Category: Faith

I received the scripture and insight for this article about two weeks ago. However I just could not actually sit and write. I would keep looking on my notepad with the jottings, and…nothing. You see the first topic was “Attached to the Idea of Death”, which then became the current topic. I was baffled by this change, but the Holy Spirit revealed to me that it represents the mental and spiritual progression that we need to undergo. We can become attached to things that have died. We want to memorialize them, we want to linger at their graves and weep. But we can’t do that, because there’s a time and season for everything. So, with strong faith in our hearts, we must leave those solitary graves and go forth. We must go forth into the new things, the new seasons that Jesus Christ has called us to enter. Jesus is doing a new thing in our lives.

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I am in a position of waiting on Jesus for my transitions: in my ministerial life, my personal life and my business life. This process of “The Wait” can often lead to us coming up with scenarios of just how Jesus Christ is going to bring His next phase of divine appointments and spiritual growth into our lives and ministries. We can get so engrossed in these fantasies of how He’s going to do it. But we must be careful, as we may miss the actual way Jesus chooses to bring His promises to bear in our lives. So today I want to warn us all: Don’t try to craft the process! The process and the product are in Jesus’ hands alone!

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I love when God gives me His instructions on what to write in this blog. I was unplugging my tablet from the power strip, when I heard: “Get plugged in!” Then I focused on that phrase. It was true that if my tablet hadn’t been plugged into the power source, it wouldn’t have charged. My tablet had to remain plugged in so that it could fully charge. Do you feel yourself running low on spiritual energy? Did you check your connection? You must ensure that you are still plugged into Jesus!

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We may sometimes worry that God’s promises for us will go to someone else. After all that’s how the world works: if you snooze, you lose! However I believe that the promises of Christ for each of us will not pass us by – as long as we remain in His presence. My dearly departed mother would often encourage me by saying the Jamaican proverb: “Wha a fi yuh, a fi yuh!” The English translation is: “What is for you will always be yours.” Every time she said it, I would feel a sense of calm that I was not forgotten. I knew that my own (whatever it was) would still get to me. So, you just need to believe that what Jesus has for you is yours alone.

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I always feel optimistic at the start of a new month. It is an indication of a new beginning, and it is often accompanied by an air of expectation. Before, my focus would only be on accomplishing my set goals for the month. However as I spend more time with Jesus and I hear more from Him, my focus has changed. I now look forward to deeper communion with Him and to learn His wisdom. The start of each month brings an expectancy of the new things that Christ will bring forth in all areas of my life.

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I am currently in a frame of mind where I’m asking certain questions of God. I would just love to know the when, what and where, but most importantly the question of “Who?” Last week, we talked about the set time of God. When my mother was alive, she would often say to me: “Sophia, nothing happens before its time.” While we are waiting on His set time, we can begin to fuss about other details. We can’t wait to get to the “next” and so we try to press into Jesus with all our questions. At times we worry about things that will never happen. We waste valuable time devising scenarios and our responses in each case. However we just need to cast all our cares¹ on Jesus, just let go. Just simply stop thinking about the when, what, where and who. We need to be here, right now, working on what Jesus called us to do, as we become the one, the vessel of honour in His house.²

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I was driving home from church last night when I was forced to make a detour, which took me through some unfamiliar streets. A driver ahead of me was very hesitant, and was taking some time to navigate the route. I was behind the person and I was annoyed as I wondered what was leading to so much hesitancy on their part. Eventually, I was able to safely get ahead of this person. As I drove along, I kept repeating in my mind: “There is no ideal time; there is no ideal set of circumstances! You just have to move!” Then I heard the Holy Spirit tell me that there was a difference between the ideal time and the set time of God. You see the set time of God, is never the ideal time in our eyes. I was ecstatic! Another article topic! Hallelujah to Jesus!

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All throughout this week I was asking God: “What should this week’s blog article be about? Won’t you tell me Jesus?” I was getting concerned as the week was quickly ending and I still had not clearly heard from Him about what I should write and post as a video on my YouTube channel. However Jesus came through with this message that I’m about to share with you. We often say that we want to walk in the perfect will of God for our lives. However do we really know what that means? Are we ready to surrender all our lives to Him? Are we ready to be blindly obedient to Jesus Christ?

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