Waiting for your blessing?

The bible says ask and you shall be given. So automatically we assume it means ask and you'll receive instantly but it doesn't always work like that. I use to have this mindset that when I asked and God said yes to me I should be able to instantaneously see it but I learnt the hard way i guess.

We know that God's yes is His yes and no is His no, hence when He says yes to us it is done but God is a spirit so it is first permitted in the spirit realm before it manifests in the physical realm. See it can only manifest in God's perfect timing doesn't make the gift any less of ours than it was when God said yes to our request.

The problem we have as human beings is always "the timing" even after we know that His timing is the best. Take for instance when God said He would give ABRAHAM a son it was manifested in the spiritual but Abraham and Sarah ( Genesis 15-21) became impatient and as a result of that impatience,  Hagar their servant got pregnant by Abraham and gave birth to Ishmael. It's easy to judge them and say " they should have known better and waited" but lets ALL do a self-check-- do we wait when we don't see the physical manifestation of the promises of God?

God told them He will give them a son and they got tired of waiting so they took things into their own hands and decided to " bless" themselves with a son their own way in attempt to "substitute" Ishmael for the son God intended  to give them which was Isaac.

We often do the same thing Abraham and Sarah did. We ask God for something He says yes and because we don't get it when we "think" we were supposed to we attempt the assume the role of God and provide for ourselves. Anything you do on the contrary to God's plan and/or instruction is the work of the enemy.  What's ironic is that after we attempt to assume His role and we get the end results of "our own deeds" which will obviously fail to please us because it was not the true will of God, what do we do? Turn right back around and look to Him to fix our mistakes.[ I am glad that HE always still shows mercy to us]

I believe the reason why some of us seem to be stuck in a merry-go-round season is because keep trying to assume the role of God and refuse to learn the lesson He is teaching. He is saying "trust in The Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5) Meaning let go and let Him work! Until we learn this lesson we will not only be delayed the physical manifestation of our blessing but find ourselves no different from the people of Israel who were wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. 

We can even be hindrances to our own selves and not even realize because we are to busy looking at the situation with our physical eyes whereas if we had been looking at it with out spiritual eyes we would have seen that when He said yes in the beginning when we asked Him it was already done!

So my point is lets not lead ourselves into "half" blessings because we are impatient but fall at the feet of JESUS humbly and surrender to His perfect plan for our lives. I know its hard waiting, and yea its easier to talk than actually do. But we must remember that we CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13)

Marriage: For better or worse

Would you marry a man who you didn't trust could protect you? Or would you marry a woman who you thought would leave you when you're at your lowest point?

 Personally I am not married but even for those of you who aren't as well or are married i am sure everyone knows what they would expect out of a significant other right? But something to ponder on while reading the message -- what is your significant other expecting of you?

I always knew that the church as the bride and Jesus was the bridegroom but i never really put it into context in terms of marriage. Over the last couple of days i have been feeling guilty cause i was slacking with spending time with God not just in the morning but throughout the day. Yesterday i listened to this really good poem called "ready or not" ( Watch here  ) for the second time and the Lord spoke to me concerning it when i woke up today.

HE said that I am married to HIM and that even regular married couples spend a quality amount of time together so why wasn't i spending much time with HIM? If i was married or even dating someone I would communicate with them at least everyday not because i was forced to but because I was glad too. When we have someone special in our lives we think about them constantly as they are on our mind a lot. So i ask, why is it than we can occupy our minds with mere human beings and not the ONE who died on the cross for our sins?

John 15:13 says "Greater love had no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends"

Then John 10:11 tells us that Jesus is the good Shepard and He will give up His life for us (which he already did). HE paid the price for us even while we were yet sinners but we spend more time with people that can not give us even half if what HE gave. Whether we admit it or not, no matter how much a person claims to love someone they will probably still  hurt them whether it was their intent to do so or not. Relationships don't work out most of the time because people have "no tolerance for your worst" and I'm sure we can think about some character we have that could push people away. We even cheat on GOD sometimes but i'm thankful that when He said He was in it for better or worse He actually meant it.

There is only so much the human vessel will agree to take but God is in it for the good, the bad, and the ugly. But you know why people in relationships can only tolerate another person only to an extent? Well it's because they haven't gasped what a real RELATIONSHIP is about. How can you love someone for better or worse if you don't understand Jesus Christ? Jesus is LOVE and until you are thoroughly committed in the relationship with HIM other relationships or should i say MARRIAGES won't work out.

 Well you might say i don't have anyone i am in a relationship with but i'm not just talking about a significant other this is also relevant in FRIENDSHIPS as well. Being someone's friend is also like being married to them cause they shouldn't leave you when you need them the most right? You share your life and emotions with them right? When you've been good friends with someone and they get another best friend forgetting all about you it hurts right? I don't know about you but for ME it most definitely hurts, hence I call it a MARRIAGE.

I had to realize that until i learn to see others with the eyes of God Relationship just won't work. For us to be able to have a real relationship with another person we have to first have a working MARRIAGE with God. We are taught to love our neighbors with the Love of God but how can we love them if we don't know what that LOVE looks like? Since God is LOVE we have to spend time with "LOVE" to understand how love behaves, endures, rejoices, and tolerates.

The ultimate partner one can ever have is GOD. The most important Marriage or Relationship one can have is the one with God. Going back to the questions i stated at the beginning of this post- what is your significant partner expecting from you? Well ask HIM in prayer! Yea we all have a list of what we want in a partner and God meets our requirements but the question is do we meet HIS?

