YOU EITHER RESERVE OR STARVE (Part 3)

YOU EITHER RESERVE OR STARVE (Part 3)

By Adesina Abegunde

Best of today to you in Jesus name. I hope you are reserving some things already? Reserve some money for important needs and also reserve some energy and emotional strength to think. Stop worrying and fighting, stay relaxed, focused and joyful. Thinks will finally work out for you in Jesus name. You shall not see shame.

In the last two posts I started addressing the main problems that make famine severe and the impact of scarcity heavy on nations, businesses, families and individuals. The three points I gave are;

     1.      Lack of insight, revelation and relevant information.

     2.      Low or no traction for money flow.

     3.      Low or no savings or reserve.

The first two have been dealt with briefly, I expect you to think and research further, and prayerfully make winning decisions. Now I am addressing the last one;

LOW OR NO SAVINGS OR RESERVE

Genesis 41:35-36 (NIV)
³⁵ They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food.
³⁶ This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine."

Joseph fed everybody without stress from his reserve. Those who have reserves are not afraid of scarcity. To have no reserve is to starve during famine.

What you reserve is what will serve you in famine. What you preserve is what will preserve you. Of course human reserve can be depleted if the famine is greater than the capacity of the reserve. But God’s reserve is inexhaustible. Those who complain in famine had low or no reserve. They ate everything and now there is nothing to eat. Those who eat some and not all, will always have something to eat.

SAVE when there is no need to save in order to be SAFE when there is nothing to save.

Savings will save you in times of famine.

That which you make safe will keep you safe in times of trouble.

There are three problems with savings and I want you to avoid it, they are;

1.      Savings are not safe; the ease of ATM withdrawal, USSD codes and so on may not help you. Make it difficult for you to access your savings account. Perhaps open a new account and do not request for ATM. Prevent frequent borrowing from your savings, assume it is not there except in a matter of life and death.

2.      People want to save too much too fast; save consistently and not conspicuously. Be disciplined, consistent and joyful.

3.      Visionless savings; don’t save for saving sake. Save with a vision, save toward a purpose in mind and that will motivate you to make your savings safe. Have a vision of a major capital project, conceivably an asset, a business, a training, vacation and so on.

So what is the hope of those who have no reserve or that their reserve is depleted? That will be my focus in the next post. God bless you.