Is Your Soul Whole?

Song of Songs 6:12

NKJV: "Before I was even aware, my soul had made me as the chariots of my noble people."

God's Word Translation: "I did not know that I had become like the chariots of my noble people."

Our soul has the tendency to shape who we become.

The soul is the seat of a person's mind, emotions, and will. When this part of us is wounded or injured, it has the tendency to lead us into becoming people who would never have made certain choices or walked certain paths.

This is why, when we ask the Lord to restore our soul, it is not a prayer born out of ignorance. It is because who we become—and what our lives ultimately reflect—depends greatly on the wholeness of our soul.

The Lord has deposited within our spirit great possibilities and divine opportunities, but many of these can only be accessed through a restored and whole soul.

So, let me ask:

Is your soul whole, Ese?

If you were to do a soul check today, would you discover that the recent disruptions in your life are actually the result of wounds your soul is still carrying?

Can this still be your heartfelt prayer?

"Lord, restore my soul."

Restore my soul so that I will not measure Your willingness to provide for me or answer my prayers by the rejection and denial I have received from people.

Restore my soul so that I will not carry the trust issues I have encountered on my journey into not only my future relationships but also my walk with You.

This is why soul restoration is necessary.

Just as we continually present our bodies and spirits to God, we must not neglect our souls.

Because a broken soul cannot journey well with a whole God.

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Sarah Laughed too

How often do we laugh when God shows us what He intends to do in us and through us? How often do we ask, "How can this be?" when our present reality seems to contradict what the Lord is saying?

Genesis 18:12-13

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’

This is not a new experience. We see it in the life of Sarah, who laughed when God's message was delivered to her, that she would bear a son in her old age. Many times, I find myself asking the same question: "Lord, how can this be?"

Yet, as children of Abraham, God has called us to walk by faith. He calls us to take steps that align with His promises, even when we cannot yet see their fulfillment. The supernatural requires our faith and our prayers to manifest. It requires our willingness to obey instructions and build structures around the words God has spoken.

Today, I want to encourage you: everything the Lord has said He will do requires a response from you. Take steps of faith. Build structures around His word. Pray, believe, and wait for its manifestation.

Just as a seed must be planted and given time to germinate, God's promises often require patience and perseverance. Do not be discouraged if you do not see immediate results. Keep trusting, keep obeying, and keep building for as the earth remaineth seed, time and harvest will not seize.

God bless you.

A Heart Like Abraham's

Lately, as I have been reading about the journey of Father Abraham, I cannot help but wonder what kind of heart he had.

Imagine a man who woke up one day and received a simple yet life-altering instruction from God: "Leave your father's house." And he did. Scripture records no hesitation, no negotiation, and no indication that he ever returned to the life he left behind. He simply obeyed.

Abraham was not only a man of vision; he was a man of faith. He was willing to build for a future he would never fully see. He obeyed God's instructions, followed through with unwavering trust, and became a recipient of divine promises and covenants that would shape generations.

Even today, we continue to see the evidence of one man's walk with God.

«"I will make you a great nation;

I will bless you

And make your name great;

And you shall be a blessing."

 Genesis 12:2»

As I reflected on Abraham's life, a thought settled deeply in my heart:

The next move of God that you desire to see may be hidden within an instruction you have neglected.

God desires to work in us and walk with us, but He will not force His will upon us. Partnership with God begins with agreement. To agree with Him is to adopt a posture of "yes"—a willingness to obey every instruction, even when the outcome is not yet visible.

It means being willing to place the seed in the ground before seeing the harvest. It means building for a future you may never witness in your lifetime, yet remaining fully convinced that what God has spoken, He is faithful to accomplish.

Abraham lived with that conviction. He trusted God beyond what he could see, and his obedience became the foundation for generations to come.

Today, I encourage you to search your heart and ask the Lord to give you a heart like Abraham's—a heart that trusts completely, obeys willingly, and remains steadfast even when the promise seems far away.

May we become people who say "yes" to God, knowing that every instruction carries within it the potential for His divine purpose to unfold.

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The Devil Wants a Harvest in You

These words came to my mind while I listened to a message, and they fit perfectly into the recent study I’ve been doing. It’s very easy to point out the failures of Adam, Eve, Ananias and Sapphira, and Judas Iscariot, but we never look inward to confront the part of us that reflects the brokenness we see in them.

What if, just like Peter when the devil demanded to sift him, the Lord said, “But I am praying for you”? Those words remind us that Satan constantly seeks to corrupt the seeds inside us and reproduce his agenda through us.

He wants us to become carriers of his agenda, but he never shows up with a label. Subtly, he plants seeds in our hearts and watches them yield an unlimited harvest.

It’s easy to read these words and think, “Surely this isn’t for me.” But what if, to Ananias and Sapphira, it wasn’t “a sin,” it was just “my property”? Yes, Satan plants seeds of deception in our hearts, but he also finds the loophole: the soil that can hold the seeds he wants to sow.

Our constant posture shouldn’t be defense, but surrender. Surrender ourselves to the workings of the Lord, because most times we don’t even realize that this, in itself, is sin against God.

God wants to birth His agenda through us, and so the enemy seeks to birth his agenda in us.  

Would you let him find his way?  

Would you consciously ask the Lord to search your heart, even in the places where you’ve built a wall? Break it open and let Him give you His life.

Because we cannot be ignorant of the devices of the crafty...  (2 Cor 2:11 - so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.)

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