Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 9/7/16 “Don’t rush your harvest!”

The bible says in Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” This means, you have to wait. Yea, I get it. You look at unbelievers and see them prospering and all they ever do is wrong but you can’t base your harvest time on theirs because you don’t know what they’re planting or what they’re harvesting. If the truth shall be told, there are a lot of believers who are still doing wrong and still prospering, however you CANNOT base your harvest time on how you see them reaping either. See, you are only seeing what ‘they’ want you to see. Yes, it looks good but you don’t see the hell they have to deal with in the confines of their homes. All you see is the prosperity and smile but you don’t see the many nights they are crying and screaming for God to make it end nor do you see the many around them who have to spiritually war on their behalf, daily, just to keep them sane. Don’t you realize that folk can mask their entire life? Baby, there are pastors who are depressed right now, yet they stand Sunday after Sunday preaching over you. There’s a teacher, somewhere, who showed up to teach your child and she’s a functional alcoholic, hiding the pain of being molested by her daddy. There’s a soldier in their barrack, at this moment, contemplating suicide yet their Facebook page is filled with smiling photos. Somebody is praying for you yet their house is in turmoil.

This is why you can’t rush your harvest based on your neighbor’s reap schedule. They could be reaping hell because they pulled too quickly on that new relationship. Don’t be quick to speed up your harvest because your sister is reaping the benefits of her job. What you don’t see are the thorns that are pricking her every day. Don’t rush your harvest because you see their church reaping when the majority of the apples in the bunch are burdens. Don’t miss getting the best of your harvest by speeding up the time needed for it to grow. If it were that easy, we could all plant today and reap tomorrow. Beloved; plentiful, fruitful harvest takes time. God’s time, not yours. Ecclesiastes 11:1, says, “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” It takes time. It takes time for a baby to grow, it takes time to heal, it takes time to grieve, it takes time to build, it takes time to save, it takes time to reap and believe it or not, it takes time to tear down. So don’t rush to reap your harvest when it may not be ripe enough to eat!

Daily Devotional – 9/6/16 “Stay on your level!”

There have been times when I’ve been on the phone before stepping on the elevator and I inform the person, I’m on the phone with, the call may drop. I’ve even been in places where the person I’ve been talking too is experiencing bad service and I have to say, “You’re breaking up.” Baby! When God dropped this in my spirit on last night, I got excited about writing this devotional this morning. See, there will be times when you are being elevated that you may have to drop off some people. There may even be times when you’re on a different path and you have to stop listening to certain people by telling them, “I can’t hear you, you’re breaking up.” Chile, I’ve found that when you are walking the aligned path set by God, everybody can’t go. It’s not that they don’t want too but it’s because they just can’t. This is because everybody isn’t on the same level you’re on and sometimes they’ll start telling you stuff that will hinder you. They’ll even be afraid of what’s to come and make you turn back. “Girl, I wouldn’t go there if I were you.” “Man, that assignment looks scary, you sure you want to do it?” It’s not because they mean you harm but it’s because they’ve moved too quick to a level they can’t handle.

Don’t you understand that when you bring someone to a level that aren’t equipped for, it can seriously hurt them and you? Why do you think people who come into a lot of money blow through it so fast or why a lot of marriages fail? It’s because they weren’t ready to handle it. This is why you have to reevaluate your circle every once in a while to determine if the folk you’re trying to bring along for the ride can tolerate it. Why do you think everybody can’t do rollercoasters? Either they don’t meet the height requirement or they know their stomach can’t handle the twists and turns on the journey. Leave folk on their level! Why do you think some pastors don’t work out? It’s because they are good at ministry but not pastoral positions. This is why you can’t rush to get somewhere you know you aren’t ready to handle! I don’t care if everyone is saying you’ll preach one day, don’t rush into it until you are ready. Stay on your level! Don’t let someone push you into going back to school, drink two drinks when you know you can only handle one or act a fool with your spouse when you know it’s not your character. Stay on your level and leave folk on theirs! You aren’t in the elevation business, God is so let Him do it.

Daily Devotional – 9/2/16 “A limitless God!”

“Today, at this very moment, I’m taking my self-installed limits off God and I’m believing Him to do a supernatural thing in my life! Y’all He’s about to blow my mind by simply fulfilling my requests!! Watch!”

I need you to understand that God is getting ready to shift the lives of some saints and it’s going to be an immediate and sudden thing. Baby, God is getting ready to release some off guard blessings and it’s going to be answers to some requests you’ve made. Yea, He’s about to fill those things you’ve been asking for in prayer. Oh, you forgot about them well God hasn’t. He was simply waiting for you to let Him do it, His way. Baby, when you take the limits off God, He’ll do some stuff in your life so big that it’ll blow your small mind. Do you know that God has the power to send you a blessing so big that you’ll have to move in two days? (I know, we’ve been there.) Oh, you might not understand it while it’s happening but it makes sense when it’s over.

