Tag: thrives

Wealth Creation Series: Growth Is a Process

( Lessons from the Chinese Bamboo).

By QueenOlashore

Heartbeat of God Publications

Growth is a process. It demands courage, perseverance, and faith.

Recently, I read a piece from my mentor about the Chinese bamboo. I had heard the story over five years ago, but I never paused to study it deeply; until now. Her words stirred something in me, provoking a desire to understand this extraordinary plant and uncover what God might be saying through it.

In my search, I discovered something profound:

-Stop complaining because you can’t see progress. Just because your growth is not visible does not mean nothing is happening. With the bamboo, the depth is forming long before the height appears.The real work is deeply embedded in the unseen.

Here are 6 powerful lessons from the Chinese Bamboo:

1. Growth Begins in the Dark, Not in the Open: For years, nothing breaks the surface. Yet beneath the soil, the roots are spreading wide and deep.

Lesson: God develops your foundation before He displays your elevation.

2. Silence Is Not Absence: The fact that nothing is visible does not mean nothing is happening.

Lesson: Your silent season is a working season. Heaven is building what eyes cannot yet see.

3. Depth Determines Height: The bamboo spends 4–5 years building a root system strong enough to support 80–90 feet of sudden growth.

Lesson: The deeper your preparation, the higher your destiny.

4. Consistency Is the Water That Feeds Destiny: Farmers water the bamboo daily even when they see no progress for years.

Lesson: Keep praying. Keep working. Keep believing. Consistency breaks delay.

5. Acceleration Follows Preparation: In the fifth year, the bamboo shoots upward at lightning speed.

Lesson: When your season comes, what took years to prepare will grow in weeks.

6. Your Growth Is Not Measured by Others’ Timelines: Other plants sprout quickly and wither early. Bamboo grows slowly and lasts for generations.

Lesson: Do not compare your journey. Your pace is different because your assignment is different.

Reference:

“For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves.

But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”

2 Corinthians 10:12 .

Cf keep looking at the perfect law of liberty and continue there in.

QueenOlashore

Heartbeat of God Publications

Wisdom key: “The Answer Lies Within You”

Wealth creation series:

“The Answer Lies Within You”

2 Kings 4:2–7

Breakthrough is rarely distant. Most times, the seed of your next level is already in your hands ,small, ordinary, overlooked, yet carrying the breath of God within it.

When Elisha asked the widow, “What do you have in your house?” she almost dismissed it.

“Nothing… except a little oil.”

But that “little” was not little in God’s economy. It was the divine tool for her freedom, the bridge between captivity and abundance.

The same pattern repeats throughout Scripture:

– A small jar of oil rescued a family from poverty.

– A simple rod became the instrument that parted the Red Sea.

– Five loaves and two fish fed thousands.

– A shepherd’s sling brought down a national enemy.

– A woman’s alabaster jar opened a portal of honor and remembrance.

God never asks you to start with what you do not have.

He asks you to recognize what you already possess.

The Hidden Principle

Breakthrough begins the moment you stop looking outward and start looking inward.

The widow didn’t need a new opportunity she needed a new perception. She needed prophetic insight to see value in what she had overlooked.

Many people keep praying for open doors while the keys are already on their table.

They cry for financial increase while ignoring the skill, gift, relationship, or idea God placed within them.

They envy others’ blessings while despising their own “little oil.”

What Is in Your House?

This is not a question of physical space — it is a question of identity, capacity, and divine investment.

What do you carry that you’ve underestimated?

– A gift others admire but you treat as common

– A skill that comes effortlessly to you

– A relationship that can unlock a new path – A creative idea that keeps returning to your heart

– A small business that can multiply with structure

– A passion that burns consistently within you

Often, the miracle is not in acquiring something new but in using something familiar differently.

The Moment You Engage It, Multiplication Begins

The oil did not multiply in the widow’s cupboard, it multiplied when she started pouring.

The Red Sea did not part while Moses cried, it parted when he stretched the rod.

The bread did not multiply in the disciples’ hands , it multiplied when Jesus blessed and broke it.

Miracles ride on obedience, not convenience.

You do not need to wait for perfect conditions.

You only need to activate what you already have.

The Thought-Provoking Question

If God were to ask you today, “What do you have in your house?” how would you answer?

Would you say:

“Nothing… except…..”

That “except” might be the very seed of your next dimension.

Stop searching endlessly for what God has already placed within you.

Your solution is not far-fetched.

Your oil is in your house.

Your rod is in your hand.

Your miracle is in your obedience.

Final Charging Thought

Look again.

Evaluate again.

Honor what God has given you.

Work what is already yours.

Because the next chapter of your wealth, impact, and breakthrough is not waiting in another person’s possession —

it is waiting in your own hands.

QueenOlashore

Heartbeat of God Publications

https://heartbeatofgodblog.wordpress.com