He Becometh poor that dealeth, with a slack hand, But the hand of the diligence makth Rich proverbs 10:4....
the word poor is still a controversial one, you can hold a seminar on that and still a lot of people will still remain poor, you can imagine the internet is filled with a lot of "How To", yet People do not learn or just a few get this, instead they blame the government, the economy, their parents, family backgrounds, blame everyone and everything except themselves.
the text above indicates that people actually "BECOME" poor meaning initially that wasn't so, sounds like we were born rich but became poor, everyone was born with all that is needed to make a good and a successful life, just the way you can literally see a wealthy man who eventually became poor due to some mishap or some careless mismanagement of funds.
what is the cause of sudden poverty "The Slackness of hands, lack of diligence will take everything away from anyone regardless of how wealthy they were.
for instances your destiny is really counting on your diligence to open up to newer realms and dimension...
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.
diligence and the act of consistency requires discipline to happen, things are easier said than done, a lot of people only live with wishful thinking they have plans and goals and lots of strategies but the willingness to get the ball rolling is the big deal and that's why they remain stagnant poised at a point, or at the office they have very wrong attitude to work, lackadaisical approach to their duties maybe because no one is watching, personally I found out this is why people don't grow, or experience levels of riches in their lives, and that's the reason why they are poor...
State of the mind
poverty is not the absence of money or whatever material things there is, it's actually a state of the mind, like one man would say, Poverty means passing over opportunities repeatedly, people are poor because of the mindset that they have, because of they lack the ability to sense, seize and utilise opportunities when they show up, life is gone beyond just what we see, feel and touch, taking hold of opportunities when they show up is the gateway to wealth.
Ignorance: inaccessibility to right knowledge
the Bible says my people are perish for lack of Knowledge, that's not some religious quote it is a life principle that says if you don't know , you can likely fall victim of any circumstances, life is not magical whatever you input that becomes your output, if your life is not producing good results only means that your knowledge bank is empty....
too comfortable
some persons are just okay were they are with no desire whatsoever to push foreward advance go for more knowledge get a skill, diversify into another line of business or whatever venture, just okay with one stream of income instead of developing multiple streams, so when the storm comes crashing in on them they are blown away ...
these and many more is the reason why people become poor overtime....
