Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”

DAILY READING; Mark 1:1-20; 2 Samuel 2:1-3:1; Daniel 1

The Guinness Book of World Records names Madam C.J. Walker as the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Surprisingly, Madam C.J. Walker was a daughter of African American slaves, she grew up at the time of deep racism and segregation in America, yet she didn’t allow this to limit her.
She was born in 1867 on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana, where her parents had been enslaved. She was given the name of Sarah at birth. After her parents died, at age 7, she began living with her older sister. Sarah got married at age 14, and gave birth to a daughter. She was widowed just two years later and moved to St. Louis where her older brothers had migrated and established themselves as barbers.
Sarah who had little formal education began working as a washer woman. But her life was positively impacted by a community of Black women at the Church where she worshipped and served in the choir.
These women of faith who were educated schoolteachers and leaders in the community, helped to mentor Sarah and encouraged her to have a greater vision of her life other than being a washer woman.
During the 1890s, Sarah developed a scalp ailment that led to her suffering severe hair loss. With the advice of her brothers who were barbers and had haircare knowledge, she developed a home made ointment that was effective in curing her hair problem. She soon began marketing her hair product.
She later moved to Denver, where she continued serving actively in Church while selling her hair products to Black women, and also working as a cook for the owner of a large pharmacy. From this pharmacist she gained further knowledge of how to improve her hair product.
With a vision of starting a haircare empire, Sarah launched a hair care and cosmetics line for black women. Following her marriage to Charles Walker in 1906, Sarah became known as Madam C. J. Walker. Soon she founded her own business, the Madam C.J. Walker Company and traveled throughout the South and Southeast America promoting her products. As business boomed, Sarah created opportunities for other Black women, hiring them as sales agents and devising strategies for them to increase their profits.
She became a philanthropist, supporting schools, the arts and civil rights organizations, as well as providing wealth-building opportunities for other black Americans. She is recorded in history as the first Black woman millionaire in America.

Though Madam C. J. Walker had lived at a period in which racism severely restricted the upward mobility of African Americans, yet through God’s grace, she worked her way to success. She
could have ended up in obscurity as a washerwoman, but her contact with women of faith gave her a new vision that established her in history.
God has ordained us for a glorious life of global impact on earth, but we need to break out of a limited mindset in order to experience the greatness destined for us. The truth is that limited thinking can cause a person to live a limited life.
Too often, we allow the limitations modeled to us by our upbringing and circumstances set the ceiling on how far we can go in life.
If you are not careful, you can allow your past to chain down your future. Overcoming limitations starts with changing your mindset. It can be easy to get stuck in a rut, dealing with daily pressures and believe that is all there is to our lives. But you need to stop listening to the negative voices in your head that say you are never going to do better in life. The scripture says the path of the just keeps shinning brighter and brighter, [Proverbs 4:18]

Therefore raise the bar of your expectations because you are capable of greater things. To see greater open doors, we must enlarge our vision and stay open to new possibilities. It is time to step out of our safe zone and step into the faith zone!
Where you are is not where you’re supposed to end up. Quit believing lies that you’ve reached your limits.
You may start out in obscurity, but as you keep lighting up your life with knowledge from God’s Word, you will end up as a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden. As you remain persistent in seeking God, you will surely triumph in life.
No matter how impossible things may look like, focus on following God’s plan through prayers and consistent study of the Word.
There is so much God has deposited inside of you. Trust Him to bring them into manifestation in due season. As you keep walking closely with God, you shall surely end up as the head and not the tail, you shall be above only and never beneath.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your glorious plans to open greater doors of destiny for me in this season. Please enable me to walk more intimately with You so that I can overcome limitations and soar to greater heights in Jesus Name.
QUOTE :
Refuse to be a local champion. Hang around those who can feed, nurture, and challenge your dream to go to the next level – WORDBITE 201.

Shalom!

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