What the WEALTHIEST Man in the BIBLE Knew (That WE Still Don’t)

All right, uh, I want to talk about something very, um, that's been on my heart, especially since I want to say maybe one or two videos ago I mentioned something about wisdom in the middle of my sentence, and that really, really hit me. And, uh, so I want to talk about that in context to wealth building, because one of the things I realized is that Often we're— it's not about money. I'm trying to help people to understand that money is just a tool and it's just a resource. There are other fundamental things that we're missing that we really need to pinpoint and build our lives on. Hey everyone, what's going on? I see you. As always, happy to be back, um, to talk some more. I've had some people who want me to kind of come on a little bit more on uh, doing my lives. And so I'm committing as much as I can to add value in the best way possible. But I want to talk to you today about the real problem that exists within us, and that is the issue of wisdom. We do not have a money problem at the core. We have a wisdom problem. And what greater way to expound on wisdom, um, with being able to identify someone in the, in the scripture who was one of the most— who was, uh, named the wisest man and also the wealthiest man. Now, I, I guess some people can argue about David's wisdom, and I do believe David was the wisest man in context to literature, literature, um, but I believe that when we're talking about resources and wealth, um, it— that would be Solomon. And, and the Bible talks specifically about that And so I want to help you to understand that we have a wisdom problem. And I study all types of wealthy people, you know. So yeah, I'm going to study Solomon because he's considered the wealthiest man in the world, but I study all kinds of wealthy people and I take, uh, uh, I take philosophies and principles from their life in order to live by. And that's something that we should all do. Right? And so I know that saying that we have a wisdom problem is a strong statement, uh, especially in a day where people are pretty much struggling to, you know, pay, uh, bills and they're drowning in debt and trying to figure out how to build something that lasts. But listen, just stay with me, because when I look at the life of Solomon, who was called the wisest man to ever live, I do not see a man with just knowledge, all right? I'm not looking at just knowledge. I see a man who understood how to govern, how to build, how to multiply, how to manage wealth. I'm telling you, there's so many things that we're behind on. Here's the thing too, what I love about Solomon is that when Solomon asked God for wisdom, he didn't ask it just to, uh, for his own security, to look smart in front of people. I think we just like looking smart in front of people, y'all. Like, we like to say big words and memorize stuff and all of that. Um, I don't think he, he asked for wisdom for that. He asked for wisdom in order to lead well. And we need to learn how to lead. We need to understand leadership. He asked for wisdom to govern a people, to make decisions— hear me out— that would impact generations. We're looking at just ourselves. We're not even thinking about generations. We got to get out of this rut, y'all. And because— and because he asked for wisdom instead of riches, uh, or a long life, God gave him all of it, man. He gave him the wisdom, the wealth, the influence beyond anything that, um, anybody had ever seen in that time. And now here's the part that gets me, because we continue to pray for money, we always praying for money, but are we asking for wisdom to steward it? Because I'm telling y'all, people have money. I see them spending money all the time. They throwing out thousands of dollars to go to concerts, right? So people have money. I don't think people realize— just ask yourself, how much money has slipped through your hands in the last 3 to 5 years? Um, it's a lot. You're just not paying attention. Uh, but we have to stop. Uh, we're gonna keep chasing temporary breakthroughs instead of building generational legacies unless we stop and slow down and figure out, uh, what the real question is. And it's not how do I get more money, but it is am I growing in wisdom like Solomon did? The, the same type of growth that Solomon had in, in that day. Am I growing in wisdom? Wisdom that can help to govern— listen— my decisions, my discipline, and my destiny. Man, if we could get the wisdom to govern our decisions, our discipline, and our destiny we would be so— we would be so far right now, right? And if you're not where you want to be, you got to understand it is a wisdom thing. I think what I said in one of my videos was wisdom was the principal thing. And so let's go a little deeper with this because I want to unravel this just a little bit for you, and I won't be long because I have a coaching, uh, group, um, shortly. So Solomon's wisdom was extremely powerful But I want you to understand why his, why his wisdom and the way he lived, why it was possible, why it was even possible in the first place. Now here's why it was possible. Number