Letter to Jay: Come Out Of Your Shell

In our day-to-day lives we often hear these words “don’t give up” right? Yeah, I know it sounds cliché and we’re damn used to it, it’s just words you say.

Have you ever felt so lonely, downcast, rejected, so behind schedule…,it feels like your heart wants to pop right out of your chest just because nothing seems to be working?

At this point you’re filled with disappointment and sadness… It is only then that the words, “don’t give up” really make sense. There’s hope buddy, don’t give up, no matter the challenge. You’ll definitely pull through, however not by ‘yourself’.

You can’t remain in your shell forever you know, you can’t keep storing up those negative feelings that come from unaccomplishments in your life.

In life, you’ll have pain but know that every pain always forgets to leave gain at home. There are life lessons we learn through the challenges we face, which no philosopher can instill in you by mere words.

Coming out of your shell entails telling yourself the truth, talking to someone, embracing love, giving love, and praying(talk to God), He alone knows it all. Scripture tells us clearly, “if anyone is afflicted, let him pray”.

When you pray, you literally cast off those loads and burdens that have weighed you down to God. You were never made to walk this earth alone. You really need God to live and to feel alive in your spirit because He is a life-giving Spirit.

Jay: Lord, why do I keep doing the wrong things, why am I so inconsistent, when will this hardship end?

Lord: I am teaching you endurance and how to call upon me in your distress. You don’t need to remain in your shell, come out, just as you are. I’m here to clean up your mess and to adorn you with my presence. You soar only in my presence, others may choose to walk, run or fly but YOU SOAR!

So, buddy you need to pray, enjoy the fellowship of God’s presence, get out of your bed, and start walking towards destiny, no matter how little the steps are. Go on that journey of faith, in the end it’ll be worth it.

Stop being afraid of what people will say or think, you owe no man nothing except love. There’s love out there, embrace it, there’s love within you, give it. Reach out to people, truth is we all need each other to pull through, you can’t do it alone.

Finally, pray, again I say, pray. He listens to the cries of your heart. He is the one behind the wheels of your life and he’ll surely get you to that place of destiny.

Letter to my Lord: Lord, right now, I’m weak and helpless all by my self, strengthen me for the journey ahead, bring me to that place of fellowship with your Spirit. Set my heart ablaze for you, my Lord. For in the end, the ultimate goal of life was always and is still to know You, my Lord. Thank you so much for your unending love. Your son, Jay.

Things; deep and dark

Job 12:22- He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Psalm 78:2- I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

I write this short piece because I was inspired by a certain devotion which my dad spoke in as he often does. This one stood out to me because certain questions in my mind were addressed.

The setting of the devotion was so uncomfy, and my silent prayer was that nobody I knew would pass by to witness that and it was one of the issues that needed to be addressed.

Children listen to the instructions of your father and despise not the sayings of your mother; for when you give them that honour you will experience length of days here on earth.

There are depths and heights and lengths and breadth in every thing that has the breath of life. Some of them have been explored by humans. There are however, depths that takes divine light to explore.

As the devotion went on , we talked about the kingdom of darkness and light; the people of the world and the people of God and there was a comparison between them both. The seeming glory of the people of the world was touched on , and we saw how that the people of God are not manifesting the light as they ought and so darkness prevails over light in the earth.

He mentioned prominent names; those who have “made it” as per secular world be it in the music industry or where ever. He mentioned Ayra Starr. Ayra Starr was a resident of the estate we lived in until of course she blew. I remember I had seen her once or so, all kitted up, looking nice marching purposefully to a certain destination.

As the devotion went on, I just saw how much effort these people put in to be secularly successful. Look at the depths of lyrics in their songs. They couldn’t have written it jus mealing around, that would have taken hours and hours of deep work, deep thoughts and meditations.

Hear me, in this matter of simplicity and youth- God has depths; God has lyrics unfathomable to human mind; dark sayings that can elevate the soul to realms of glory; to states of glorious ecstasy where true fellowship occurs.

We need divine light to go to the depths of God. God wants us to come there; so he says my deep calls out to your deep. Our deep though so shallow is begging to be swallowed up by another depth and until we make up our minds to yearn for and seek the deep things of God we will forever remain shallow having no significance here on earth and in the world to come.

Take heed to this note and let your light so shine for all men to see. Deep calleth unto deep.

Is there hope?

I write this piece as inspired by three anchor scriptures which we’ll see as we go along. This subject though is quite inexhaustible but we’ll try to touch on a few things.

So let’s talk about hope. What is hope? What is your hope? I discovered that what drives people in their pursuit in life, in whatever field is hope. You hope that someday you will be as rich as …, as famous as …, as successful as …, as fine as …., and that’s okay. We all have ambitions and we look up to models who fit that description.

I want to however talk of a higher hope. There’s a song by Kodaline “high hopes” and there’s a line that goes “high hopes, it takes me back to where we started”.

So let’s go back to where it all began “God”,

Ephesians 4:4

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

This might shock you a bit but I tell you a truth, there’s only one hope in this life; one that we ought to have. Friend, it is just one!

