How To Increase Your Value 5

Pro. 25 v 4: “Take away the dross from silver, and it will go to the silversmith for jewellery.”

Beloved, no matter your current level of profitability, it can get better. You can be more valuable as a person. This has been the focus of our discussion. Your value can go up and should go up as you can see in (Pro.25v4) and I have been sharing with you the things that can raise your value. Today by His grace, I’ll like us to look at another key element.

Ways of increasing your value:

2. Increasing your competence levels. Yes, increasing your level of competence helps in increasing your value. The more competent you are, the greater your measure of value or the more valuable you become. How competent are you? How well do you do what you do? You can’t hide your competence, for it shows in whatever you do, what you say and how you do things! I want you to consider the following examples of highly competent people:

• Daniel was a highly competent person. No wonder he was extremely valuable in Babylon (Dan. 6 v 3).

• David was a highly competent person. No wonder he was relevant in the reign of Saul and also as a king himself (1Sam.16v18).

• The virtuous woman in (Pro. 31 v 10, 29) was also a highly competent person. No wonder she stood out in her generation.

By the way, what is competence? It is the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. It is the ability to do something well. It’s from the word compete, meaning someone whose competency is good enough to compete with other candidates. It’s time to become more competent as an individual. How can you increase your competence level? You can do this by:

• Getting the relevant training/skills. The more highly skilled you become, the more competent you become and the more valuable you will become. So, what are the areas you need to get more skilled in? (Acts 18v24-28)
• Walking with people who are better than you. As you walk with highly competent people, you stand the chance of becoming like them because you become like those you closely associate with. Who are you hanging out with? (2Sam.21v18-22).
• Constantly developing yourself. You do this by learning, relearning, and unlearning from time to time. Learning offers you the opportunity to grow which ultimately leads to an increase in your value (Pro.4v5). Have you learnt anything new today?

My dearly beloved ones, now is the time to increase your competence levels. Now is the time to increase your value! May this change start with you today.

Other Scriptural References: (Jer. 12 v 5; Pro. 13 v 20; Ps. 78 v 72; Phil. 2 v 20; Eccl. 9 v 11; Ezra 7 v 6; 2 Tim. 4 v 13).

Prayer for Today: Heavenly Father, I receive the courage and strength to increase my competence levels in Jesus name, amen.

CONFESSION: I commit myself to developing my competence levels. I refuse to settle for mediocrity or the average life. I strive to become better at whatever I am doing. Therefore, levels are changing for me because I am becoming a vessel of great honor and glory day by day in Jesus name, amen.