Well, after the first part of the article base on wisdom I talked about, I hope I have built a foundation for all of you. Without further a do, let's cut to the chase.

I believe most of us here has been broke in some point of our lives. But thank God, it is broke, not poor, where broke is temporal while poor is rather permanent. During this period of time, the stress level in most of us "red-lined", we have bills to pay, children to feed and to some, lifestyles to up-keep. We will spend most of our time worrying, paralysed by the myriad of letters that demanded you for payment. When you have a chance to pray, you will without a doubt ask God to stretch out His mighty hand from the sky and hand you a million dollars. And you think that will solve all your financial problems. And soon this method of prayer doesn't work and you start "trying" other methods to get close to God; and if you did, you will ask Him for that million dollars.

And again, I will ask the million dollar question again. Do you know by now, why God did not zap you with a million dollars? The answer to that question relates to "what will you do if you have a million dollars?"

Let's look at 1 Kings 4:29

1Ki 4:29 And God gave Solomon exceeding great wisdom and understanding, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the lip of the sea.

In this verse you will find that God gave Solomon wisdom first , then understanding and largeness of heart. There is your answer! God has actually given all of us wisdom, just that, most of us are lazy to use it!

"What are you talking about? Are uyou trying to say that I am an idiot?!" You may exclaimed. By all means, NO, what I meant is you are lazy to use wisdom! When God gave Solomon wisdom, He also gave him understanding. What I am trying to say is this, God gave Solomon the wisdom to ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE! This is the part where all of us fail and we try to blame God for not hepling us!

God have given us wisdom when we ask for it, but sadly only a few of us use it. How? by acquiring "knowledge", that is how "understanding comes in. And that is how his "breath of mind" expanded like the sand of the seashore.

When the lack of finance comes into our lives, all we do is sit around and look paralysed. Have you forgot Deuteronomy 8:18, it says Deu 8:18 But you shall remember Jehovah your God, for it is He who gives to you power to get wealth; that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

He gives to US the POWER to Get Wealth! How to get wealth? Buy a gun and point it at anyone by means of robbing? NO! We get wealth by the wisdom God has given us! Let me show you a few more verses.....

Jer 10:12 It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom, and who stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Mar 6:2 And a sabbath having come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And hearing, many were amazed, saying, From where came these things to this One? And what is the wisdom given to Him, that even such works of power come about through His hands?

Did you see? Power and wisdom always work hand in hand! God has already given us the Power and Wisdom, just that, most of us are too lazy to use it. All we want is an instant miracle that comes into our lives, just like hitting a jackpot. We do not want to wait, we do not want to learn, we do not want to acquire knowledge.....all we want is a lottery ticket to wealth. This is so sad! And I have seldom hear preachers preach about this! All they want to preach is base on giving, and their favourite verse is....Luk 6:38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
I have no problems at all in giving, in fact, I love to give. Poor minded preachers love to manipulate the christians in coming out their own "programs" so that they can keep themselves afloat. And when the faithful christians has given their all, and nothing happens, the preacher will blame them that some parts of their lives is "blocking" the power of God to flow. And one of their favourite money generating programs is "Faith Pledge". Let me ask those preachers that are doing this right now to their church members, where in the Bible did the word or idea of faith pledge comes about? Tithing is tithing, and I believe in Tithing. But what is faith pledge? Who came up with this idea? With all due respect, Those preachers that are involved or encourage such "programs" in their church, they, in the first place, are "faithless". So they put this financial burden of the church on the members, and the preachers enjoy the benefits! They act as if our God is so poor, that they need to condemn christians if their so-called faith pledge did not hit the quota for that month. All beacuse they are faithless, and they don't believe that God can provide.

Millions of christians all living below the average line, and all the preachers can come out with is faith pledge. My fellow brethrens, hear this now, get out of your despair and start acquiring knowledge.

READ THIS CAREFULLY......... Hosea 4:6 Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Did you see it?! Do you know how important it is to acquire knowledge? If you lack money, learn how to make money. If you do not know how to go about investing, learn how to invest. Read books on investment. If you are in debt, learn how to get out of debt. If you lack the ability to manage your personal finance, learn how to manage them instead, do not let your finance manage You! It is time to wake up, start acquiring knowlegde now!

Proverbs 10:8 Wise men store up knowledge (in the mind and heart), but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. (amplified bible)

Wise men store up knowledge, that is why Solomon is the richest man in the world! God gave him wisdom, and he uses it to store knowledge. He have a constant thirst for knowledge, he love to ask questions when in doubt, he loves to acquire knowledge because he has the wisdom to know that knowledge is important to manage his country, to manage his people and to manage his finance. And the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction, do not speak too fast, listen, learn from the experts, listen to advise and make decisions based on the wisdom and knowledge you have acquired so far.

2Ch 1:12 the wisdom and the knowledge are given to you, and riches, and treasures, and honor I will give to you, such as none of the kings who were before you has had, and after you it shall not be so.

See the sequence of 2 Chronicles 1:12, God gave wisdom first, then knowledge. After you have both, riches, treasures and honor shall follow after you.