GET READY 2

 In Genesis 41, Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh and suggested as a Nation they will go through two economic phases...hence there is the need to get ready for the second phase (Famine) in the course of the first phase (Plenty). 

Everyone goes through their season of plenty: There is the time when you are young, and the time you will lose your youthfulness; a time where some people will be in paid employment and a time they might either be retired or laid off, there is a time when you are newly married (less expenses) and a time when kids come along (more expenses), etc. 

How are you getting ready for that change? What plans are you making today to enable you secure the ''second phase''? 

Joseph did not prescribe Prayers, neither did he ask them to fast (Gen. 41:33); he told Pharaoh you will need a man who is "Discreet and Wise". It goes to say...Wisdom is a necessary requirement if we must go through the "Phase change" successfully. 

When you look at the economy, what do you see? When you look at your career, what can you see? 

When you look at the rate at which prices and the cost of living is skyrocketing, what can you see? 

It's time to be strategic, it's time to begin to apply yourself to Sound Financial and Economic principles. 

Prayers and Fasting will not make you escape "Hardship" it is Wisdom that will make you go through Hardship successfully. 

"...and Wisdom and Knowledge shall be the STABILITY of thy TIMES..." Isa. 33:6 KJV (paraphrase are author's).

Those who do not plant trees today, will not have shelter to shield them from the harshness of the Sun tomorrow. 

Remember it is not a day or two it's a phase: In Pharaoh's time...it was a seven year period of Famine. 

Not everything in vogue is meant for you; you don't have to attend every ceremony mostly if you are from Africa where certain ceremonies must be attended by a certain type of outfit that has to be bought or paid for. 

Don't eat your tomorrow today; "Get ready" and again...I say "Get ready". 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

Work It Now [WIN] Series: Episode 4

David was anointed to be king yet, it took several years after he was anointed before he eventually emerged as a king.

Joseph told his former inmates to speak to Pharaoh about him and yet, they initially forgot not until Pharaoh had a supposedly unpleasant dream before they could remember him. 

The foolish virgins were called foolish not because they didn't carry oil in their lamps...but because they didn't carry extra oil in the event that the groom delayed his coming; they eventually ran out of oil just before the groom showed up. 

Friends, I need you to brace up...because in this journey of pursuing your dreams, some of your plans will be exhausted; some things might take longer than anticipated; some people would not deliver like they have promised...yet, you need to keep....keeping on. 

So, in your planning...make provisions for double; if it will take 3 miles...prepare physically for 6 miles. Why should you be exhausted when you are just close to the finish line?

Those who make it to the end...make plans that can keep them in the race until the end. 

CALL TO ACTION:

1. What do you require for the next phase of your dream?

2. What resources (Mental, Physical and Financial) do you need?

3. Prepare for twice as much as you require in question 2.

It's time to Work It Now...It's time to WIN. 

Good morning and Happy Mid-Week!