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Lakisha
If I were to ask you who you are, could you tell me right off the top of your head? If I were to ask you whose you are, would you stutter at the answer? I’m only asking because you HAVE to know who you are before you can get anybody else to believe in you. If I ask your name and you have to think about it, I’ll think you’re lying. This is the same way when it comes to ministry and even worldly work. Chile, lookahere … It doesn’t matter if your gift hasn’t paid off, act like it has. It doesn’t matter if folk don’t know your name, make them memorize it by the time you leave their presence. Beloved, you should always walk into a room with all the confidence in the world (even with your knees shaking from nervousness) because you must have belief in yourself before you get anyone else to buy what you’re selling or believe what you’re telling. Let me tell you, each time I get up to minister, to speak, teach or even sell books; I am a nervous wreck however I believe in what God has instilled in me so I act like I got it all together when most times I don’t. But this is where the Holy Spirit intercedes for me. This is why it doesn’t matter that I’ve yet to stand in many of places to proclaim God’s name, I act like I have because it’s coming. It doesn’t matter to me that I’ve yet to reach the New York Times Best Sellers list, I act like I have because I know it’s coming.
See, what I’m doing is simply preparing me for the bigger that’s to come. What this is, is me working to get everything together while I’m at this level so I’ll be prepared for the elevation. And you have to start believing it for yourself too. Claim what you want and work like you’ve already got it. Pray about what you want and then praise like it’s already yours. Baby, I thank God in advance, daily, for the many places my feet will hit (even before I get there). I’m thanking God, right now, for the new house He’s about to put in our name and it’s not even built yet. Why? Well because I know whose I am and I expect God to do it for me. So let me ask you these questions again. Do you know who you are? Do you know whose you are? Do you believe in yourself? Beloved, you can’t trust in what you think but you’ve got to trust in the God you know. You can’t put your faith in man but put your trust in THE Man who’s able to do above anything you could ever dream of. The bible says in Proverbs 28:26, “Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.” Believe it and it shall be but if you trust it by faith, it’s already done. Who are you? Whose are you? What are you selling? What are you telling? If you can’t answer these questions, go back into the workshop and work on it because these are things you HAVE to know.
Step out on faith and trust God to do it. Never, in all of my life, would I have thought I would be a preacher, teacher, speaker nor author. Yet, God has afforded me the opportunity to do ALL these things and more. It’s not because of me but it’s because I have the grace and anointing of Him within me.
I simply stopped by today to encourage someone who is feeling like giving up on being an author. Your time hasn’t come yet, you don’t have as many followers as everybody else, you can’t understand how they can sell books and you can’t or why their books can rank high on book selling sites and yours can’t but beloved; it’s not for you to figure out.
Your time is coming, you just have to trust God. Continue using your gift and trust God to do it for you. Your time is coming!
Step out on faith and stay there!
— Be blessed and keep writing!
Lakisha
“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Psalm 138:8
If you don’t have anything appropriate to say, please hush and have a seat. We are living in a time where we need real, righteous, recognized examples of leadership and if this is not you, exit stage left. I am tired of seeing children without someone to look up to except the rappers and the singers who are putting on a show to get your hard-earned dollars. I am sick of seeing folk camped out around a building for a pair of shoes that cost more than most of their rent only to teach their children this is what their priority should be. I am fed up with seeing our children being failed at home, in school and in the church and then we wonder why they turn to the streets. Where are the examples they can look up too? Where are the men who are willing to teach the young boys what it means to really sag their pants and what it’ll mean if they pull them up? Where are the women who are willing to take a moment and teach the young girls what they look like with their skirts sky-high and what it’ll look like if they pull them down? Where are the pastors that are willing to really teach the word of God instead of sugar-coating things? Where are the first ladies who don’t mind stepping in to teach an etiquette class? Where are the real ushers who didn’t mind looking at you sideways, challenging you to get wrong? Where are the deacons who could pray you out the pit of hell? Where are the Saints of God who took an oath to save their lost brothers/sisters?
The bible says this in Titus 2:1-8, “You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.” In other words, be an example that’s pleasing. Be a role model that’s worthy of being modeled after. Be a mentor who’s willing to mentor without charging folk for every bit of advice you give. Be worthy of who God has made you. Is that you? If God were to clone you, would it be good? Are you a great example? If so, congratulations; share what you know. If it’s not, find someone to look up too so that you can change your way of thinking and acting in other to encourage others to change theirs. Get to a place in your life where you can explain who and whose you are without stuttering!
Sometimes you need to shut up and move in silence! This is for a number of reasons.
1. When you don’t broadcast ALL your business, no one has any to broadcast.
2. When you move, silently, you have the element of surprise on your side.
3. You’ll shock the hell out of your enemies.
Do you think SWAT announces their plans to the folk they’re looking for? Do you think the military tells their plans to the enemies? No, because then they wouldn’t be able to capture those they are seeking. Even a smart robber knows it’s the element of surprise that allows them to get away. When a process-server or a sheriff’s deputy walks up to you with paperwork from the court, isn’t it a surprise? Sure it is because if they tell you, you’d probably dodge them. And do you honestly think the plans God has for your life is made known to the enemy ahead of time? Nawl! Because if He did, the enemy would then have an opportunity to set his defense of knocking yours down. This is why you need to shut up and move. It’s like this … when you move in silence, those you are up against don’t have time to think of a plan to combat your mission. Think about it. Every Saturday night you say, I’m going to church in the morning because I need it. Then on Sunday morning, any and everything prevents you from going. From waking up late, to not feeling well and even not being able to find something to wear (even though you have plenty of clothes). Oh but if you just get up Sunday morning, get dressed and move; the enemy doesn’t have time to throw you off course because you would have surprised him with your move. Chile, just shut up and move.
And if you didn’t know this, some of the people you are telling your vision/plans too are secretly plotting against you to fail before it even begins. These folk are call moles or inside spies and you have to be mindful of them because they are the ones reporting your plans to the enemy. Guess what, they are dressed up like supporters and friends so you won’t be able to tell the difference between them. This is why you need to put your top lip together with your bottom lip and be quiet. When you start saying stuff like, “devil I’m going to defeat you today,” he’s laughing because he knows all he has to do is amp up his game to ensure you don’t. But when you move, silently, he doesn’t know what, when, where or how. Even the bible says in Proverbs 17:28, “Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.” So, if you get nothing else out of this devotional, take this nugget … Don’t broadcast your plans in the beginning but baby feel free to shout it out, to the world, when it’s complete! This way; no one will be able to take credit, give inside secrets to others nor will the enemy have time to stop it!
Lakisha, the Author