Lakisha, the Author

Daily Devotional – 12/23/15 – When it doesn’t make sense …

Beloved, God can blow your mind; if you let Him. Yea, I know He’s sent you some places you’re unfamiliar with, told you to help somebody you don’t like, had you ministering in an unknown territory, sent you a spouse you never thought you’d had but I’m a living witness that sometimes God will do some things that don’t make sense to us. Yea, God will speak some things over our lives that will mess us up, all because it’s not in our natural mind to understand it. Every time I think about how He saved a wretched like me, it doesn’t make sense. Every time I think about how He bought Grandma back from the brink of death, it doesn’t make sense. When I think on how His healing manifested in my sister, it doesn’t make sense. Each time I think about the blessings of my family and friends, it doesn’t make sense! But get this … it doesn’t have to make sense to me as long as God is the one doing it. See, I may not understand but I know, for a fact; God has a plan and I trust Him.

It didn’t make sense when God told you to grab that umbrella, when the forecast didn’t call for rain, until it started raining. It didn’t make sense when God told you to quit your job until you saw the new door open that allowed you to start your own business. It didn’t make sense when God told you to leave the only church you’ve been a member of until you realized you weren’t being spiritually fed. It didn’t make sense when God told you to speak to the person next to you until you understood, that person needed encouragement. It didn’t make sense when God told you to turn at the light until you did and realized your life was just spared. It didn’t make sense when God told you to go to that worship service on Sunday instead of your own but it was where you needed to be. It didn’t make sense when God told you to let that person go until you understood they were the one holding your joy. It didn’t make sense why God kept putting you in a certain place until His blessing was manifested there. Do you get what I’m sharing with you? Not everything God does make sense to us but it’s for our good. We don’t have to understand it as long as we believe in Him, the one doing it.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.” Jeremiah 17:7

Daily Devotional – 12/22/15 “Can God trust you?”

It’s the holiday season; can God trust you to do what’s right? What do I mean? Can God trust you not to overspend? Can God trust you to pay your tithes instead of buying gifts? Can God trust you to go to worship instead of being hung over? Can God trust you with the blessings you keep asking for? Can God trust you with the overflow and elevation you stand in the need of? Can God trust you to fulfill your assignment? Can God trust you with the spouse you’ve been seeking? Can God trust you with your healing? Can God trust you to praise Him? Can God trust you with the little before the lot? Can God trust you?

See, I am declaring on today your breakthrough but God has to be able to trust you with it. I’m praying on today for your deliverance but you have to be trustworthy. Is that you? Oh, I’m glad God doesn’t check our credit but He will check our devotion. No, God doesn’t check references but He will check our serving. God doesn’t need to do a background check but He will check our present. Can we be trusted? You can’t expect God to bless you when He doesn’t even recognize your voice. That’s like me shouting “hey” in a busy restaurant, only the one who knows my voice will turn around. All I’m asking is this … Can you be trusted with what you’re asking God for? You can’t ask God for a car when He can’t trust you to pay the car note or keep it up. You can’t keep asking God to show you the way if He can’t trust you to look. You can’t ask God to get you out if He can’t trust you to get out when He opens the door. You can’t expect God to abundantly bless you if He can’t trust you to trust in Him. Can God trust you?

“You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.” John 15:16

Daily Devotional – 12/21/15 “Acceptance Speech”

Oh my God! I cannot believe it! To God who is the head of my life, to family and friends and all those who support me; I am truly grateful to be standing here today. Wow! I’m in amazement as I stand here to give my acceptance speech.

What am I accepting? Chile, I am accepting back everything the enemy has ever taken from me. I am rehearsing my acceptance speech for the time that is about to come when I’ll get everything I’ve prayed for. I’m practicing my acceptance speech for when sickness is cured. I’m putting the final touches on my acceptance speech for when my deliverance happens. I’m in the mirror daily, preparing my acceptance speech for the new house that I’ve yet to have built and for the debt that’s about to be erased. I’m reviewing my acceptance speech for the doors that are about to open in my favor. I’m getting ready for the places my talents are about to take me. Oh, I’m anticipating the great things that God is about to do; so I’m getting my acceptance speech together. I’m making sure my throat is ready for the shout of praise that will happen and I’m getting my feet ready for the dance that’s about to come forth. Oh, I’m standing on God’s promise and He’s about to loose everything the naysayers thought they could keep of mine. It don’t matter about what I wear, the acceptance speech is the most valuable part.

