Rev. Fr. Augustine Echezona Obiagbaosogu, a Catholic priest, says money comes through hard-work as gone are the days that manna falls from heaven.
He said that most people, especially the Youths believe that manna can still come from heaven by way of miracle without working for it, describing such belief as unrealizable.
Fr. Obiagbaosogu said this in his Office at the Catholic Diocesan Secretariat, Okwuani, Nnewi during an interactive session with newsmen.
The Cleric, who is the Diocesan Health Coordinator and an Entrepreneur, affirmed that he did not believe in the miracle money, emphasizing that there is dignity in labour.
“It is part of our mission, that’s why we set up ‘Nnewi Entrepreneurship Initiative’, to teach people how to convert opportunities to wealth and help people to come to their natural-born talent.
“We want to bridge the gap between faith and wealth. The wrong notion that, pray and money will come, go to mountain, that miracle can work, I don’t believe in it.
“God is not a rewarder of mediocrity and laziness. There is no magic for wealth creation, you must work for it. If you like, book Masses, go to mountains for prayers, money cannot come without working for it.
“Life is about creativity, you must work for wealth. If you are a good man and you don’t work, you are not involved in any positive thing that will yield money, you will go hungry because your goodness will not translate to wealth.”
He noted that people have this faith that you pray and money comes, it doesn’t work.”I always tell the youths that whenever you have a credit alert in your account which you never worked for and you never had business with anybody that will give you money, don’t touch it, it is not your money.
“When someone folds his hands and legs, cannot manage his finance while others go to work, you belong to the good people and you are dull in mind, you can’t be rich. Life is about creativity, using your brain and mind.”
He explained that there are three principles guiding life such as deaf, dumb and light. He added that these principles are emotionless,they have no sympathy and they don’t hear cries or tears.
“The three principles say also that the route of making money, creating wealth, is to work, follow it. It is one’s inability to follow these principles’ directives that make him to go hungry”.
The cleric emphasized that no matter your qualifications and designations, if you don’t engage yourself positively, you will go hungry whether you are a priest, lame, Bishop, wicked man or a good man.
