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Life in the Mud!

Have you ever been in a mud situation, where no matter how you try to shake and clean it off, it’s still stuck on you? Mud isn’t beautiful, but sometimes we learn lessons from it. Life lessons that either strengthen or breaks us down depending on our attitude or how much we allow the situation to dictate our future.

I have been in so many muddy situations that I still wonder how I got out of most, as some of them were capable of draining me. And you know when life throws you in the mud, you don’t want to get up and keep walking because it’s not a pretty sight or appearance to present in front of other people. So what we do best is stay in the mud and hide away. But I want to introduce you to a Life Cleanser. You know how we can wash things off that fell in the mud with water, detergent or good scrubbing. However, when life throws you in mud, no natural water can clean you up. There is only One Person that can clean you, and that is Jesus Christ the Life Cleanser. He is the Water and Detergent that gets the mud off your life.

In my muddy situation, I was too ashamed and afraid to share it let alone stand up from the mud to let people see that ugly appearance. No one was going to listen to the story of how I got into the mud before judging me first, and waving me off their presence. Let’s face it no one wants to associate with mud or dirt. Growing up in Africa, when you come home all dirty and muddy most parents will discipline you first with a cane or by hand before listening to the story of how you got into that messy situation. So I’ve learnt this very well to an extent I would rather tell someone who has been in my situation, about how I fell and got myself into that mess, than someone who has never been there. And truth be told if you’ve never had the flu in cold winter, then you won’t understand the discomfort, aches and pain it causes to people who have it.

Has life ever thrown you in the mud?

We don’t have to stay in the mud paddling in it because of shame or guilt. It doesn’t matter who is starring or walking away from you. God will never walk away from you, and that is why He is calling on you and me to stand up and step out of that mud and allow Him to cleanse us because nobody can do it but Him.
Whatever the mud you are experiencing, whether uncontrollable addictions, immorality, floating in different ungodly relationships, lying, cheating, hypocrisy, anger issues, hatred, unforgiveness, fornication, adultery, jealousy and envious spirit. All these put stains on our Christian life and draw us away from God. Hiding them and battling alone is not going to help us deal with them, but taking a resolute approach by walking into God’s loving arms that have been wide open for so long waiting for you and me to just run into His arms, surrender and sincerely ask for cleansing. That is the only solution out of the mud.

We don’t have all the time in the world sitting in such mess and giving excuses why we can’t get out or why we kept on falling into them. Jesus is coming back very soon, and you and I need to decide whether we want to be on His Team or not. We cannot continue to jump in and out of His Team, because very soon before we know it the door will be shut, and we may not have the opportunity to jump back into His Team. This is not a Soccer industry where you can switch teams based on pay and better-negotiated terms; this is our life destiny. Eternity at stake! There is no other time that this is so urgent like the times we are living in today.

One of the prayers I pray with so much passion is not to miss God’s Kingdom (Heaven). For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?
What are we living for my brothers and sisters? Are we living for God or our selfish ambitions? What is that muddy situation in your life that God cannot cleanse? You are not far gone to be saved. You are worth the sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary. You are worth every drop of blood He shed. All to have you back to Himself. What love is this? Only Jesus can. He has taken that shame, guilt, ugly appearance and messed-up sinful life and now offering you a pure and perfect life that only He can give. Don’t throw it back at His face! Don’t walk away from it! Don’t trample on it because one fine day, it will be too late to accept this Eternal Life and the privileged to dwell in His Court.

Don’t let life leave you in that mud until it’s too late to get up. Get up now while we still have the opportunity to breathe, because any day or anytime from now, we will all die. And then we will face The Best Judge of the universe who will require an account of how we’ve lived our lives on earth.

I leave you with this ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His Only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the Only begotten Son of God.’ John 3:16-18.

What is that muddy situation in your life that God cannot cleanse?

Comments are welcome.

