King Solomon was said to be the wisest king ever lived. When he had an encounter with God as seen in 1Kiing 3, he asked for a wise and an understanding heart.
We can see that in 1Kiing 3:9 which says, “Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people”?
God confirmed giving him a wise and an understanding heart as seen in 1King 3:12 “Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee”.
In other words, Solomon was operating with a wise and an understanding heart. For that reason, as a wise king, he made a profound statement in Proverbs 22:29 saying, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men”.
Going by the words’ of Solomon, anyone that wishes to amount to anything in our society today, the person must as a matter of fact is to be diligent in his/her business.
The problem we have today especially in Africa using Nigeria as an example is that we are greedy but with lazy attitude, as most people want to be wealthy but is not willing or ready to pay any prize.
They forgot what Proverbs 13:11 says, “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathered by labor shall increase”. We observe that it is those not ready or willing to be diligent that are cutting corners or trying to use shortcuts to achieve their desires.
What I am trying to point out is that of a truth, most people in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular lack self capacity building, which is necessary to transform their lives for the better.
For that reason, many are so lazy even to read articles and books that can build their capacity. Rather they prefer entertainments, looking at pictures or watching videos etc.
I said this taking Destiny Moulders for instance, their attitude towards destiny moulders. When many of them visit the site, and observe that it is only articles, they immediately leave the site as they are not ready or willing to read articles that could help mould their destiny. That was the reason they accuse me saying that my site was not entertaining.
Of course, I replied them that I am not an entertainer and will never turn to an entertainer. I often ask them, after entertainment what next if they refuse to build their capacity?
One other problem is that most of our youths don’t even know what they want in life. Few people that knew what they want in life are lazy, not willing or ready to pay the necessary prize to achieve it.
I used to ask people who shade innocent blood for money rituals, such people will never enjoy the money they made as the innocent blood they shade will ever be crying for vengeance against them.
Rather, king Solomon had given us the master key to open the closed doors of success if we desire to make it and succeed in life, by what he says in Proverbs 22:29 .
That passage says, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men”.
That is to say, instead of shading innocent blood or kidnapping people for ransom as it is the order of the day in Nigeria, what we need to do is to find something doing and as long as we are diligent in such business, we are sure to be celebrated in this lifeas success will smile at us.
In addition to bean diligent, we need to be sure that we are not ignorant while thinking that we are being diligent. To this end, I counsel you to read the article “soaring higher in life like an eagle as it will equally motivate you to go for wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
In that article, we discussed in detail on the need to go for wisdom, knowledge and understanding. These three virtues will enable us to know the right business to be diligent on.
Furthermore, Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 10:15 saying, “The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city”.
Also, the book of Proverbs 14:23 equally says, “In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury”. We should learn to be diligent in our business.
Please the world is waiting for your breakthrough. Get set to soar higher in life. Maybe you are Mark Elliot Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos the world may be waiting for. Please don’t disappoint them and yourself.
In summary, we need to get direction in life. You need to take steps to empower yourself by actually going for wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Please don’t think that any of them are cheap or gotten at no cost.
We must be willing and ready to pay the necessary prize of being diligent in our business to achieve that. Will you be ready and willing to do that? Shalom!
