Dominic Pedro
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In the book of Genesis 41, Pharaoh had a dream: seven fat cows and seven thin cows; seven full heads of grain and seven withered heads.
Joseph interpreted it: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
What many people miss is this: ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The difference was not visible.
Everyone was eating. Everyone was harvesting. Everyone had enough. If you visited Egypt in year three of plenty, you would see no difference between a wise person and a foolish person. Both had food on the table. Both looked blessed.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐.
When famine hit, the nations that ate everything during the years of plenty had nothing. Egypt, which saved during the years of plenty, had more than enough. In fact, Egypt became a major source of food during the famine because it had reserves.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ.
When business is booming, when you are getting that bonus at work, when your salary is coming on time, when your market is sellingโ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐.
The person saving K500 and the person spending K5,000 on a weekend in Siavonga both look happy. Both post on Facebook. Both look blessed.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
For some, hunger comes as:
โข A job loss
โข A medical emergency
โข A business going down for three months
โข January school fees when the December salary has already been spent
โข A car breaking down
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.
Genesis 41:48 says: โJoseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.โ
He didn't save 10%. He saved 20% of the harvest. The Bible says in Genesis 41:34: โLet Pharaoh take a fifth of the harvest during the seven years of abundance.โ
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ?
1. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ โ This is your season of plenty. Don't eat all your profit. Don't upgrade your lifestyle to consume all your profit. Save part of your profit as if a difficult season is coming, because one day, sales may drop.
2. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐ โ That bonus is not simply an opportunity to upgrade your lifestyle. It can also become your reserve for the days when there will be no bonus. Save part of it.
3. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ โ Push hard NOW. Work overtime when possible. Start that side hustle NOW. Build your skills NOW. Because you don't know when the company will restructure or when circumstances may stop you from working.
๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Many Zambians may look financially comfortable in December because of bonuses, only to borrow for school fees in January. They consumed everything during the season of plenty.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
Save while you can. Work while you have strength. Build while doors are open.
๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
Happy Sabbath to my SDA friends
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In the book of Genesis 41, Pharaoh had a dream: seven fat cows and seven thin cows; seven full heads of grain and seven withered heads.
Joseph interpreted it: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
What many people miss is this: ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The difference was not visible.
Everyone was eating. Everyone was harvesting. Everyone had enough. If you visited Egypt in year three of plenty, you would see no difference between a wise person and a foolish person. Both had food on the table. Both looked blessed.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐.
When famine hit, the nations that ate everything during the years of plenty had nothing. Egypt, which saved during the years of plenty, had more than enough. In fact, Egypt became a major source of food during the famine because it had reserves.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ.
When business is booming, when you are getting that bonus at work, when your salary is coming on time, when your market is sellingโ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐.
The person saving K500 and the person spending K5,000 on a weekend in Siavonga both look happy. Both post on Facebook. Both look blessed.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
For some, hunger comes as:
โข A job loss
โข A medical emergency
โข A business going down for three months
โข January school fees when the December salary has already been spent
โข A car breaking down
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.
Genesis 41:48 says: โJoseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.โ
He didn't save 10%. He saved 20% of the harvest. The Bible says in Genesis 41:34: โLet Pharaoh take a fifth of the harvest during the seven years of abundance.โ
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ?
1. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ โ This is your season of plenty. Don't eat all your profit. Don't upgrade your lifestyle to consume all your profit. Save part of your profit as if a difficult season is coming, because one day, sales may drop.
2. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐ โ That bonus is not simply an opportunity to upgrade your lifestyle. It can also become your reserve for the days when there will be no bonus. Save part of it.
3. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ โ Push hard NOW. Work overtime when possible. Start that side hustle NOW. Build your skills NOW. Because you don't know when the company will restructure or when circumstances may stop you from working.
๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Many Zambians may look financially comfortable in December because of bonuses, only to borrow for school fees in January. They consumed everything during the season of plenty.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
Save while you can. Work while you have strength. Build while doors are open.
๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ.
Happy Sabbath to my SDA friends
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#FinancialLiteracy
#SmartMoneyMoves
#JosephPrinciple