When Money Goes Silent Part 2: How God Uses Financial Lack to Awaken Your Creativity
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When God Mutes Your Wallet to Unmute Your Creativity
You know that moment when you open your banking app, hoping for a miracle, only for your account to whisper, “Try again later”?
Yeah, I know that sound, or rather, that silence.
For almost a year, it felt like money had completely ghosted me. No alerts. No inflow. Just quiet.
And the worst part? No job was surviving on my savings.
But what I didn’t realize then was that sometimes, when God allows money to go silent, He’s actually turning up the volume on your creativity.
When the Wallet Goes Silent, the Mind Wakes Up
At first, I thought maybe I was being punished.
I’d look around and wonder, “Lord, why is everyone getting blessed financially around me, when will it be my turn?”
Then one day, something shifted in my perspective.
Instead of asking “Why?”, I started asking “What are You trying to show me through this?”
That question changed everything.
I began to notice that while my bank account was quiet, my mind was suddenly noisy, full of ideas, thoughts, and possibilities.
God was teaching me that provision isn’t always paper. Sometimes, it’s potential.
The Birth of Creativity
When you have nothing, you start using everything.
I didn’t have much money, but I had a phone, internet access, and time, and in God’s hands, that was enough.
So, I dared myself.
I started writing. At first, it was just random thoughts and short reflections on life and faith. Then I remembered old Bible study notes from years ago and soon, those little writings began to multiply.
I’d wake up with ideas and go to bed with paragraphs forming in my head. It felt like God had opened a tap I couldn’t turn off, a tap of creativity, hope, and healing.
Before I knew it, I had written not one, not two, but three books.
Three. Books.
Me? The same person who once said, “I don’t even know where to start.”
Now, those books are on Amazon, Selar, and Selfany, platforms I never imagined my name would appear on. You can check them out here: https://selar.com/m/tfm
Each book carried a piece of my journey, pain, faith, growth, and grace. I poured my heart into them, writing like someone who finally realized that words could build bridges where money couldn’t.
And then something beautiful happened.
After I finished my third book, opportunities started showing up in the most unexpected ways. One of those doors was a job offer, a good one.
It came at a time when I wasn’t even actively searching anymore. But I believe the same God who gave me the words to write was also aligning the right people to notice me.
It was as if my obedience in one area unlocked blessings in another.
While I was busy building with my words, God was busy building my next season.
That job didn’t just bring financial relief, it brought a deeper sense of purpose. I realized I wasn’t being rewarded for luck, I was being rewarded for growth.
Because when you start creating with what’s in your hand, God begins to multiply what’s in your future.
That season taught me something powerful:
When God hides money, He often reveals a message.
And when He locks one door, it’s because He wants you to build another.
From Broke to Building (Literally)
Once I started writing, I realized the silence wasn’t a curse, it was a classroom.
I began exploring new ways to use my creativity.
I launched a ghostwriting service because people started asking me to help them write their stories.
But since I couldn’t afford a web developer, I decided to build my own website.
Now here’s the funny part, I didn’t even know the first thing about websites.
HTML, domain, plugins, it all sounded like physics.
Then I discovered WordPress.
At first, I was terrified. Me? Build a website?
But I watched a few tutorials, prayed for courage, and started experimenting.
One day, I refreshed the page, and there it was: my own site, live and working.
I just sat there smiling, like, “So I could do this all along?”
Now, that website isn’t just sitting pretty. I’m thinking of monetizing it, turning my words into cash.
Check out my ghostwriting page here: https://mercy5.carrd.co
From zero alert to building an online home for my purpose.
That’s how God works, He teaches you how to create before He teaches you how to collect.
Facing the Camera: My TikTok Journey
Now, this one deserves its own chapter.
Because if you know me, you know I’m an introvert with a heavy H-factor.
Speaking on camera? Not my thing.
Even my own voice notes sometimes make me cringe, for real.
But again, when you’ve gone through a season of silence, you stop letting fear hold your potential hostage.
I started making faith-based TikTok videos, nervous at first, stuttering sometimes, even laughing at myself afterward.
But I told God, “If You gave me the message, You’ll help me deliver it.”
And you know what? People started responding.
Some would comment, “I really needed this today.”
It reminded me that impact doesn’t wait for perfection.
You don’t have to sound flawless; you just have to be faithful.
Now, every time I record a new video, I smile, not because I’ve mastered it, but because I’m doing something I once thought impossible.
Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tfm_1
Lessons From the Silence
If you’re in that season where everything feels quiet, your bank account, your business, your opportunities, listen closely.
The silence isn’t empty; it’s instructional.
God might be teaching you how to think, how to create, how to build something that will outlast your temporary lack.
I’ve learned that:
Silence births strategy.
Scarcity shapes creativity.
Waiting seasons prepare you for winning seasons.
You might not see it now, but this quiet period could be the chapter that changes your whole story.
Because when God finally speaks through your finances, it’ll be louder than anything you’ve ever heard before.
Final Thought
I started from nothing but faith, and today, I have books, a job, a ghostwriting website, blogging, and multiple income streams.
None of it came overnight, and none of it started with money.
It started with a whisper:
“What can you do with what you already have?”
That’s the question I leave with you.
Because sometimes, money goes silent not to shame you, but to shape you.
To wake up the builder, the writer, the creator that’s been sleeping inside.
So if your account isn’t speaking right now, don’t panic, start creating.
Before you know it, what once looked like lack will become the launchpad for your next level.
And when your money finally starts talking again, it won’t be whispering, it’ll be shouting “Well done!” 🎉
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