she wasn’t ready to hear it) was that it was
achieve. Planning your day also helps you
a mere wish (and if wishes were horses
know what to say NO to. Many get into
beggars would ride, unfortunately, wishes
activities that do not concern them because
are not horses) and would remain so until
they have not planned what to do with their
she studied the life of Aliko Dangote and
day, they don’t know where they are going
practiced the same habits that made him
so other people take them where they’re
successful. For those of us who are Chris-
going. You will not have another life to live,
tians and like to collect prophecies, please
this is it, spend the days that make up your
be informed that the prophecy in itself will
life wisely.
not produce; God is not mocked, you will
Successful people are focused. They
eventually reap what you sow. Therefore, if
have their eye on the ball all the time and
you sow sleep when you should be working, do not permit distractions. Elisha knew
you will reap poverty,
God was going to
despite the prophecies
take Elijah away
that have gone ahead
and he desired a
Successful
people
plan
their
of you.
double portion of his
day; they don’t enter into any (Elijah’s) spirit but
Successful people
are early risers; they
there was a price to
day that the Lord has made
get up early each day
pay; he had to stay
without
knowing
what
they
(ask any successful
focused. As they jour-
want to achieve.
person you know).
neyed together, his
Jesus rose up early,
colleagues, the other
Moses rose up early, and Joshua rose up
sons of the prophets, tried to distract him;
early. If you are a lover of sleep you are
even his master tried to break his focus
courting with poverty without knowing it.
by telling him several times to return and
The book of wisdom (proverbs) says, “a little wait for him, but he knew what he wanted
sleep, a little slumber and a little folding of
and refused distractions. At some point
the hands to sleep, so shall your poverty
in the journey, Elijah asked what Elisha
come.”
wanted and he stated it. He was told he had
Successful people plan their day; they
asked for a hard thing, however, there was
don’t enter into any day that the Lord has
a condition; if he stayed focused and saw
made without knowing what they want to
Elijah when he was taken, he would have it.
achieve. Planning your day is good practice Elisha stayed focused saw the moment of his
as it helps, among other things, to elimi-
master’s rapture and got what he wanted.
nate wasting time. The reason you think
From that moment, he stood out from
you have time to ‘kill’ is because you enter
the rest of the sons of the prophets, as a
the day without knowing what you want to
matter of fact, at their next meeting they all
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