enough to give).

Divine provision then is to a very large extent a function of obedience to God and divine instructions. Please see Isaiah Chapter 1 verse 19.

Abraham obeyed God and was divinely supplied with the ram for the sacrifice. Please see Genesis Chapter 22. Isaac sowed in a dry land and progressively became wealthy; in fact so wealthy that the Philistines envied him. The widow of the indebted prophet obeyed God. She could have despised and disobeyed the prophet’s instructions but she obeyed every one of them. She borrowed vessels, shut the door, took the seemingly insignificant jar of oil and began to pour into the many vessels including resulting in addition, multiplication, compounding and geometric increase. She further obeyed the prophet and marketed the products. Definitely, she must have entertained doubts concerning sales yet she sold and had more than enough money to live on.

Fan into Flames the Gift of God in You

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. Proverbs Chapter 18 verse 16

Do you know what you own? Do you know the value of your God given gifts? If you know, how do you treat them? And if you do not know, what are you doing to identify them and their values, e they spiritual, physical, mental, financial, material, etc?

The Apostle Paul cautioned young Timothy not to neglect his gift irrespective of how he got it. He also reminded Timothy about how the leaders of the Church laid hands on him and there was a prophetic message regarding the gift. The Apostle Paul therefore urged Timothy not to ignore the gift, not to consider the gift trivial and insignificant. He told Timothy that the gift was a great gift from God to him. Therefore, Timothy should recognize the import of the gift, treasure the gift (1^st Timothy Chapter 4 verse 14) and fan the gift into flames. Flames cannot be hidden. When you fan the gift of God in you into flames, the gift becomes visible for everyone to see. But when you do not fan the gift, it becomes cold embers or dying embers or smoky embers which do not bless anyone especially the smoky embers. The smoky embers for instance will obscure vision, restrict people from coming close by because of the negative impact of the smoke on the eyes (peppery eyes) smell of smoke on clothes, hair and body; carbon monoxide when inhaled. The implication is that gifts that have not been fanned into flames do not attract people and when gifts do not attract people, they cannot be money making gifts. In essence, they cannot be monetized. But when they are fanned into flames, they become attractive. Why? People want to see what the flame is, what is responsible for the flame and how they can benefit from the flame. Recall how God got Moses’ attention through the burning bush that was not consumed?