Starting Power – 3

The miracle seed called ‘nothing’                     

Bible Reading: II Kings 4:1-7

God always gives a miracle seed to everyone and it is usually not beyond what you have and where you are. I could say that a million times. What you need to start the journey to where you want to be is something you already have or somewhere you are already positioned. Our problem most times is that we underestimate those things. This problem started thousands of years ago as we can see from these two real life stories:

1. “… A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets had cried to Elisha, saying, My husband, your servant, is dead … And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves. And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me. What do you have in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a pot of oil”. II King 4:1-2 (LITV)

2. “… And going out, Jesus saw a great crowd and was filled with pity toward them. And evening coming, His disciples came near to Him saying, The place is deserted, and the hour is already gone by. Dismiss the crowds, that going away into the villages they may buy provisions for themselves. But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away. You give them food to eat. But they said to Him, We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish”. Matthew 14: 14-17 (LITV)

Here are some lessons we should learn from these stories:

– the miracles they desired started with what they already had. The widow had a pot of oil and Elisha later gave her instructions on how to convert it to surplus. Jesus’ disciples had access to five loaves and two fishes and He taught them how by appreciating what they had (giving thanks), they could feed multitudes with it;

– the widow and Jesus’ disciples made the mistake that most believers of today replicate by saying they had ‘nothing’;

– the definition of ‘nothing’ to most of us is actually ‘something that we have underrated’. We should pay attention to the undertone that usually accompanies the word “except” after we have said ‘nothing’, because history has proved that those things are capable of changing a person’s state. For example, some say I have nothing except the anointing; my wife is good for nothing except that she is faithful; nothing except a mere diploma; nothing except a good friend; nothing except a pretty smile; nothing except a convincing ability…

Years ago, a brother told me that he had nothing except for the fact that people trust him so much. After some time, he came up with a business idea and started discussing it with these people. Guess what happened? They all gave him money to finance it without any collateral or evidence. All they said was ‘repay me at the agreed time’. Today, he is a millionaire.

Beloved, what are those things you have that you call ‘nothing’? Identify them and think of how to start realizing your dreams with them. They are starting blocks to make you get what you want and reach where you desire to be.

– tope aladenusi