one, because of David's obedience. And most people don't even realize how Solomon got wealthy. Like, how do y'all think he wound up with so much money? He won— he, he wound up with so much money because of all the wars that David won. Remember when David won wars, he would win the land and he would take and gather up all the resources, right? So David's obedience, um, before Solomon ever— David had obedience before Solomon ever built a temple, before he ever became wealthy, before, uh, we knew about his wisdom. There was a father who fought wars, who inquired of the Lord, who obeyed in secret and laid up resources that Solomon would one day inherit. That is how Solomon got wealthy. It started with David's obedience. Now, now listen, David wasn't perfect. Now we know his story, we know his victories, we know his failures, we know, uh, the repentance, the worship. But here's what David did do, and we got to understand this. This is what we not doing. David prepared for the next generation. He went to God and he said— he— David wanted to build a house for God. David said, I want to build a house for you. That's what he wanted to do. And guess what? That would have been a great thing, right? To build a house for the Lord, that is a great thing to do. That's a great desire. And God told him no. He said, this is not your assignment. Now, can you imagine, um, man, in our day, can you imagine somebody feeling like God told them no, this is not your assignment? I don't even think most people would hear it because they would automatically assume This is a good thing. This is for God. I can't see God saying no to this. But God told him no. God said, this is not your assignment. You shed too much blood. That's not for you. It's going to be for your son. And David could have got bitter. He could have said, well, if I don't get to build it, I'm not gonna prepare it. But you know what he did instead? He gathered all the resources, he stored up the wealth, he passed down the blueprints. Come on, y'all. He honored the purpose to the next generation even though it wasn't his own assignment. And that is what legacy looks like. We haven't even got to legacy because we worried about our everyday stuff. Let me say something to every parent, to every leader, to every visionary that is watching this, and you're watching this for a reason. Your obedience today is not just about your life. It is about what you are setting up for those who will come after you— your children, your children's children. There are so many more people who need to be blessed by your obedience. Right? But you can't be, you know, mismanaging all of your resources, right? So Solomon didn't start from zero. He did not have to fight the wars that David fought. Thank God. I mean, some of us in the situation we in now because our ancestors didn't think like this, you know. He inherited— Solomon inherited these resources, uh, of someone who said, listen, even if I don't even get to fulfill it, I'm gonna prepare the way. You know, David didn't get the fulfillment of it, but he said, I'm gonna, I'm gonna prepare the way. So the real question is, are, are we— are me and you, are we living in a way that builds opportunity for the Solomons to come after us? Or are we spending everything we have spiritually, financially, and then leaving them to start, start from ground zero, start from scratch? Let that sit for me, for you, because some of y'all had to start with, uh, scratch. How does that feel for you? Like, we have to break this generational curse. Now listen, Solomon's wisdom— I'm gonna help you understand something. We got a lot of work, work to do, y'all. Solomon's wisdom was not just spiritual, it was strategic. This is not just spiritual, it's strategic, right? His, his wisdom was highly, uh, highly based on strategy. Yes, he heard from God, he had divine insight, but listen, he also has systems, and he has structures, and he has strategies. Listen, we don't— there's so much we don't have. Do we have estate planning? Do we got insurance? Do we have businesses, holding companies that own the businesses? Like, there, there's most, most of us don't even have wills. Do you even have a will prepared if something were to happen to you tomorrow, right? Solomon— let me tell you how deep this thing go with Solomon. I mean, this man was profound. We— because we make the mistake and we treat biblical wisdom like it's just for prayer and devotion, right? That's all it's for. Solomon applied his wisdom, listen, in trade and government and architect— architecture, right? The way he constructed the temple. Leadership, economics, economics. A lot of us don't even understand economics. Solomon made international trade agreements. Y'all don't see the, the depth of what he did. He had fleets of ships, uh, bringing in gold and silver and ivory and spices and, and rare goods from distant, uh, distant lands. I mean, he wasn't just a king, he was literally a global business leader. This is a business leader. He leveraged alliances and, and partnerships. Remember the Queen of Sheba? She came and— but she didn't just come to hear a sermon from him. She came