Wealth is the abundance of resources (not limited to financial) and the possessions of value.
Since we are discussing the word resources, I want the creative capabilities of your imaginative mind to help me out with some images.
I just hope all the images your mind showed you were not only money. If money was all you saw in all its shades and fashion, then i must admit we have a problem already.
Wealth has and takes various forms of expression. Health is wealth. Peace is wealth. Having food to eat is wealth. Having clothes to wear is wealth. Having a roof over your head is wealth. A healthy relationship with God is wealth. A family filled with love and joy is wealth. Amongst many others.
In context, wealth is the accumulation of those resources you need to live a healthy, profitable, and productive life. Even the little things we don't pay attention to and take for granted constitute our wealth formation. Surprised?
Our misconception of wealth has not only misinformed and misdirected our pursuit of wealth but has narrowed and restricted it to money. This has affected us so badly that even ownership of the things money can buy is still not in itself enough, talk more of being appreciated.
I may not have a bloated account balance, but my sound health has kept me off hospital bills that would have exhausted my cash reserve.
That you have food to eat and the appetite to consume the same makes you better than a patient on the hospital bed being fed with nasogastric tubes.
The family you lightly esteem is what differentiates you from an orphan out there.
These are the trade-offs we don't sit down to count and as such, our thanks tank never gets full. We focus so much on what's missing that we forget to acknowledge what we have.
You may not be rich, but I'm certain as rapture that you are wealthy in other aspects of your life.
So when next you hear the word, wealth, you should have a wider frame of reference to view it from.
And least I forget, wealth can be tangible and intangible? Did you catch that? If no, read my post on forms of wealth.
Grace and Mercy!!!
Amb. Emmanuel Etukudo
Kingdom Wealth Ambassador