In between 2 Lanes trying to distinguish His Voice

When you find yourself in between two lanes while heading to your destiny, and wrestling with thoughts and convictions about the right route, how do you face both lanes to determine which one leads to your future?
Have you been in that situation when you want to trust your instincts but too frightened to take the step?

Learning to listen to God is the key to the right direction. I’ve asked myself these questions ‘how do I know it is God speaking at a particular time, or how do I even distinguish His voice in the midst of the overwhelming distractions and noises going on in my mind and around me?’ I later realised that learning to hear God’s word does not come on an every morning and evening prayer lifestyle alone. It has to be more than that. Intimacy with God is what takes you to the place of not just hearing His voice but also recognising His voice. It is like a husband and wife relationship. If all they do is just talk in the morning and at night and perhaps when there’s an emergency, then how will they build intimacy in their marriage? But the more they spend time together, pour out love for each other, caring for each other, watching each other’s back and being selfless but doing everything to please each other, then intimacy is built gradually. It shouldn’t be ‘what about me,’ but what can I do for you? However, we live in a society where this is lacking, and everyone is in for their interest. It is now ‘I do this for you, and you do that for me.’ No one wants to lay down his or her desire to serve. I am not talking about being enslaved but being there because you genuinely love and care.

I’ve been in between two lanes before, and at times I find myself back into it, staggering and disoriented trying to find the right path. It is like sitting on the fence looking at two directions, one to your left and the other to your right, and desperately trying to label which way to go.

When we face such pressing situations regarding our destinies, we quickly forget that there is A Shepherd and A Saviour who can lead us into the right route. We don’t have to stand at the triangle peak or in between the two lanes casting lots of which one to take, all we need to do is ask Jesus to lead us to the right path and be patient enough to wait and listen for His directions. I am speaking to myself here because I have not been patient enough in waiting for God’s leading sometimes. I need a whole lot of patience.
We cannot afford to rush the process in choosing our destiny route; otherwise, we end up in the wrong destination or trying to make detours that are detrimental to our calling, leaving us with lifelong consequences to bear.

Don’t rush into the wrong destiny lane. Wait for His guidance! Rushing is a recipe for a crash.

Which road are you about to walk into in this season of your life? Is it the narrow or the broad way? Matthew 7:13 -14 says ‘Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.’
So wherever you find yourself standing and critiquing your instincts on which journey to take, know that the Way Maker and the Good Shepherd is waiting for an invitation to guide and show you the way that leads to Life and Eternity.

Don’t rush the Journey! Walk it with Him!

Comments are welcome.

Discovering Your Purpose & Ministry

When God saved you and me from sin and called us to Himself, it is for a purpose. Irrespective of your vocation, you do have a calling as a child of the King.

Have you attempted to discover your ministry?

There are gifts and talents God has put in you, but it takes seeking Him to discover them. Paul, the apostle, charged Timothy not to neglect the gifts in him. God wants you to discover His gifts in you and use them to glorify His name. God doesn’t want you to bury your talents. Of what use will it be to God if He gives us talents which we never discover or use? He desires that we use them and multiply, bringing forth a mighty harvest for His Kingdom. We will give an account for every talent used, unused and misused. If God’s will is for you to use the acting or singing skills He has given you to glorify Him, why would you use them to glorify the desires of the world when you know that you will have to give an account on that FINAL DAY when we stand before Him.

In Matthew 25:14–30, Jesus Christ told the parable of the talents. Three servants were given talents to trade with according to each one’s ability. In essence, we do not all have the same abilities, but each of us has an ability, something we can do. While each person’s talents and abilities may differ, all talents and abilities are given to glorify God. There is likely a flair God has blessed you with, love or passion for something; it could be a skill God has enabled you to acquire or some spiritual grace or gift He has bestowed on you. These are pointers as to your calling, your gifts, and your abilities. Many people do not use their gifts and skills for God because they are fixated on the skills and gifts of others and would rather be like others.

Well, you are unique in Christ so embrace who you are in Him and what abilities and gifts He has placed in you and use them to His glory.