How do you know?

Romans 8:24

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Now everything we think is hope or everything we hope to become has been seen, it is therefore not hope. You hope for what is unseen.

What is this unseen thing?

It is life.

Titus 1:2

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Before you came to this world, before it all began where God already was, he handed down to us “a hope”, one hope which is the hope of eternal life.

My dear friends, there is no other hope other than the hope of eternal life. Eternal life is taking you back to where it all started, the most blessed state of life, that existed amongst the God-head, a fellowship we have been called into, what an honour!

It takes a God to be part of that high fellowship. We can be like God. This is my hope in this life and in the life to come; to be like God

Uncomplicated.

Love is free

Love, the most beautiful feeling that a soul could ever experience. It was once said that “to be loved deeply by someone makes you strong”. I think it’s amazing how it induces two antithetical feelings simultaneously in a soul- strength and weakness.

The nature of love can be explored only by experience. We live in a world that is designed to cloud the beauty of love and make it seem so elusive when infact it’s much closer than your skin. Love is in smile, in touch, in words, in actions; it should be felt deeply and expressed.

The essential need of man goes beyond food, clothing and shelter. The greatest innate need to be satisfied is in love. The frame and fashion of our entire being emanates from a love being. There’s every reason for every fibre of our being to cry out for love to survive; it’s the strength we need to keep going even when the world is against us; even when the tempest of the harsh realities of life rage.

There is a kind of love that remains. It is to be sought after unashamedly. This feeling; so essential yet never seems to be free from the grasps of complexities and complications.

Love, a word so simple yet so complicated, so pure yet so perplexing, so innocent yet harmful, so that man denies subconsciously even the thought of wanting to be loved and being in love.

Love stories, love stories, many so perfectly scripted as though written in the stars, yet many so complicated, with twists and turns, uncertainty, doubt, insecurities…BUT there’s a love so simple, so uncomplicated, so secure, so pure, so free, so safe, without needing any formula. That’s the Love I want to know and experience.

God’s love is a never ending stream of life and when you experience just a glimpse, how can you not want more, it’ll teach you what it means to love and be loved until never ending streams of love and life flow through you.

Are you looking for love? Just know that it’s right where you are, even in you and it empowers you to do those things you are most scared of. There’s no feeling as daring, and daunting as love, even the love called “perfect love, that casts out fear”

1 John 4:18 (KJV) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

One of my faves by Hillsong Young & Free😍🎧

His-Story

It’s so fascinating how that everything began with a being whose existence is devoid of any explanation.

In the beginning God….
In the end God….

Infact He is the beginning and the end.

I don’t know what your story is, where you are now or what you’re doing, but one thing I know is that your story is all about God.

We all have history; everybody has a story to tell about their childhood, how, where and the circumstances they grew up, how they made it in life….and that’s okay. But when your story becomes your drive, your every meditation, your word to folks you end up taking God out of the picture.

Truth is, all that History was tailor made to lead you to God. Many lost God in the process of “trying to make it”, “trying to break family barrier”. Loosing God is not “not being a Christian”. It’s loosing the essence of His-Story.

In His-Story we see Him and then find our true life but in Our Story we only find the world and see our self- what we have done or achieved.

We ought to find our life in God; that man that was made in the image and likeness of God, and live like that man, rather than subjecting our whole lives to fear of the beggarly elements of this world.

Your original story in God is not about how to be rich or influential or famous, and sadly the end of many people’s story is summed up in these- what to eat, what to drink and what to wear, nothing else. Such a beggarly and poorly written story.

If in the beginning God….and in the end God…. then everything in between has to be God.

Your Story ought to be about finding God. Your History is not about you but God. It is His-Story that was meant to lead you to Him. And that Story always ends in Him.

Perfect song for this story🎧💜

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3L4NhLrlA&feature=share

What’s in His Face?

Psalm 105:4- Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face ever more.

Do you ever think of where you are now and where you want to be? Mind travelling right? Hey! Don’t go so far, because what you need to journey successfully is right here, in these Words.

Where we are is a result of the strength we had to carry us there or the strength we lacked that kept us stuck. There’s so much to do to live a fulfilling life but we need strength to do it- we need strength to please God.

The scripture above tells us clearly that seeking the Lord and His strength is seeking His face. So the face of the Lord reveals His person and in His face we find strength.

Remember those times when you had to do a performance on stage- there are certain people you needed to be around because somehow you draw strength from their energy. It’s the same with God.

This life with all the challenges and struggles is like our stage and to be victorious we need our Father to be there for us, we need to behold his face because that’s how we draw strength to do life victoriously.

Choose to seek His face not just His arms. What is in His arms or what He can give to us is not who He is, you don’t know a person by their arms, do you? Who God is is engrained in His face that exudes His glory, beauty, might, power, love, grace and mercy unto us. Moses said show me your face, show me your glory (Exodus 33:18, 11). This should be our prayer (Numbers 6:25).

There’s strength in His face. So remain in constant fellowship with God until He shows us His face, His very essence wherein lies strength to overcome life’s obstacles