Ten years
ago, I would have been the last person in the world to write about money. I now
know that you can be holy and still have holes in your pocket. Believe it or
not, love may make the world go round but it is money that pays for the trip.
As long as the earth revolves on its axis and greets the sun, the money will
continue to be an issue in our earthly existence. Economics is the name of the
game. As we race towards globalization and one world government, everything
boils down to economics. Even wars are now an extension of economics. Know also
that the mark of the beast is gonna be an economic mark. The last great revival
will also involve economics--the wealth transfer or fortune reversal. We need
the wealth for the spread of the end time gospel even as we push back the
forces of darkness and every demonic onslaught.
Having debunked
your self-opinionated about money, I guess the begging question is: what is
money?
I can only
explain money because whatever you define, you confine. the common sense
definition is that money is currency--a medium of exchange. Money is a legal
tender used to settle debts--private and public. The deeper explanation is that
money is a metaphysical (spiritual) instrument that meanders according to human
consciousness just like other assets. In other words, money is a spirit that
takes the character traits and mannerisms of its owner. The word 'spirit' shows
that money is a form of energy that obeys all the laws of quantum mechanics. At
the quantum mechanical level, the metaphysics of thought becomes the physics of
life. That's why the word "currency" shows that money flows and it is
in constant flux like the rest of the energy (bedrock) of the universe. In a
universe that works according to design, and order, energy and principles are
synonymous.
The begging
question is: what are the Laws that govern money?
There are
five cardinal principles of money. They are given in present continuous because
tenses make senses.
Learning--You
must be in the know to be in the flow; learning gives you a head start about
money. "If you must earn money, you must first learn." Ignorance or
assumption about money is the main reason a lot of people don't attract money.
Ignorance is expensive and comes with a price tag. The block is in the mind and
ignorance is the greatest darkness in the world. The price of darkness will always
exploit your ignorance in the arena of your finances. In the new economy,
ignorance is not an excuse. Financial literacy is a must if you must move into
a deeper dimension of grace to attract money. Don't make the assumption, learn
or unlearn things about money. What is commonly believed is commonly ignored.
Get illumination is in this area. It is amazing what you learn about money when
you knock off spiritual blindness. Amazing grace is always available to those
who were blind, but now they can see. From this discourse, you discover that
you do not make money, you earn money. Money is an exchange of energy. Call it
skill and time in exchange for goods and services. The rich are diligent with
money while the rest are negligent with money. And if you are not diligent, you
are not intelligent. That's why the rich are called smart money because they
always learn how to earn money, maintain and make it grow even more. It all
begins with developing prosperity consciousness and thinking big. When your
mind expands, you increase your capacity to receive even more money.
Earning--earning
more money is where we have our most daunting problem. The ultimate reason why
you learn about money is to earn it. Many people get this backward. Yes,
managing money is good but maintenance is not increasing. Earning money is more
of your mentality than your ability. Taking it deeper, it has a more spiritual
connotation. Why? Because you make some money with your hands, you make more
money with your head, but the most money is made with your heart (the human
spirit). Your prosperity is within. One divine idea can make you live like a
king all the rest of your life. God did not leave us without talent. We must
harness it. We must tap into our vast human resources or what I call "divine
deposits within." You can have God's kind of financial success or you can
chase the Holly wood type. A poor man has been described as one who does not
know how to believe God for the abundance in his universe. This is not an
indictment of the poor but anybody who cannot tap into the deeper recess of his
mind potential will remain poor. What keeps us poor is scarcity
programming. Think of a seed which is
already programmed to over deliver. Nature is always lavish. Abundance is the
natural order of the universe. God has blessed each and every one of us with
tremendous talents and innate abilities--whether we serve him or not. When we
earn the money, we need discipline and wisdom to manage, disburse, or grow more
of it.
Saving--this
is our Achilles heel. One old adage says, "if you cannot save money, the
seed of greatness is not in you." Having savings involves planning and
discipline. It is called budgeting. You live within your means. The rule is
simple, do it the old fashioned way. Curtail your appetite and buy stuff when
you have the money to pay for it. You can start saving if you increase your
wages and reduce your wastes. It is simple to say but difficult to do. Exercise
discipline in the use of credit card. It is called inner technical resilience or
character. Credit is glorified poverty. It is stripping your future to enhance
your presentation. Tearing your credit card, though is not the answer. Those
are cosmetic changes. There are few occasions when credit cards may be
lifesaving. It is always better to have it and you don't need it and to need it
and you don't have it. Self-control is the watchword here. When you control
your inner worth, you improve your net worth. Caution and balance are
necessary. If you become too stingy and thrifty, you also end up having
thrift-store-mentality. This is poverty programming and will cause you to lose
money, too.
Spending--whether
you like it or not, you must spend money on your own upkeep and need. Money is
used to service life in general. The operative word is "wise
spending." Make sure you don't hold back God's money--His tithe and your
offering. If you do, you shut the windows of heaven and your cosmic cash pump
will start to run dry. Giving to God is not spending per se; it is investing in
the secret kingdom that is not subject to the economic downturn. When you get
your raise and bonuses, don't run to the nearest store to spend it. We live in
a consumer-driven society with a market fiasco. Remember, that sales will
never end in America. If you curtail your spending, you save 100%. Don't allow
Parkinson's law to keep you in a treadmill of paycheck to paycheck. You have
the anointing to break that yoke. What is Parkinson's law? Well, it is a law
that says your expenditure catches up with your pay raise to keep you
perpetually broke. You can break the loop of shopper mania and spent drifting.
Otherwise, you will not have left-over for investment.
Investing--this
is the best-kept secret of the rich that separates them from the rest. It is an
open secret that the poor and the middle-class work for money while the rich
put their money to work. In the parable of the talent which I call the parable
of investing (Matthew Chapter 25), the master instructed His three servants to
put His money to work--not to work for money--according to their abilities.
There are different forms and types of investment. In this regard,
opportunities abound calling for caution. "If you must invest, you must
investigate." This takes us back to learning. You must be in the know to
be in the flow. Before you rush to invest in multiple streams of income, make
sure you study one stream, perfect it, let it run before you diversify.
Otherwise, you end up scattering your resources and having multiple streams of
failed income. Without focus, any scattered energy is wasted energy. Focus
research always pays off. Ask questions. Tap from the experience of those who
have traveled the road before. That's leverage--don't invest without it. For
instance, the internet is a gold mine as well as a landmine. People wouldn't
tell you that only 3% of websites are making money on the internet. Yet
everybody has jumped into the bandwagon? There is so many lies, half-truth,
over-bloated claims, and out-right hype. The statistics apply to other
investment opportunities. So, don't be part of human statistics and casualties
and at the same time, if you don't take a calculated risk, you will not be
rich.
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