‎What Have you Seen For this Season?

 

Today, my thoughts turned to the great patron of faith, Abraham. But honestly, my reflections didn’t start there—they began with the ReviveWithJJ family and every promise God has given us. Then life happened: work started, I began learning a new skill, daily challenges arose—some physical, some that transcend the physical into the spiritual. And in the midst of it all, it’s easy to forget that everything Abba has said remains written in our journals, waiting for us to remember.

To Abraham, God had to ask the question: “What do you see?” That is Abba’s question for us today:
Ese, what do you see? Ese, have you forgotten what I told you? Did you remember what I have shown you? What do you see?

And Abraham responded, “As far as your eyes can see, I have given it to you.”

JJ once shared that one of the things God seeks to renew when we navigate life with Him is our minds.

Most of the injuries we experience aren’t only physical—they strike our minds. These mental blows create limitations, but we can ask God to renew our minds and give us understanding that perceives the tangibility of the Spirit. A mind untouched by brokenness is a mind free to encounter God fully.

God can meet us anywhere, but often we’ve drawn invisible lines: “Lord, this place is off-limits, even for You.” Today, can we bring our minds fully to Christ?

The enemy’s strategy is not just overt attacks—it also works through subtle devices that trap our minds. Lord, we ask that Your light would penetrate every boundary that has been placed on our thoughts and liberate us.

God has given us light for all things, but if we don’t see it, we cannot embrace it.

So I ask again: What have you seen?

Today, I choose to see what God has spoken for this season. I break free from every limitation placed on my mind, and I walk fully into the reality of His promises.

Stay Revived!

When the Road Is Clear but God Says Wait.

Lagos, Nigeria is widely known for its heavy traffic. Yet this morning, as the Uber I booked moved freely along Sanusi Street without traffic, I couldn’t help but notice how everyone still seemed to be in a hurry. That moment stirred a thought in my heart: how often do we hurry God for answers to our prayers?

The Bible reminds us that “To everything there is a season, and a time, this we know and affirm yet always seem to be in a hurry when we don't see answers coming. Many times, we are desperate for the outcome, forgetting that the process of receiving the answer is just as important as the miracle itself.

When the Israelites left Egypt, a journey that should have taken 40 days stretched into 40 years—not because God failed, but because of their disobedience and iniquities (Numbers 14:33–34). During those 40 years before entering Canaan, the Lord dealt with their character, attitude, responses, and way of life. He gave them laws to shape their conduct (Deuteronomy 8:2–3), so that when the promise was finally inherited, it could be sustained.

Scripture says, “The LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart” (Deuteronomy 8:2). God was more interested in who they were becoming than how fast they arrived.

Oftentimes, delays happen not because God is withholding, but because we have refused to learn in our waiting season. The waiting period is simply the time between when prayers and supplications are made and when God responds. Note that the Lord’s desire for you is good. “For I know the thou!hts that I think toward you… thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). Yet when the goodness of Christ comes to a place not properly prepared, it can appear burdensome rather than beautiful. 

So in this season, do not be in a hurry to exit the waiting room. “Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart” (Psalm 27:14). Ask God what He wants you to learn and unlearn, for He is still working within you.

For it is written, “So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy” (Romans 9:16). God has not exited the waiting room; He is there with you.

Stay revived!

Shine Your light Isaiah 60: 1-3

In a world filled with darkness, where the prince of this world has placed a veil over the minds of many—hindering them from seeing and walking in the light of God, the Lord of Hosts still calls out to us today saying shine.

The book of Isaiah declares:

“Arise, shine;

For your light has come!

And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,

And deep darkness the people;

But the Lord will arise over you,

And His glory will be seen upon you.

The Gentiles shall come to your light,

And kings to the brightness of your rising.”

(Isaiah 60:1–3)

This call to arise is more than encouragement—it is a summons to alignment and action. It is a call to join God’s army, to dust off our garments, lace up our shoes, and step fully into the race set before us.

Often, the yoke will not fall off until we become unsettled. A little disturbance is sometimes permitted by God. The enemy introduces pressure, thinking it will bring us down, but in those very moments, we are drawn closer to God. What was meant to weaken us becomes the catalyst for our rising.

We see this clearly in the life of Joseph. His brothers thought they were pushing him away, distancing him from his dreams and destiny. They never realized they were pushing him closer to God’s purpose. Every rejection, every betrayal, moved him one step nearer to the fulfillment of God’s word over his life.

The same pattern appears in the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. What was intended to destroy them only caused the king to notice them. They were promoted, and the name of God was glorified before the nations.

This is our reminder that we are the light the world desperately needs. We are called to illuminate dark places, to rise with courage, and to reveal the glory of God wherever we stand.

When we arise, the world sees. When we shine, God is glorified.

Stay Revived!

God Wants A Child

Mark 10:15 (NLT)

“I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

There is a child in me—the part of my heart that once trusted without hesitation, believed without proof, and loved without fear. That child is the part of me that knows how to walk with God the way Jesus intended.

But along the journey of life, that child gets hurt.

Trauma, rejection, disappointment, and confusion slowly break her down. And before I realize it, I’m no longer approaching God with wonder or trust. Even when I see the Savior, I struggle to recognize Him. Receiving Him feels hard. Vulnerability feels risky.

So I begin to ask the hard question: How do I enter the Kingdom of God when the child in me feels broken?

When you’ve been battered by life, faith can become transactional. God becomes someone you go to only when you need help—an emergency button, an automated service machine. Prayer becomes routine. Expectations shrink. Encounters become rare.

Yet Jesus wants more than that.

Every time He invites us into His presence—especially in those quiet, intimate moments—He wants us to come with expectation. He wants us to come believing. He wants us to come without doubt, trusting deeply that “Daddy is going to do it.”

That is how children come.

Children laugh even in the face of danger. They leap without calculating the fall. They trust completely, knowing that even if they are thrown into the air, their father will catch them. They are not afraid of breaking because they believe they are held.

This is the posture God is calling us back to.

“Come to Me as a child.”

You don’t need to hide your nakedness from Me. I already see it all. I see the wounds. I see the fear. I see the shame. But I want you to open it all up—freely and honestly—believing that I can take care of it.

So I ask you gently: Where is your child-self?

Did pain harden you so much that your expectations of God became small? Did rejection teach you to stop hoping? Has disappointment reduced your faith to asking only for “safe” blessings—the bare minimum, the little treats—because you’re afraid to trust Him with more?

Jesus came to give us the fullness of the Kingdom, not scraps. But before we can receive the weight of what He offers, He asks us to return to childlike faith.

Even broken and injured children still run to loving parents. They may cry, limp, or cling—but they come. And in the same way, we are invited to bring our hurt, confusion, and brokenness to Jesus.

Because if He can restore our souls, He can restore the child within us.

We can only enter God’s Kingdom like a child.

This is not just symbolic.

It is deeply—beautifully—literal.

God wants us to embrace His light but He also wants us to come as children.

God wants the child in you.

Stay Revived!