because of his reputation, from his wealth and his governance. He was a builder. Remember the temple he constructed? It wasn't just a religious act, it was literally one of the greatest construction project— projects in history at that time, and it created jobs. Think about it, if you're creating construction, you're creating jobs. It stimulated the economy. It represented vision, wealth, worship. He had a governance, uh, structure, uh, 1 Kings talks about it, uh, where he outlines the administrators, the governors, the, the district leaders. Solomon wasn't just, uh, running the entire nation by himself. Of course, he had delegated leadership. He had a delegated leadership model. This man was mastery. This is, this is wisdom. This is structure. That is stewardship on a level that many of us have never even imagined. And here's what comes, uh, next. This is what that means for you, that wisdom— because that's what we're talking about, we're studying a man who was wise. The expansion of his wisdom went into so many different areas that he applied in real life. Wisdom is not just about how much Bible you can quote, it's about how well you manage what has been given to you. You can be full of the Spirit and still broke if you don't know how to manage money. Just that simple. You can have a heart for the people and still burn out if you do not know how to delegate. And I understand how that means. You could be gifted and still disorganized, and that's going to limit your impact. So we gotta stop. We gotta look at the, you know, the, the natural should represent the spiritual. I hear a lot of people say, I got the spirit together, I'm, I'm praying and I'm fasting and I'm— but the natural not together. So something's off because the, the, if first natural, then spiritual. The natural must reflect the spirit, right? And so Solomon's wisdom, what it led to was sustainability. He did not just build things that would collapse when he died. He built things that pointed generations to purpose and to God. That is what he built. So let me ask you, are you operating in any type of strategy? If you're in survival mode, there's no way you can have this level of strategy in your life. Are you setting up systems for the next season, or are you hoping, uh, just to make it through? I'm gonna make it through just one more day, right? Are you developing wisdom that can scale? Wisdom that could be passed down to your grandkids? Not, not just lived out, but passed down. Because I'm gonna tell you something, the same God who gave Solomon wisdom is still giving wisdom today. Right? This is not just for preachers and teachers and 5-fold ministry gifts, not just for kings. It's for anybody who asks. James 1:5 tells me that if any of you lack wisdom, just let them ask of God and it will be given to you. Just that simple. So if you lack wisdom, your daily prayer should be, God, give me wisdom. And that's in the order of what Solomon did. Now I want to talk about— I want to talk about something before I, before I exit off that is very, very, very important, right? And it's something that hits home, and it's about generational wealth and why so many people never receive it. Again, many of us are where we are because we've never received the wealth from those who were before us who should have stewarded differently in the past. We understand that Solomon did not start from scratch. He stepped into wealth that was transferred. There we go. Now we always talking about the wealth transfer. We want the wealth to transfer to us, but we don't want the wealth to transfer to the next generation. We too selfish for that. We want it all for ourselves. How do I know it? Because everything you have is on your back. You live in a hot— everything you have is on your back. You, your cars, your possessions, your hair, your nails, you living your best life and don't have nothing to transfer to the next person. You want the wealth transfer to come to you, but I'm here to tell you that you gotta prepare to transfer the wealth to the next generation, right? And he stepped into wealth, uh, that was transferred not just because of David's victories, not just because of that But you want to know what it was? It was because of his preparation. And that is where the breakdown often happens in our lives and in our communities, because wealth transfer is not, again, just about money. It's about mindset, it's about wisdom, and it's about whether or not the person on the receiving end knows what to do with what they've been given. And if you've been given anything and you haven't you don't have nothing to show for it. You, you've been given something, but you didn't invest in the assets. You didn't put it where it was supposed to be put. Then I don't want to say shame on you, but I'm saying repent and, and, and don't do it no more, you know what I mean? Like, go a different route, you know? It's like what Jesus told the, the, the woman in sin, you know, hey, repent and, and go a different way, you know what I mean? If I'm paraphrasing it. Just repent, say, hey, I haven't stored, stored it well over my, my resources. I think we all should