My brothers in Christ you can't know how to protect your woman if you don't have a relationship with the PROTECTOR. My sisters how can we submit to our men if we can't submit to GOD first? One of our most common excuses is that building a relationship takes time but aren't we MARRIED to the author of time? Lets not try to manipulate "time" as a means of doing things in an order that pleases our flesh but start today! The signs as we an see are clear that the BRIDEGROOM is coming back soon for His BRIDE so lets be ready for not just Him but for everyone He is sending into our life as well!

The transformation--'story of a little lost girl'

I was tweeting tonight and a question struck down in my spirit, why do you write?

I tweeted " I write becus i can't keep the joy HE brought to this once shambled heart a secret, when they say the blood still works i'll testify to it"

What do I mean you ask? Well once upon a time there was a little lost girl who thought she had it all together and that she could take care of herself. She would even sometimes assume the responsibility of taking care of everyone else. Trying to make people happy and still be happy all at the same time. Little did she realize that she had been wearing a mask for so long that it had become her reality. Little did she know that she was passing through life as a statistic not because she was created for that but cause she had let a thorn in her flesh dominate her mind for so long. That thorn was her need to be a part of the world's status quo, need to "fit in", need to be perfect, and need to meet everyone's criteria of what her being should possess in its entirety. 

She found herself storing up all the disappointments and pain in this little section of her heart not because she wanted to but because she made herself believe she had dealt with it. She didn't want to appear broken, or damaged but worthy in the eyes of her beholders. She was in so deep but thank God for always being on time! For being on time that day on the cross when He sent His only Son to die on the cross of Calvary for her sins. When He sent grace in exchange for her pains, when He sent love to mend that broken heart, and when HE said let it all go at my feet so i can give you peace.

She resisted because she thought she had to be this strong person and handle everything on her own, but He had the patience to wait for her to realize that she couldn't but HE COULD! That strength she thought was hers was really His but she was so blinded that she didn't realize she had blocked Him out a long time ago. Her heart was hidden but not in Christ; it was hidden in herself, her opinions, and "their" perception. Until one day He descended on her and broke her down to show her those corners of her life she was trying so hard to hide. He said "you can trust me and although it seems overwhelming i've been there by your side even when you didn't acknowledge me"

He swept up those mentalities that were ruling her mind and showed her the purpose for her life.

It wasn't by any means easy but eventually she realized that there wasn’t anyway she could earn HIS love and this baffled her. Like something out of a fairy tale, a PERFECT GOD loving an IMPERFECT her dusting off the flaws and pronouncing perfection by the BLOOD of the LAMB!

See that little girl had to grow in the Lord to become a Woman according to the standards of heaven for Him to release her into His purpose for her. She had to learn that people's opinions didn't count and she didn't need to "fit in" because HE had ordained her "ONE OF A KIND"-- a unique species, a woman after HIS heart, a disciple, a leader, a prophetess, a WRITER and much more. This once “little girl” was ME!

I made up my mind that no longer would the skies be my limit but the heavens! It's me and HIM against the world and i write because HE literally changed the reason for my tears. It used to be tears of anguish but now its tears of joy & gratitude that someone like HIM could love someone like me. I write because if he could pick me up from the gutters and make me something HE can do it to anyone. I write because I want to encourage someone out there that he isn't looking for a perfect person HE wants you just the way you are to use you as  vessel to magnify HIS Holy name. 

We don't know it all and HE doesn't expect us to but what HE wants is for us to seek the keeper of all knowledge which is HIM and TRUST that HE can do ALL things including LOVE & bless us perfectly!

The definition of YOU

Who are you? This may seem like a vague question but I would like everyone to take a second to really meditate on it...

Recently I heard Minister John Gray preach and he said the reason why the enemy seems to have an upper hand with people is because they don't know who they really are. We see the enemy and take to our heels not realizing that when the enemy see's us he runs as well but sooner or later after looking back and realizing we are running away scared he uses that to his advantage. The enemy will turn around and start chasing after us to convince us that he has some power over us but it’s all a facade. He doesn't have power over us ….but then why are people afraid? It’s because they don't know that they possess the power to call into existence those things that be not.

Mark 11:23-24 "The truth is, you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, mountain, fall into the sea.’ And if you have no doubts in your mind and believe that what you say will happen, then God will do it for you. So I tell you to ask for what you want in prayer. And if you believe that you have received those things, then they will be yours"

The book of John 1 says "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God, and the word was God" Hence the word spoken in the book of Mark was God directly defining who we are and what we are capable of doing. Even before Jesus died He said that after He left we would do even greater things than He had done previously meaning that when He cast out demons we can do that and more.

Luke 10:19 says "I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you."

From all the above I can now say that the definition of YOU is love, power, and stability. The bible says NOTHING can harm us so we are untouchable in the sense that everything that happens God has let because it is according to His plan and not that of the enemy. The definition of YOU is love because God has set us apart from all the other creatures to bestow such blessings on us. He gave His only begotten Son-Jesus- to die on the cross so that in exchange for our sins we get grace! The definition of YOU is power because God has given us the ability of cast out the enemy just by speaking a word. The fact that NOTHING can harm us also makes the definition of YOU stability, because no matter how much the enemy tries one thing that will forever remain constant is that fact that we will always defeat him. 

I have been a victim of this mistaken identity where I would get scared of the devil because I thought he could harm me but why be afraid of someone who can only harm the flesh and not the spirit? We have been given the victory over every situation because the Holy Spirit (remember God the father, son and Holy Spirit are one) lives within us! The enemy is a liar and we should never let him define us because we have been created according to the likeness of the most high God.

Sometimes we need to be reminded of who we are because in the midst of trying to live we let our present condition define us rather than God. So let’s accept this challenge redefine ourselves daily. After waking up in the morning, look into the mirror and speak into existence the definition of YOU according to the word which is God.