Don’t bury them, don’t despise them, don’t be lazy about deploying them, and don’t justify your inactivity for His Kingdom.
Do what you can with what you have where you are when you can, this is the beginning of faithfulness with your talents, gifts and callings. It is as you use your abilities that you grow in them. It is as you use your gifts that they multiply in effect.

Progress is a journey of steps. Don’t be overwhelmed by the length of the journey ahead, rather just focus on the next step and take that step.

As you faithfully take one step after another, you grow in effectiveness, expertise and achievement. You may make mistakes. We all do. I have made quite a handful myself and will likely make many more mistakes before my life’s journey here is over. Nevertheless, I refuse to surrender to my mistakes. I arise, learn the needed lesson, do a retake, and move on. We can’t continue to be held down by our negatives while there is a call to advance. Kingdom business must go forward. Therefore we have to progress as the King’s work persons on earth.

What is the talent God has given you? He has placed something in your hands to harness, prune, and beautify for His Glory.

The talent He gave you might be as little as a mustard seed, but if you are faithful in working with it, you will have the same reward as the person who He gave a mountain of talent and worked on it as well. Why? Both of you were faithful in that which God gave you.

Make every day count on earth; work on that ministry He has given you, that new talent you have just discovered. Be busy with His business; time is running out, we might be called home any day or any minute and Jesus is coming back soon.

I don’t know about you, but I want to finish my assignment on planet earth. I don’t want to stand before my King giving an account of regrets and saying, “If I had known.” I want my King to be proud of me and say to me on that last day, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.” I know I can’t do these by my strength, I need the grace of God to help me through, and so you do need His grace as well.

Have you discovered your purpose for living?

As you seek Him, I pray He reveals your life purpose and guide you through to fulfillment in Jesus Name.

Comments are welcome.

When it’s not Fair!

Often we throw around this word when we feel we are not treated rightly or felt someone took advantage of us. ‘It’s not fair.’
Children are the best users of this phrase. Sometimes I wonder who taught them to say that. You ask them to share their toys with their siblings or friends, the next thing they’ll say is ‘it’s not fair’. What is not fair? Sharing your toys or the fact of seeing them with someone else when you knew it should have been you playing with them all by yourself. But don’t we adults say that as well? I mean in our hearts, of course, we do. I have said that in my actions and attitude so many times. We tell children not to say that and to behave nicely with each another. Just because they are so innocent to express it verbally compare to our inner hidden thoughts doesn’t mean we don’t do it as well. We are experts in using the ‘it’s not fair’ phrase.

I cannot begin to explain the scenarios I have experienced where I felt ‘it’s not fair. In most of them, I cried and became angry. Completely unfair and unthinkable situations. I have experienced some cases where I felt ‘hold on, that’s enough’ I am not taking any more! Seriously! I am sure you’ve been there as well when you feel like you’re going to lose it if that situation continues. When we feel misjudged, not promoted, not appreciated, and hushed in matters not handle rightly or given the best judgement in one way or the other, we finalise within us, ‘it’s not fair’. When relationship dramas play up, and we ended being the one broken, we say it wasn’t fair. There’s always something that appears unfair, and no matter how we try we can’t please or satisfy everyone. I wish I can tell you that it’s a fair world we live in, and you are never going to see unfairness evince. But unfortunately, people will disappoint and misjudge you, step on your toes, spit on your face, slap you on your cheeks, knock off your shoulders and if possible sweep you off your feet with unfair amazement.

Our job is to take that ‘whatever’ we feel unfair and give it to God who sees and knows everything.