What about you? Have you started on your acceptance speech yet? You know for the blessing that’s headed in your direction, for that breakthrough that’s peeking in, for the deliverance that has your name on, for that healing that’s about to be manifested in you and for the peace you’re about to receive. Have you started yet? Have you gotten the words together for your acceptance speech yet because the enemy is about to give you back everything he has taken. Are you ready? God is about to loose chains of circumstance, break down the walls of bondage, pluck up the negative seeds that were planted in your name and snatch out sorrow. Do you have your speech prepared? I don’t know about you but I’ve been practicing mine and I’m ready for the victory party! I don’t know about you but my speech is ready, I’m simply waiting on God to say go! I don’t know about you but the enemy has had my stuff way too long and I’m about to get it back. What about you? Have you written your acceptance speech yet?

“The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.” Psalm 94:21-22

Daily Devotional – 12/19/15 “If you happen to see tomorrow…”

I’m working on a Saturday so why not share a devotional. Why? Well, somebody may not make it to Sunday morning. Why should you praise God today? You might not make it to Sunday morning. Why should you praise God every day? You might not make it to Sunday morning. So, I simply stopped by to tell you; praise God right now while you’re on top of the dirt because it can change, quickly within the blink of an eye. Oh but if you just happen to wake up tomorrow, then your praise today will be extra timber stored up for your fire. If you happen to wake up tomorrow, then it’ll be more praise to add to yesterdays. If you happen to see tomorrow …

Oh, I know it’s the holidays but if you happen to see tomorrow; rejoice in the fact that you’re still alive. Yes, I know you’re not in the spirit, you haven’t even put up decorations, you can’t buy the ones you love what they want, you may have to work, you may not have food to cook or new clothes to wear but you might not make it to the holiday but if you happen to see tomorrow; that ought to be enough to know that God is going to work this thang out, in your favor. How do I know? Because He did it for me and that means He’ll do it for you too. Stop sitting around having a pity party for one because if you happen to see tomorrow, you defied the odds of the enemy one more time! I know it may be easier said than done but try it. Try smiling, try giving someone a hug, try laughing and try living. I may not know what the next moment holds but I know who holds the next moment and that alone is enough for me to want to try. You might not see tomorrow but if so happens you do; dance to let the world know you’re alive. Oh, if you happen to see tomorrow, exalt God because you’ll have a chance to make yesterday better. If you happen to see tomorrow …

Daily Devotional – 12/18/15 “Try the door one more time!”

I was watching this show on the ID channel last night. Well, I think it was ID; anyway, it was called surviving evil (I think) and this lady was attacked by her teenage neighbor. After raping, beating and slicing her wrists; he locked her in a crawl space, nailed the door shut, place an object in front of it before setting the house on fire. She had tried numerous times to get the door open, as the smoke-filled the room, and she couldn’t. Then she prayed. And she prayed again. The last time something told her to try the door again and when she pushed on it, it started to open. She might not have known who told her to try again but I do. At the end of the show as the host was talking to the lady, she said something that went all over me. After she asked her how she survived, the host said, “Try the door one more time.” Bay-bee!

Now, understand, if you aren’t spiritual then you’ll miss this. But I need you, yes you, the one who’s been struggling in this spiritual walk, you who’ve been toiling with your assignment, you who’ve been dealing with some stuff in your ministry, you who’ve been standing in the hallway of possibility, you who’ve been waiting on the steps of elevation, you who’ve been sitting on the chair of faith; I need you to try the door one more time! But this time when you push, push with the faith that you’ve asked God and He’s about to do it. Oh Saint of God, I need you to try the door one more time! It doesn’t matter that it didn’t open the last time, try it one more time. It doesn’t matter that you’re getting weak in your waiting, try the door one more time. It doesn’t matter that someone is telling you to give up, try the door one more time. Oh, I know you might be tired of trying, tired of dealing with hellish folk, tired of going and nobody will come for you, tired of giving and no one will help you, tired of smiling when you want to cry but try the door one more time. The door is God and He won’t allow you to succumb to your wounds. Try the door one more time!

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit–fruit that will last–and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” John 15:16