say that prayer. I think at some point of our lives, we all have been in a place where we did not manage our resources the way that we needed to. And I'm telling you right now, this is costing people so much agony and pain in the future if you don't get an alignment with what's been given to you there are so many people who are going to suffer, and that, that weight should be on your shoulder. This is a hard truth. You cannot leave an inheritance to someone even who has never been taught to manage it. So you got to learn yourself, and then you have to educate others. Because if you remember, I, I spoke about this, and I'll probably talk a little bit deeper about this, uh, at some point. But assets cannot be passed on to people who are dependent on the government, okay? Now I do want to stop and say, uh, just because I'm saying that, this is only for educational purposes. I'm not your financial advisor. Don't listen to me, all right? I'm just somebody who got a, a, a, a cryptocurrency that makes $1,000 every time it moves 3 cents, okay? But I don't know, maybe your financial advisor makes, you know, $40,000 in 3 days off of cryptocurrency. Who knows? I don't know. But this is for educational purposes only. Now let me say this again, and I have to do that because, you know, sometimes these channels get shut down because you're saying stuff. But you have to understand that your assets, you cannot leave them to someone who's on the government, on government, uh, dependency. Okay, if they have only been trained in survival, they'll consume what you leave behind in months, no matter what it is. The government will consume it. And if you get to somebody who don't know how to manage it, just— they just gonna go through it so quick, it's, it's not gonna be worth it, right? And, and I'm telling you, this is why some people leave their money to like charity and stuff, because they look around and they're like, okay, I'm probably around a bunch of people who are entitled, who are sitting there waiting for this money or something. Um, and then on the flip side, again, if you have somebody who don't know how to manage money, your money just gonna— it's just gonna be ran through. So, um, if you're still dependent on government systems, um, some of those systems will literally disqualify you from even receiving what you— what you've worked hard for to give them, right? And let's be clear, I want to make sure this is clear, there's no shame in getting help when you need it. I think people should get— get help when they're needed. They should ask for help when they need it. But staying dependent long term will create a trap where, uh, it's a huge trap that once, uh, you're in it, you are no longer allowed to grow beyond a certain financial threshold without losing the help. So if you're dependent on the help and you want that help more than you want to come out of that help and grow, then you're going to be in trouble, and nobody can leave anything to that person. And that is not— that's not wealth, y'all. That is bondage with a check. I don't care what you say. After a certain point, it be— after a certain, certain point— again, help is needed sometimes, but after a certain point is bondage with a check, right? So if we want to create, um, a future where our kids do not have to start from scratch, if we want to pass down— listen— houses, land, Bitcoin, wisdom, discipline, vision. I have, uh, houses for my kids. I have big— I'm not spending, um, Bitcoin. Bitcoin, I'm passing Bitcoin down to my kids' kids, my kids' kids. That's what I call it, right? Bitcoin is going, and I'm gonna tell my kids, I have to help them to understand, don't, don't, don't sell this unless it makes sense, unless it's like crashing or something like that. I, I'll give them the blueprint, right? But really what most people do— and let me just say this so you can understand how the game works, right? Because they playing chess while y'all playing checkers, right? The reality is that most wealthy people don't like to spend their assets. They don't like to sell them and spend them. They like to pass their assets down from generation to generation, leverage those assets, meaning they can borrow against it. In a smart way, in a very smart way, in a percentage where the appreciation of it goes far beyond and is able to cover the leveraging against it, the debt against it, if that makes sense. So I'm trying to explain this right. If you have $100 million, somebody wealthy got $100 million, they can borrow, or an asset worth $100 million, they can borrow a small percentage, even if it's 1%, 2%, a very small percentage of that amount. And then the next year, that amount gets paid off because the appreciation is so great, because it's a big compounding snowball effect where as the years go on, it gets bigger and bigger and it swallows away the debt and it creates even a, um, an increase of the asset. And then the next year they can do the same thing and borrow a small percentage and they live off the percentage that they're leveraging against the asset. So they don't go and trade in the asset and say, hey, I'm gonna trade