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THE WORLD OF RICHES
ARTICLE
Proverbs 10v4 says, ‘Lazy hands make a man poor but diligent hands bring wealth.’ These divine
These same hands are not even shy to enter
words contain an outspoken message which urges
into strangers’ pockets, whether on daylight or at
us to make use of our hands effectively and
night. Wherever they find an opportunity these so-
efficiently in a good way so as to access those
called thieves don’t even hesitate to make their “hay”
material things we wish to have. No one was
in someone’s darkness for instance; if there is a rush
born poor, but as the saying states; “life is what you
or stampede for something, do not think they are
make it”.
rushing for the product on demand instead they will be eyeing your pocket and belongings. Your worst
If you want to die poor, your lazy hands will lead you
nightmare will be the moment you want to pay for
to a poor life but if you aspire for a prosperous life,
something only to discover that you have already
definitely your diligent hands will guide you to a fair,
been hit by these criminals.
decent and legal world of riches hallowed with God’s grace. However, some were born with silver
These pickpockets are always eyeing your hard-
spoons in their mouths; they acquired inheritance
earned belongings as they sit on their hands waiting
from their parents. Let us trail behind as we
for your sweat to shower upon their poverty,
incorporate our hard-working hands with our mind
disposing whatever you worked for in a painful split-
towards a fair success. It is the work of the devil
second leaving you drowning in the deep waters of
which makes one greedy, lazy, selfish, too ambitious,
penury. Stock theft is on an increase too as many are
jealous, corrupt, steal, rob, cheat, deceive, oppress
losing their livestock to the lazy rustlers. Money
and enslave others. A great deal of people reaps
mongers are engaged in daylight robbery as they
where and what they did not sow, they are seen
pretend to be money lenders, cooperative planners,
robbing, bribing, cheating and stealing
housing schemes agents, medical and funeral
other people’s hard-earned possessions.
agencies.
Kleptomanics and fraudsters are having
Reports recently said thousands of people
diversified tricks as they put their lazy hands over
contributed towards related policies only to be
those diligent hands which labour for their masters.
overcharged contrary to rates agreed during the
Many are losing their hard-earned cash, cars,
signing of membership forms. They vanish into the
clothes, livestock, farm produces and household
thin air as soon as they con you leaving
furniture to these ruffians.
you stranded after probably years of working hard and saving. Some people are being robbed at gunpoint, losing a lot of cash, assets and even vehicles to these robbers. In other cases the victims receive a double blow as they are rapped or sodomised by their offenders. Some are even transmitted sexual related diseases while the unfortunate ones are left for dead. This is very painful to someone who had to go an extra mile in starving him/herself to acquire possession of things that one then comes and take in just a blink of an eye.
