Do you know what I saw today? Someone wrote in red on a two hundred shillings note ''pesa ni mapepo'' translation from Swahili - money is demonic. What do you make of that statement? Is money filled with evil spirits or is that person really dumb and thick in the head? Where, in any holy book, money is evil? For the love of money is the root of all evil, not money.
What comes from outside is not evil it is what comes from the inside that is evil. Mark 7: 15. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them." 'Money is evil' is an attitude that is a money repellent - it is a self destruct attitude. Lack of money is the root of all evil and money is the root of all philanthropy. Money is not to be worshiped but it can be used to serve the owner who is you, your family, your friends and the world.
The reason why you are crying Njanuary is that you have such an attitude towards money. You hate money, you dislike money and you are disgusted by money and that is why money seems to slip away from your grip. The trivial many have the least of confidence when it comes to money or worse off where does it all go? They have little faith or none faith in themselves. They are really pessimistic about themselves and money. These are very reasons why money has killed many people, money has robbed people their joy and money has destroyed their own lives. To rephrase this better, people would kill to have money, steal other people's money and destroy people's lives with the same money.
They attract thoughts of poverty and poverty itself in their lives. They have sown the seed of poverty and reap the fruits of sweet poverty. They get money and very little of it. And when money comes in a lucky break, they find a way to lose it all.
"Lazy hands make for poverty but diligent hands bring wealth:" King Solomon.
From this bible quote, we get that we reap what we sow or in other words, if you don’t like getting tired, poverty will never tire to knock on your door or bash into your home and make it stay with its unpleasantries of life. However, on the upside challenge, you must work hard on yourself be it mental or physical work. Work must be done in all diligence on yourself and your job.
I have found in my experience that income does not far exceed personal development. Now sometimes income takes a lucky jump but sure enough, unless you grow out where it is, it will usually come back –Jim Rohn. Personal development means working on your emotional intelligence, your optimism, your habits, your goals, your skills and knowledge, and your spirituality, as you are a spirit. Personal development is a life- learning course that requires constant self-evaluation and constant improvement in all aspects of life and one being finances. Money is the servant and you are the master. It must, in many cases, work for you not against you.
With money, it calls for our hard work, honesty and wisdom. Your employment, even though underrated in all respects of other people's perceptions, holds the key to greatness as long as you look for it until you find it. Diligent hands produce quality and quantity which translates to reaping more or more rewards. Your employed work is not the company’s job but it is your own. You are self-employed not employed whether you are working for a company or yourself.
Inferiority complexities and pessimism are the money repellents we must fight against. Poverty magnets, we don't want.
Finally, money is a good gift from God that must be mastered. Money is a reward for the work we do and two, it is a means of sustaining our lives and others. Yet again, it is a wonder that the same money also carries temptation. And I will repeat again for the multitude. Nothing outside man that enter him can defile but it is what that comes out of the man that defiles him. Do you blame your salary for your lack? Is money the cause of all your financial insecurity? Or is it definitely these loans, these taxes, these rent denying us the right to enjoy this good life?
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