this in and go buy me a big old boat or big old whatever. Now they will buy a boat, but again, they will buy the boat based on the leveraging against the asset. Okay, I hope that makes sense, right? So that's a little— so you can understand how it works. So the same thing with Bitcoin is that there's probably people who are going to leverage Bitcoin. They're going to borrow against Bitcoin if it becomes an asset. And as, as you passed down assets from generation to generation. It appreciates in value. Therefore, each year you can give yourself a raise off of leveraging yourself against the asset, right? And so think about this, we have to start living like transitional people, people who break the cycle, people who refuse to normalize lack. Stop normalizing lack. It's not good. We are not supposed to be in lack. The Bible tells us that, right? We, we're supposed to walk in abundance. Jesus came so we can have life and that more abundantly. He wants us to abundantly live. He wants us to prosper even as our soul prospers. We need to be people who build something bigger than ourselves. We got to think big. Let's stop thinking small. And of course, the Bible says that a good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children. I just said that, that's what I'm doing for my children and my children's children, and I want to teach my children how to do that for their children's children. And this education and this wisdom will be passed down. So ask yourself, am I building something that can outlive me? Am I preparing my children to handle what I'm saving for them? Because if they're not prepared to handle it you're gonna have some problems. They gonna squander it, right? Am I transferring knowledge with the same passion I'm transferring money? Y'all already know I like to educate. If I'm transferring money, I want to educate. Because here's the thing, again, if you're buying property and stacking assets but you're not teaching your children how to manage them, you're not leaving a legacy, you're leaving a liability. This is the time to stop thinking like consumers and start operating like builders. Right? You don't need a million dollars in the bank right now. What you need is a generational mindset. Let me leave you with this: if you raise your children in wisdom and you teach them how to honor God with what they have been given, and you lay down your life like David did, you will not just be remembered, you will be replicated. And that, my friends, is a legacy. Replication is legacy., but you got to be able to leave something that can be replicated. All right, I just wanted to share that. Um, I, I hope that this blessed you and that it is providing you with insight and a blueprint, um, to move forward. Uh, we are still, uh, we do still have a few seats left for our 90-day Health and Wealth Challenge. The link is in the description. Um, check it out. We got people, um, I don't, um, I wanted to mention this because it's interesting. If you are on here new, first of all, I'm Kamilah Stevenson. All right, because I'm getting a lot of new people that's coming on. I'm Kamilah Stevenson and I'm actually a health coach, and some people don't know that because I'm talking about wealth and I'm sharing my experiences and my journey and, and, and the wisdom that God has given me to build, uh, wealth, uh, but I am a health coach. So I also help, um, people to reverse chronic disease naturally. Again, I'm not your doctor. Look at— go to your healthcare profession for any, um, wisdom on how to reverse chronic disease and, and how to eliminate health conditions. But I'm telling you, um, that is what I do. I, I help people, um, to lose weight, to overcome chronic conditions. I work with people who, um, have had cancer, autoimmune diseases, strokes, um, diabetes, uh, reversing A1C levels, you know. So that is actually what I do. Um, full-time, and I love what I do. And, um, that's what I'm actually about to jump off, um, for right now. I have a coaching session, uh, with one of my groups. And so, um, that is why I call it the Health and Wealth Challenge. I do believe that the principle of stewardship of your body is very important. There is no way you can experience the joy of life and experience, you know, uh, having an abundant life with money if you are tired, if you're— you got a chronic disease, you're overweight, your knees hurt, you got high blood pressure, you're on the verge of a stroke. A heart attack, you know, there's no way to live life enjoyable like that. So my passion is health, okay? Um, but I am sharing about wealth also. So we do have the 90-Day Again Health and Wealth Challenge. There are people who coming in who have health conditions, and of course they're trying to build their portfolio and their investments, and that's what we're teaching them how to do. And there are some amazing wins. We are killing it up in there. So if you want to know more information about that, please do visit the, uh, link in the description. Hit that like button for me before y'all jump off, please. It helps me, it helps the algorithm. 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