Have you ever thought about Jesus’ agony, condemnation and crucifixion? Was it fair? But He chose it for a greater result, and that’s our salvation. We don’t like anything unpleasant, yet we live in a world full of unpleasant surprises every day. There is always going to be something somewhere that looks unfair. Yes, your situation may be unfair, but if we decide to stay in that stage waiting for an apology before we move forward, then we’ll be wasting a whole lot of time while the clock keeps ticking. Time is running, and purpose is waiting for fulfilment, so we don’t have spare time for ‘it’s not fair’ excuse. I know it is hard, but at times we need to shake it off, leave it behind, don’t turn back but look forward as we press into the future. That’s what Jesus did, He has His eyes on the Finish Line and therefore all the unfairly trials and punishments He experienced along the way getting to His destiny didn’t stop Him. He gave deaf ears to them, didn’t allow any of that to slow Him down and distract His focus. They were painful events, heart breaking scenarios and cruelty displayed right before His eyes while He made His way to the Cross, the Finish Line that got you and me here today.

What is that unfair event unfolding in your space? What is that thing that God cannot intervene and turn around? Yes, it is going to be painful to let go and look away, but that’s where God’s Grace comes in to take us through the journey.
I pray The Holy Spirit will help us out of any situation that we are struggling to let go.

Comments are welcome.

Hunting for His Presence!

How do you hunt for The King’s Presence?

Growing up in Africa, almost every child knows how to hunt for one thing or the other. We hunt for birds and some other creeping creatures for food, by setting snares for them and waiting no matter how long it takes to get them in our traps before we head on back to wherever we came from or were going. No one has to teach you how to set a snare for food because hunger will drive you to do that in some cases.

Carefully looking at the hunter and his strategy left me amazed at the technique he uses to catch whatever he is hunting. In our Christian Journey, I believe we can learn a lot from the hunter and apply it to our relationship with God and in waiting for His presence. The conclusion of whether we hunt for God’s presence or not depends on how hungry our souls are for spiritual food and how thirsty we are for His Living Waters. As the physical body needs natural food to grow and develop, so does our spirit needs spiritual food to grow.

One thing the hunter understands is patience and perseverance.

How much time do we give in waiting for God’s presence? How much are we willing to sacrifice in the waiting place of His presence without looking at our clocks? Do we give up after waiting for a while with no result, or do we hang in there and wait until He shows up? The hunter understands his prey so much so that he doesn’t mind spending time waiting to capture it.

However, God is not our prey, and He can never be one. I am only using this analogy to symbolise how we are to long for Him.

Some hunters know how they rely on their prey for food, so they will do whatever it takes, and wait for no matter how long, to catch their prey otherwise they will go home hungry with no meat or food for the day. How dependable are you on the Word and Presence of God? Do we see Him as food for our soul?
The rule of the game is patience because without it the hunter cannot catch his prey. If we are famished and know the type of food and satisfaction that comes from God’s revealed presence, then we will know how crucial it is to wait; otherwise, that hunger never gets filled.

The hunter stations himself at the right hideout, set his weapon ready, position himself in a way that will make him not miss his target. In our place of waiting and hunting for His presence, how well are we positioned? In our hideout areas, are we busy sleeping or are we awake and watching to catch His presence when He shows up? Your hideout spot should be your sanctuary, the place where you wait and seek His presence. This place should never be dormant, but rather filled with the aroma of praise and worship rising to God. A place prepared for HIM to come and manifest Himself. A place where He calls home.

A hunter has perfect listening ears when it comes to hunting. He can tell when his prey has walked pass a particular way by looking at the footprints on the ground, tell its size or how long ago it went through that road. As children of God, active and excellent listening skills heads the list when it comes to hearing from God, and understanding what the Holy Spirit is telling us regarding God’s presence and when He is going to visit or has visited a place. Looking at the aftermath of God’s visitation in any environment, we should be able to tell the weight of His demonstrated presence in that atmosphere.

Are you genuinely hungry for God’s Presence? If yes, then how are you hunting? Is it a once in a while thing or a daily pursuing? I find myself struggling to make it a daily lifestyle. Being tenacious in waiting and staying in that sanctuary has been a challenge. But the question is, ‘how hungry are we?’

How long have we been starving our spirit man but feeding the physical body?

