When the Lord Gives Us Seeds

Someone once said that when we ask the Lord for direction, He gives us instructions, but most times, they come in bits.

Abraham desired a child, yet God first told him, “Go to the land I will show you.” As we read his story, we see that God led him step by step, all the way to the fulfillment of the promise.

I once asked JJ, “Why didn’t God just give Abraham the full blueprint? At least that way he could move forward all at once.”

But I’ve come to understand something: most times when I receive just one word from God, I run with it using human wisdom and strength. I often return to Him only when the journey — and the weight of that word — becomes overwhelming.

God does not want us to be overwhelmed. Rather, He is saying, “Stay plugged in.”

When He came into the garden seeking Adam and Eve, it was because He desired a relationship—a connection in which we remain dependent on Him for everything.

Much of today’s world promotes self-dependence — trusting in our own ability and wisdom, living as though there is no supreme Being guiding our lives. But we do not serve a dictator. Our God desires a relationship in every way. Yes, He corrects us when we become stiff-necked, but above all, He asks, “Will you trust Me with all your heart?”

For every seed the Lord gives us, He is not expecting us to run to man for fertilization. He wants us to come to Him — to partner with His Spirit to bring forth fruit from the seed.

When Mary asked, “How can this be?” the angel told her that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her.

If you are in a moment where all you can think is, “How can this be?” God is saying,
“I did not speak it so you could accomplish it in your own strength. I spoke it so you would trust Me to bring you into the fullness of My word.”

Stay revived!

Unchanging Truth in Changing Times

I once listened to a conversation where someone boldly said that, in time to come, Christianity would take a back seat. My heart began to race. I felt a tightness in my chest, almost as if something inside me was protesting the very thought.

Many believe Christianity is ancient and outdated. They say times are changing; that we are no longer in the days of Paul or Joseph. So they choose the parts of the bible that favour them and discard the rest. But what they forget is that God is the Beginning and the End. He exists outside of time, that is to say He is neither a Gen-Z, a millennial, nor a Gen anything. He does not fade with culture, nor does He adjust to trends. He is eternal and ever-present.

Scripture declares that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord. So there can never be a season when the message of Christ becomes irrelevant. If anything, this is the hour for its fullness. A generation is rising, people who understand the times, who know when to stand firm and when to be still, not moved by the trends but by this time, Issachar's children having a full understanding of the times and choosing to stand still. Those who have been prepared and refined for such a season as this. The message of Christ cannot be watered down to suit the age; the principles are ever ancient and ever present.

Does it not make you wonder at the rapid rise of immorality? The explosion of new technologies designed to improve life, yes, they have made life easy, but this distorts and distracts hearts. These very tools, though sometimes misused, are also aligning with prophecy—channels through which the knowledge of the Lord can fill the earth. Heaven sees. Nothing escapes God’s awareness.

It is foolish to think that life ends at death. Death is only the doorway to eternity. Therefore, we must not become complacent. We must not trade our convictions for cultural acceptance or dilute truth for conversational relevance. In these changing times, our prayer should echo the words of the psalmist in the of Psalms 25:4–5 (NKJV):

Show me Your ways, O Lord;

Teach me Your paths.

Lead me in Your truth and teach me,

For You are the God of my salvation;

On You I wait all the day.

May this be our daily cry—that He leads, teaches, and anchors us in His truth, no matter the times.

Stay Revived!

When was the last time you did a heart check?

 

I just did mine, and I realized that my heart has been heavy these past three days—filled with anger and constant thoughts of how to respond to the conversations I had received.

Then, as I reflected on today’s Word, the Holy Spirit asked, “Have you done a heart check recently?”

And I thought, okay… the more wronged I feel, the more there is silence and withdrawal from God’s way.

I know it is the season of love, and one thing I prayed this season was, “God, help me bring love to the table of every conversation.” I choose to respond in love. 

But you know what? It has felt as if war drums were being beaten on my behalf, and constantly, I have fallen to the rhythm.

Doing a heart check made me go through Psalm 23 again.

David declared, “The Lord will lead me in the path of righteousness… He restores my soul.”

I believe that after going through fragments of hurt and betrayal from people, all he could have felt at times was pain and brokenness. There were probably moments when the heaviness stung so deeply that his desire might have been to treat people the way he had been treated.

But what if those thoughts lead us out of the way of righteousness—out of the path of the One we call our Shepherd?

It felt hard. It still feels hard. But when we choose the way of love, most times we must ask God to heal our hearts, to restore our souls, to heal us from the soul injuries we have encountered as we journey through life.

God doesn’t just want to heal us of physical or spiritual pain. He wants us to bring every pain to Him so that, in that surrender, we become whole.

“Lord, restore my soul” might feel like a far-fetched prayer. But when we present our spirit, soul, and body to God, He desires to find a whole person.

Today we ask, O God, that You would restore our souls. Heal us of every soul injury, every brokenness, and cause us to walk in the righteous way.

Stay Revived!

From Diligence to the table of Kings.

Diligence is careful and persistent effort toward what has been placed before you—what is already in your hand.

Scripture says:

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.” Proverbs 22:29

This shows us that there is a protocol for standing before kings. It is diligence. It is being consistent in excellence in what is already in your hand—not consistent in error, not consistent in mediocrity.

We cannot pray for the hand of God to rest upon our business or career while doing a tacky job. We cannot ask God to close the eyes of those who see our poor work. And even if God closes their eyes at one stage and you pass through, what about the next level?

You cannot pray for the best while tolerating mediocrity and expect a seat at the table of kings. In the absence of excellence, the table that was meant to announce you can become the table that disgraces you.

Attributes of Diligence:

• Consistency

• Excellence (not mediocrity)

In this season, the Lord is calling us to take a posture of diligence—diligence backed by excellence. Because it is your diligence that will bring you to the table of kings.

Standing before kings may look like:

• The job you desire

• The career breakthrough you are praying for

• The opportunity you have waited for so long

But God watches for diligence. Even people watch for it. They say, “Let’s see how long she can continue,” or “Let’s see how far he can go.” Consistency reveals character.

When you back your diligence with excellence, God brings you to tables you would not have been able to enter by yourself.

Heaven responds to alignment—to diligence, to strategy, to posture.

To truly live an excellent life, you must take on the posture of diligence. Show up in excellence, and watch God set you at tables where you will be favored.

Stay Revived!