This story was shared with me by my mentor, brother and friend, Fela Oyeneyin; he is a wealth of knowledge and i try as much as possible to get the little i can whenever he is around, enjoying reading.
For so long, I have always thought
and wondered what the best investment is or what investment would generate the
best return. I have brainstormed with friends, and strangers. I have read books
that listed anything possible such as real estate, stock market, buying and
selling, network marketing, bonds, FX, property taxes, mortgages, insurance, leans,
buying out owed bills and so on. One thing I have learnt over the years is that
the best place to invest ones’ money is to invest in the work of God. A few years
ago, shortly before the recession that hit the whole world (2008 -2010), I know
of a young man (my mentor) whom he and his wife withdrew their retirement
savings for the work of God. At the time he made this announcement, I thought
of him to be crazy and out of sync. I got home that day thinking and trying to
make sense of what he said, I couldn’t find any good rationale behind the
thinking. My friend that was there at the time of this announcement raised up
the issue and we tried our best to analyze and understand but it didn’t make
any sense. A few months down the line, the recession hit. Most people lost
money with the recession, it was so bad that many people lost all their life
savings, many committed suicide as a result of the crisis. I began to think and
understand that when you do things for God with a pure heart, even when it
doesn’t make sense to the regular eye or brain, you can never go wrong. This
same family has NEVER lacked ever since then, the family has grown in numbers
both physically and spiritually.
I had a
personal experience also just around this same time in 2008. We had a program
in my church that I was privileged to attend. The invited guest called for a
very hefty seed. In my previous years, I would not have hearkened to the voice
of the servant of God. I had begun to understand the power of sowing in the
house of God. I came out and made a vow to bring forth the seed. Though it was
very heavy as I was still not financially buoyant as at then, I made sure I
remitted my vow. I can comfortably tell you that during the recession period, I
blossomed in knowledge, and wisdom. I never lacked financially. As at the time
when most that surrounded me where complaining that they lacked money, I never
lacked. Recently,
just about 1-2 years ago. I witnessed an alter call for people to make a vow, a
young man whom I have always thought to be notorious for not been serious with his
life came out for the vow. When I saw him come out, many things ran through my
head. “Where will he get the money to pay this vow, he just asked someone for
money not too long ago, I hope he understands that he must pay the vow.” These
and many others are thoughts that came through my head. As God would have it,
this brother is doing well financially now.
A more
recent testimony about investing in the work of God that happened to me. I had traveled on a journey and I had very
little funds designated for my trip. Upon getting to my destination, I attended
a branch of our church at that region. The leaders of the church had called an
urgent meeting. I attended without knowing what the meeting was about. Upon
sitting with the rest of the adults at the meeting, the leaders announced that
there is an opportunity for them to buy the land where the church currently holds
but there were no funds to secure the land.
The option was to go to the bank which the interest rate will be very
high and also might not get the money needed quickly enough. The other option
was to raise the funds among the church members. Mind you, I came on this
trip with very little amount of money. When the funds raising started people
were donating in the millions, I felt very ashamed of myself. How dare I say I
want to drop what I had or how dare I mention what I had compared to the millions
people were giving. I felt very small and intimidated by the amount of figures
I was hearing but deep inside me, I knew this was a great opportunity for me to
connect to this blessing. I just couldn’t open my mouth to mention what I had
knowing that’s all I had. How will I survive, how will I eat, where will I get
funds from, who can I tell? Once the fund raising was over we were still short
a few ways to the target. Once I saw that people were walking out, I quietly
went to meet the accountant and introduced myself. I softly told him the amount
that I have and that I would be borrowing the church the amount. At that time,
it didn’t occur to me that it might take months or weeks before they are able
to return it. He gladly took my details and I paid the money into the account
given to me. The following week, someone called me that they needed an FX done,
I had always done FX in hundreds and a few thousands. This call was for Tens of
thousands, I somehow got involved and I got a big payload. I met a colleague of
mine I had not seen in over 27 years, she was into real estate. She told me
about her properties and asked me to tell my friends about her properties. A
friend in the US called me and asked that she is looking to buy some real
estate in Nigeria, I introduced her to my real estate friend in Nigeria. They
spoke and the transactions were made, what shocked me most is that my real
estate friend in Nigeria gave me all the proceeds from the transactions. I
asked her why she’s giving me the proceeds, she stated that she doesn’t know
but I should take it and I should just give her any amount that I feel she
deserves. I paid a certain amount into her account and she returned half of it
saying it was too much. In that month alone, I was super blessed.
I share
this with you so that you can understand that there’s no greater investment
tool or avenue than investing in the work of God. It’s a great privilege that’s
not opened to everyone, do it with your heart and you will never regret it.
There are so many testimonies, I could keep writing on and on and on but will
stop it here for now. These are real people that you and I can relate with,
they are not people that you read in magazines and don’t have access to. Many
times we don’t know or understand how some of our friends and colleagues are
been blessed, all we see is the end product, we never get to know the full
story, these are some of their stories. I hope these few testimonies will be a
blessing to you. God Bless. Story Credit: Fela Oyeneyin.
NB: You can also share your story with the world, reach out to us at Adeola4god90@yahoo.com
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