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CHAPTER 6

THE ABILITY TO CREATE WEALTH

T
he ability to create wealth comes from God. The Scriptures speak
of this creative power in Deuteronomy 8:18: “But remember the
Lord your God, for it is He that gives you the ability to make
wealth .” This means that it is God who equips us with the gifts, talents
and ideas by which we can create wealth. A God-given power to make
wealth resides within each and every one of us.

Consider the following account from the Old Testament of two special
men whom God filled with very specific gifts and talents:

See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel...and he has filled him with the
Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of
crafts ...And he has given both him and Oholiab the ability to teach

others HE has filled them with the skill to do all kinds of work as
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craftsmen , designers, embroiderers...and weavers, all of them master
craftsmen . (Exodus 35:31–35)

These two men and their team of skilled artisans built (with unparalleled
artistry, and to exact specifications) the Tabernacle and the Ark of the
Covenant in which God chose to dwell among the Israelites. It was God
who placed within these men the gifts and talents to work with their
hands. At some point in their lives, these men discovered in themselves
the natural abilities that God had placed within and began to work at
honing and developing their God-given talents. Then, when it was time
to change the face of human history by the indwelling of God among
men, they were ready to build a temple fitting to be God’s dwelling
place.

I believe that, like Bezalel and Oholiab, God has given each of us specific
gifts and talents. When God opens an avenue for us to create wealth, it
may be by a revelation or an opportunity that on our own we would
never have thought of or found out. But one thing is certain, it will not
be in an area that runs contrary to our interests and abilities . There is
something that God has placed within each of us, some natural talent
or propensity, which will enable us to create wealth.

We will not find full satisfaction or complete success in the work that we
do until we begin to tap into these God-given abilities.

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