I
want you to realize that just as success comes, it can be taken away from you
if you don’t know how to maintain it. You have to know how to keep bringing
success and being successful. Many become successful but never remain successful
because they don’t understand the principle of the “flowing river”.
The reason why river water remains
ever fresh is because it flows. It’s not stagnant. Stagnant water smells. It
spoils. Many people's success has become a smelling success because it does not
flow. You have to allow your success flow otherwise you will soon turn it into
a failure.
You might be wondering, “What does he
mean?” This is what I mean: Learn to give back if you want the streams of
success to keep flowing in your life. When you let go, you create room for more
to come in. Those who don’t give back, never grow up in accomplishments.
You are not rich because you have
several millions in your account. You become rich when your million start to
affect other people’s lives positively. It’s all about impacting lives with
your wealth. It’s often said; “if you eat alone, you will die alone”.
While that statement might sound to
you like a resolution of defeat or a consolation by a poor man, you have to
look at it from the other angle; from God’s angle. The book of Proverbs tells
us that “there is he that scattereth, yet
increaseth…”
If you want to increase, you have to
scatter first. You have to give. You have to be a blessing to others around
you. Stingy people never get to the heights. If they manage to get there, they
soon start crumbling. Most of the foundations we see around the world today are
owed by rich men. They understand this principle that “if I must get richer, I must keep reaching out to others”.
That’s what I mean when I say “let the
river flow”. Start cultivating the habit of blessing others even in your low
estate. That’s what will take you to the “high estates” of life.
While I was a student in the
university, the Holy Spirit said to me one day “you’re not to keep anything you
have, let it flow to others, that’s the only way to enjoy endless flows”. It
makes a whole lot of sense. It is often said that “the pipe that allows water to flow through it will never lack water
itself”.
Start thinking beyond yourself and start
thinking about others. Start affecting lives. Start influencing others. Start reaching out. That’s the key to
sustainable blessing.
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