God moves you from the church you’ve been at all your life because it’s hindering you from receiving the blessing He has for you. God allowed that relationship to end because He has something bigger and better in store for you. You were laid off because that job didn’t have the capability of utilizing the gift that is you. God has to remove things in order for us to receive greater. Think about it. If your washing machine goes out and you go out and purchase a newer model, how can you replace it unless you remove the old? You have to trust God to know that He’ll never replace what has been taken with something that doesn’t have the ability to be greater than what was lost. Chile, God will replace what you’ve lost and what has been taken with something you didn’t think you deserve. You just need to stop limiting God. You’re praying for God to send you help when He is the help. You’re praying for Him to send you a way out when He is the way out. When will you take the limits off and let Him do it?

Jeremiah 29:11-13 says, “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.”

Daily Devotional – 9/1/16 “It’s my blog-a-versary!”

Do you know what today is? It’s my blog-a-versary! Yes! It’s been five (5) years since I started penning this blog and my how things have changed. I’ve published over 1100 posts and I’ve had them read all over the world. I’ve been connected with people through prayer and even had a great gentleman send me bracelets that I was honored to share with others. I’ve seen the following of the blog grow as well as the anointing over my life. I never imagined doing anything like this. It never even crossed my mind. All I was doing was minding my own business and posting a few statuses on Facebook yet God had other plans.

And I am so grateful that His plans are always better than ours. I’ve enjoyed the many years. I’m forever grateful to each of you who follow the blog, read, leave comments, share with others and even encourage me. I appreciate you! I really do. See, I could continue to write blogs but what good would it do if no one reads them? This is why I need YOU to know that I am grateful for you. This blog, God’s anointing over my life, God’s favor that rest upon me; it’s not for me but it’s so I can “Go ye therefore and teach all nations…” Please understand, it hasn’t been easy and I had no idea how much this anointing cost but when I accepted the calling on my life, I agreed to pay it through my sweat, tears, restless nights, many emails, phone calls, text messages and inboxes. I recognize and realize that this thing isn’t about Kisha and I am good with that because I have the faith to know that what God ordains, He’ll maintain.

And I bet you wouldn’t believe what my first blog was … It was “WTF – Where’s the Faith?” Ha! And this is what it said.

“God says, “Why are you so fearful, oh ye of little faith?” (Matthew 8:26) When the door gets closed in your face, didn’t I give you hands to knock? When folk talk about you, didn’t I give you knees to pray for them! When you mess up, didn’t I give you a mind to think & learn from your mistakes? When your heartache seems to be too hard to bear, am I not a heart fixer? When folk speak death in your life, didn’t I give you a tongue that speaks life? (Proverbs 18:21) When the car stops, didn’t I give you legs to walk? When money is low, am I not your provider! When times are hard, won’t I be your way-maker? When folk leave, am I not always there! When sickness comes, am I not a healer? When the job lays you off, don’t I always come through? When husband/wife doesn’t act right, don’t I wipe your tears? When your gas light is on, don’t I get you home safe? Then where is your faith?

Matthew 17:20, God says, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you!”

Isn’t that enough? Stop stalling and step out on your faith. Surely if it only takes faith the size of a mustard seed to move your mountain, imagine what an immeasurable amount of faith will do for you? That job, car, house, business, etc., is yours! But YOU must have faith!”

Still true today! Thank you again for following our blog. Ours as in yours and mine! I could do this without you but I don’t want too.

Daily Devotional – 8/31/16 “That’s the easy part!”

Giving up, that’s the easy part but what will you gain? Yea, you could forfeit your assignment today but you’ll see it again so why prolong completing it. Yes, you can throw in the towel but you’ll see it again so why not just hang on until it’s over? Yes, you can throw your hands up in this relationship however if you don’t deal with the issues, they’ll come again in the next. Yea, you can cover up the open wounds but if you never seek healing, they won’t heal properly. Baby, you can mask the pain but it’ll still be there when you take it off. See, giving up, that’s easy but going through, that’s hard. Divorce, that’s easy but fixing what’s broke, that’s hard. Walking out, that’s easy but staying is hard. Excuses, that’s easy but owning your mistakes, that’s hard. The bible says in Galatians 6:9, “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” It’s like me and this weight loss thing. Chile, it’s hard for me to go to the gym but easy for me to eat a box of chocolate covered peanuts. It’s easy for me to say I want to lose weight but it’s hard for me to get up and do something about it. Why? Well because the easy part is EASY!

But what have you honestly gained that was easy? Think about it for a second. What do you have, now, that was easy for you to get? You can probably say things like my car, my house, etc. but if you really think about it, you’ll see that you got those things because of good credit and job history … neither of which were easy to gain. Right? Keeping your credit good isn’t easy when you get fifteen credit card offers in the mail daily. And in this day and time, keeping a job isn’t easy either. You have to work HARD for these things. However, when you work hard on the front, it’ll be easier on the back. So what else? What else do you have that was easy? I can personally say that nothing is. Ministry – it’s hard work. Marriage – it’s hard work. Children – They’re hard work. Job – it’s hard work. Relationships (family/friends) – they’re hard work. But you don’t give up on them. At least you shouldn’t. This is why I said, in the beginning that giving up is the easy part. Now the question is, are you really willing to give it all up? Please understand this, I am in no way talking about the assignments that ended long ago that you should have given up by now. No! What I’m speaking of are the things that you are contemplating giving up on that you haven’t even tried to work at. You can give up but then you’d be a quitter and that doesn’t look good on your resume. Giving up is easy but is it worth it?