27/10/2023
Proverbs 3:19
By wisdom, the LORD founded the earth; by understanding, he created the heavens
I have come to terms with the fact that for any person to live a fulfilling life, they must have the skill to make money. A person without a money-making skill will suffer. As a spiritual man and also trying so hard to look at the people I grew up with, I can safely say that spiritual people are knowledgeable, while religious people are ignorant.
Provocative as this statement may be, I can also try to be more assertive by pronouncing that praying in tongues without knowledge is an embarrassment to the kingdom. If the all-knowing God needed both wisdom and understanding to find the earth, it is just right that we acquire these virtues to have any impact on the earth.
Education can be used to acquire knowledge. It could be casual or formal. We acquire skills to help us live and manage our lives through education. We employ these abilities to generate income.
Acts 7:22
Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
It makes sense for a Christian of this day to acquire an education if the very spiritual Moses had to complete his schooling before God could send him. You see youngsters of the highest order; most religious people have a misunderstanding of prayer. A weapon for generating riches is not prayer. If prayer was intended to be the tool for creating prosperity, then the wealthiest Christians would be many, particularly Pentecostal Christians. Fortunately, God blesses the labor of our hands (Deuteronomy 28:12).
I support the practice of praying. Indeed, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 exhorts us to pray constantly. Upon praying, which might be interpreted as including God in our deeds, each of us must then act by going to work. According to the Bible, salvation is the sole instance in which faith has been successful without the need for works (Ephesians 2:8–10: For by grace you have been saved through faith). The other aspects of faith depend entirely on labor (James 2:17–20). As a result, faith on its own is dead without works. However, someone will assert, "I have works, and you have faith." I'll demonstrate my faith by my works; you show me yours without them.
One of the things I like best about this post is that we all strive to acquire life skills. When you make plans to acquire your expertise, involve God, and you will succeed. However, you will continue to be impoverished in the presence of prayer if you neglect education for the sake of prayer. If anything, because it is your decision, you will enter paradise even though you are impoverished. I hope you don't follow in the footsteps of Lazarus and the wealthy man. Despite his poverty, Lazarus was able to reach paradise. But you can reach the kingdom and still be wealthy.
Inspired by Rev E Zulu.