I pray that God will pour out an overflowing of His Spirit upon us, and put in our hearts an unquenchable hunger for His presence every day.

Comments are welcome.

When all you have is few!

How few is few, or how less is less?
How much is few and who sets the benchmark of the quantity of few?

The little boy fits the category of having few when you look at his two fishes and five loaves. But he met with The God of multiplication, The God who can make something out of nothing. The God who speaks and it happens.
I wonder what could have happened if the little boy refused to show what he has, or if he had decided to go somewhere and eat his lunch by himself. Have you ever wondered why that boy brought those two fishes and five loaves along? Even to think of it, what was he doing there? Wasn’t he supposed to be at home his age, doing school work or house chores? Did he took permission from his parents to go out and listen to Jesus, or did he sneak out with his lunch? Perhaps he went along with his family to hear Jesus speak and he was in charge of carrying their lunch which he decided to offer to Jesus. Just imagine your little boy, less than ten years old or a bit older, taking permission to go to an open crusade. What will you say as a parent? I know the kind of reply I would have received from my parents then.
Think about it in today’s day and age, would you give your son that much for lunch? You would have said that’s too much for a little boy. But maybe he asked his parents to give him that much so he could share with someone that didn’t have. Or did he hear the disciples whispering about where to get food, and so he ran and got all they had at home and gave them to the disciples? Where was he with his few when the need arose?

That thing in your hands you call few has the potential to feed or serve thousands when you surrender it to The God of increase. All you have maybe few, but don’t be discouraged because that few is someone else’s plenty.

Recently I’ve been looking at the few I have and thinking what can they do or achieve? But I’ve discovered that you need to be in the right place at the right time with the few to know who it will bless and who’s in need of them. The boy positioned himself at the right location and time when he overheard the disciples groaning about feeding the crowd. What would have happened if he wasn’t there? Jesus would still have fed the crowd.

I wonder how many people among the crowd came with their lunches but decided to keep it to themselves, or how many live near by who could have rushed home and brought a plate to share. The boy may be little but obviously with great faith.

How much do you have stored on the inside of you? Yes, you have something. Someone else’s need is in you. It can be a word of encouragement, a word of faith and lifting for someone. A skill that you can pass on, the message of Salvation to a hungry and perishing soul, extending God’s unconditional love to an abandoned person, the gift and passion to mentor someone, standing in the gap as a father to the fatherless and being a helping hand to those in need. Whatever it is, you can make use of that few to impact people’s lives.
Question, are you strategically positioned where the need is, or arising to the call at the right time? Don’t look down on your few.

I pray God help us to take our eyes off the physical few we see and look up to Him as The God of increase as we step out in faith to bless and reach out.

Comments are welcome.

The Forgotten Sect in the Church (Singlehood)

My heart is heavy, and my eyes are wet, so you’ll have to excuse me here, if I step on few toes, because I am going to do that.
Here goes the trend: You train us in the children’s church, then in the youths and after we’ve passed that age then you are done with us and say you can go now. Go where? Fish husbands for ourselves? Does anyone have a passion for the Single People? Is anyone ready to pour into us and mentor us? We need people that are willing to show us not tell us. As an African, I know how we love to hide things especially events relating to the mistakes we’ve made during our adolescent and single days. But perhaps the very shameful past you’re trying to hide, and cover might be what I need to prevent me from making the same mistakes in my single journey.

Looking at today’s Christian Single ladies, almost 75% are discouraged and tired of looking for a husband. But who told them that it is their job, and that’s what they should be doing? Since we are in the open like sheep without a shepherd, we then take on the responsibility of shepherding ourselves into relationships that are out of God’s plan and purpose for our lives which leads us to road bumps experience and relationship crash, so we take shortcuts out. We end up being criticised and judged. But who’s going to teach us how to persevere and overcome the temptations we face in the ‘Singlehood?’ How to discover our purpose, how to serve God with the talents and the giftings He’s deposited in us, how to enjoy this Season and live all out for God, how to be a wife, and a woman of virtue? Who’s going to teach us about longevity in marriage? Everyone is busy teaching the children and the youths. We call them the next generation. Yes, they are, don’t get me wrong, we are also the next married group, but no one got time to invest and mentor the singles, and teach them what to expect in their next phase. Unless you don’t want us to marry someday, but if you do, then mentor us.

