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— Lakisha
As I was driving into work this morning, I was listening to 95.7 Hallelujah FM on the radio. For the first part of the ride, I had the volume down because I was having my morning talk with God. Then when I turned the volume up, I started getting interference from another radio station. So much that I decided to turn the radio completely off. In the stillness of the quiet, the Holy Spirit said “This is how the enemy interferes with us.” Come on Holy Spirit. See, many times the enemy will show up simply to interfere with what you have going on. he will stop by and interfere with your marriage just when you are about to step out on faith and apply for that new house. he will interfere on your job, right at the time you’re getting ready for that promotion. he will interfere at the church, at the moment membership is going up and the chattering has finally stopped. The enemy has a way of interfering in your life and if you don’t pay attention to it, he’ll have you turning everything completely off. (Just like I did with the radio.)
This is why you need to listen, be alert and sober-minded because if you aren’t you’re likely to miss the interference and blame something or somebody else. And if you miss the interference, you miss the incentive. What do I mean? Well, in hockey, a penalty is assessed anytime you interfere with the progress of an opponent who is not in possession of the puck. In football, there is a penalty for pass interference and if it’s on defense, the other team automatically gets first down on the spot of the foul. Simply meaning, after the interference comes reward. See beloved, the enemy only interfered after my morning talk with God knowing good and well something is about to happen. And for somebody, he’s only interfering with you because he sees what’s about to be thrown your way. The enemy knows the puck/ball is headed in your direction and you’re in line to score so he interferes. Don’t fret, because after the penalty comes the prize of praise that’s about to push you into God’s promise for your life. Don’t miss it! You just need to be mindful of the interference.
Lately, I’ve been feeling some type of way. It’s a feeling I can’t explain neither will I try. Because usually when I feel this way it means the Lord is working something out in my favor. And I wouldn’t dare try to intervene and mess it up. I’ll simply wait patiently until it manifest because I’ve found that when I put my hand in it, I run the risk of messing things up. And for somebody reading this, take your hands off because you’re messing it up. Take your hands off the keypad of the phone, tablet or computer. Don’t you dare respond, you’ll mess it up. Take your hands off of that situation, you’re messing it up. No ma’am, no sir; you might not understand but trust the Man and take your hands off. Stop trying to fix something that’s bigger than you. Quit trying to resolve an issue you don’t have the power too. Take your hands off and step away, you’re messing this thang up. That child you’re fighting, take your hands off. That job, take your hands off. That place of worship, take your hands off.
Beloved, you can’t solve every problem. You can’t mend every broken heart. You can’t have a say in everything. This may be the time for you to hush, remove your hands and wait. Even for the man or woman of God reading this, you too have to take your hands off. Stop fighting with the deacons. Stop arguing with the trustees. Stop losing sleep over why this isn’t working for you when it’s blowing up for someone else. Stop trying to figure it all out. It isn’t for you to fix. Take your hands off. The bible says in 1 Peter 5:6-7, “So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” This, whatever “this” is, isn’t your battle. You are simply on assignment. Do what God has told you to do and let Him handle the rest. He never told you to suit up for this battle anyway. You took it among yourself to dress out for war when all He told you to do was go to the battle line and wait. This is why you need to take your hands off before you completely mess it up.
You do realize that people are entitled to their opinions and beliefs, right? Then why is it that when you REALLY become saved you try to bash folk over the head with the beliefs you just started taking serious. Take Halloween for an example. You are all upset because the pastor took his/her kids trick or treating, dressed in a costume but what about all those times you play and dress up as Holy? I mean, you’re mad because the “church” gave out candy but were you complaining when it got back to the house and you stayed up eating it? You rarely attend church yet you want to tell folk how God will feel with what they’re doing. What about you? You claim to be concerned with folk playing with the enemy but what about those days you play with your devotion.
No, I don’t get all dressed up in costumes but I don’t knock those who do. And just because you dress up, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re accepting the holiday. It could just mean you’re living. With my nephew, he enjoys Halloween and if he asks me to buy him a costume, I do. But I also take him to church, teach him about God and tell him the difference between right and wrong. So before you turn your nose up and put your mouth on folk, work on yourself. Before you try to get me to buy in to your beliefs, learn what they really are. And while you’re doing that, why don’t you take a step back and reflect on the times you tricked or treated. Look, you don’t have the right to condemn but you do have the right to teach, love and admonish in righteousness. Get out your feelings because we have a responsibility to help nature kingdom workers not prune them, that belongs to God.
When I began to write The Family of Lies (it has had a few titles) I was simply being obedient to God who told me to use my gift. Then I asked my sister LaQuisha Rucker-Fields if she wanted to write it with me and she did. I’d write a little and then send it to her and she’d write a little and send it back.
Never would I have imagined it would turn out the way it did. This isn’t my typical writing yet it’s ALL GOD! See, this book has a lot of God in it but it’s not fully Christian so I didn’t classify it as such. Plus I didn’t want to hear the Holified Saints who have a problem with a curse word or sex scene, as if they don’t do either of them.
However, I needed God throughout this book because too many families are dealing with drama, lies and generational curses that are tearing them apart; every day!
It is my prayer that this book reaches all those who need it. It is my prayer that this book reaches the best sellers list. It is my prayer that you see our heart in it! We left it all on the pages because we had to put ourselves in their shoes. It’s not real stuff but it’s realistic.
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