My heart is just full to bursting. I have met, heard about and spoken to many single ladies who are going through tough times including myself, trying to figure out where we fit in the church. And please don’t send us to the women’s department and leave us there, because there are some things we can’t talk about in that range for fear of being judged and criticised. The majority of married women don’t seem to understand us only a few do, or perhaps few are ready to admit the struggles they also went through at that phase. And don’t tell me it doesn’t happen because it does.

Stop forgetting about us. We are the next Kingdom Family Generation. We are next in line to enter the matrimonial ministry and if you don’t teach and mentor us, how can we grid up and get ready for that subsequent phase? Apparently, no one has time for us.
Excuse me, if I am coming out so hard because I have to pour it out. And please stop trying to fix us up and match-mate us. You are not a matchmaker. That’s God’s job. I’ve watched the church do the same thing especially the past seven to eight years. It’s all about the youths. I am not saying we should not invest in the youths because I was once in that ministry and I know how it has impacted my life, but we also have singles who don’t fit in that age gap anymore. Including the single mothers as well, who have children out of wedlock, and wondering if they’ll ever fit in the church without people looking down on them.

I appreciate all the married women who have opened up about their married life, the ups and the downs and how God’s grace is taking them through. But we will highly appreciate married and older women in the faith, that won’t mind opening up about the struggles they went through in their single days, the temptations they faced, the relationship issues and how they conquered the pressure. You know how the Bible says ‘Love covers a multitude of sins’, you opening up to us, will surely help prevent a ‘multitude’ of temptations and snares we might fall into, in this Singlehood journey.

Again, does anyone genuinely care about the single people? And stop asking us ‘what are you waiting for to get married.’ Don’t pressure us and stop reminding us of our age and that timing is running out. Honestly, I can’t bottle this up anymore; it’s heartbreaking listening to single ladies repeating the same story of how they’ve been pressured and questioned about their status. We are not incomplete! So please help us belong and fit in your midst as one big happy family and make provision for us to be mentored and inspired.

To my beautiful single ladies, I commend you for your courage and determination to wait no matter how long it takes, for God to bring that right man He’s made only for you. You are an excellent definition of patience, trust, stability and steadfastness. Let your mind rest in the all Knowing and never Changing God of the Universe. He knows you way before your creation, and He has surely made all things to fall into pleasant places for you at the right time and location. I know it can be quite confronting when challenged with the questions of ‘what are you waiting for and when Mr Right is going to come?’ Remember God knows the end of a matter before its beginning, so He surely knows you and your desires.

I encourage you, my lovely princesses, in this beautiful phase of ‘Singlehood’ we find ourselves, to invite the Holy Spirit to be our daily companion and guide in life. And watch Him use you and me to do the extraordinary in this planet.

You are a lady for The King! You are His Princess! That’s who you are!

Comments are welcome.

Feeling Empty?

It all happened a year ago when emptiness wasn’t the best description for my situation. I don’t know how it started and what on earth drove me right into that dilemma, but I travelled far into it until I reach the point that says ‘NO GO THROUGH.’ Where you turn left, right and centre but no way out. You just got stuck and can’t find a way out. Held in the midst of nowhere trying to understand how in the world you got there.

At times you feel like walking away, but you’re still stuck. Then you realise that you need help but seems like there’s no one to reach out. You begin to doubt why God hasn’t taken you out of that place when you’ve already prayed to Him about it.

So I sat in that office at my desk almost bursting into tears. I looked around, but no one could understand me. I felt like an imposture in their midst. Am I supposed to be here? I asked myself. But I got no answer. I felt like shouting the question to God but am in an office environment, and people would have thought something is wrong with me or I’ve gone insane. Sometimes you go through seasons like this when you feel like screaming and shouting your heart out to God, but the situation or circumstances around you may not permit you to do so. What do you do then? Just keep quiet, bottle it in and accept defeat judging yourself to be a loser? Or do you fight with persistent faith knowing and believing that there is a God who cares about you no matter where you are or find yourself, He will never leave you and that He is right there with you in the midst of that situation?

Have you ever felt empty? I mean real empty to the point you think you’re going to run dry. You search and do everything you know how to do, but just can’t find that missing puzzle. Trying to find the very thing to satisfy that gap can be challenging.

Some time ago I questioned myself “do I know what God wants from me in my NOW Season? What am I doing here? What is He saying? Or has He become silent? I cannot hear Him.” Felt lost and didn’t seem to know the way out. Anyone going through this now, or has gone through this experience before? Well, I’ve got good news for you, God can bring you out from whatever situation you find yourself. In my case, I thought the emptiness was never going to end, it was long and lonely. No one could help me but God. And He did. Now I look back and thank God for allowing me to go through those moments, those situations that almost crash me. It wasn’t pleasant then, but it was worth the voyage. I discovered some great life lessons and experiences during that dry season of my life. I felt He emptied me to fill me up again. The season was breaking me, invading my every space. But I am a better person today.

So hang on there, whether it looks like a thin rescue rope hanging in the air with your grip on it, remember He will never leave you nor forsake you. Psalms 91:11-12 ‘For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’

Are you experiencing a dry season in your life? It may be God emptying out everything that’s not like Him in you.
He’s emptying you to fill you up again. Rain day is coming soon, and He will flood your life with so much of Him, that will cause you to overflow for the rest of your life. So allow Him to finish His work because the result will be worth the current pain.

Comments are welcome.

What were you born to be?

One thing I know is that we are not here on this earth to keep calm and silent. We were born to shake the planet. Turn it around with praise for our King. We are on a mission and should not slow down or stop until we fulfil our purpose of being on this earth. Haven’t you heard what the scripture says in Romans 8:19? ‘The whole world is eager waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God.’ By God’s grace, I want to fulfil my part in that scripture, and I pray you do as well. The question remains or is, what are we doing with our God-given potentials and purpose? We didn’t receive them so we can box and keep them in storage, nor are they meant for the wrong reasons.

Examining my life and sitting back and looking around, at how we children of God are using our talents and giftings glorifying the world rather than God, brings tears to my eyes at times. We want the quick fix and overnight fame success, express record contracts and fast track achievements. No one intends to wait for the right time that God has proposed. We think it’s old school doing that. No one wants to go through the pain of climbing the ladder from the very bottom to the top. We just want to fly to the top effortlessly, skipping the queue at the bottom. We want express escalation. But excuse me, some of the ingredients required to develop our talents and giftings are in those different ladder steps experience we are trying to skip.

My Bible tells me that every good and perfect gift comes from above. We need to ask ourselves if what we’re doing is from God. There is a price for the anointing they say. But no one wants to pay for it. Even Jesus had to pay the price to redeem and save humanity. The price was His precious innocent blood He shed for us on the Cross. But today it’s different, we all want things to happen fast and easy without any sacrifice including myself. We don’t want to go through the process; we think it’s just too long a wait. If only we know what we were born to be and do, then we will wait and work towards getting there and fulfilling that purpose.
You and I need to seek God to reveal His purpose for us, and then accomplish it diligently and efficiently without delay by His help. Do not procrastinate about doing it later because we all have limited time here on earth. Be a trustworthy vessel and serve the King with that which He has given you.

Do you know God’s purpose for your life? Why not ask Him to show you? He is a loving Father who is ever ready to answer whenever we call. But be patient as you wait to hear from Him.

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