#SpreadTheGospel

It’s Friday the 13th guys and if y’all thought I would miss this, you’re mistaken!

As you read this, I request for your prayers that I remain steadfast in the Lord because it’s currently “baby making weather” in Nairobi and the rains, coupled with me ovulating, had me thinking in ways that would make Apostle Paul write me a letter! Single ladies in the Lord, how are you holding up? 😏🤭

David was anointed king long before he wore the crown. There was oil on his head in 1 Samuel 16, but there were years of obscurity and pursuit after that. Being chosen did not exempt him from being chased. Being called did not protect him from caves, if anything, it seemed to have invited him to them. Character is formed in caves.

In Psalms 57, we see David hiding in a cave, hunted and misunderstood, saying, “I will sing.”

“They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves. My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭57‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬

There is an instructive manner in the way David speaks in Psalm 57, “My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast…” that refuses to panic. There is a profoundness in that repetition of remaining steadfast, that seems to me as if David was preaching to himself while making a declaration of faith at the same time. Nets had been spread, a pit had been dug, yet, in the same breath, without waiting for circumstances to shift, David declares the posture of his heart. His steadfastness was not a denial of distress; it was his confidence in God’s character during the stress. #bars B)

David was not singing because the enemy had stopped pursuing him, He was singing in spite of it. Let that sink in.

Perhaps some of you, like me, are in that in-between stage of your life’s chapter, where God has given you the promise, but you are living in the process. You have the Word from God, but your current situation looks nothing like it. You have been anointed king over Israel but you are still moving from cave to cave in the wilderness hiding from Saul. While it is only human to desire the hastening of the miracle; the ring, the baby, the promotion, the vindication, the new job; but God often works on our character before He works on anything else. The temptation may arise to force what God has not yet formed, but I say to you and to myself too, don’t do it. Remember how Ishmael came to be? Please stand guided.

I’m reminded of a quote by Warren Buffet, that, “You cannot get a baby in one month by making nine women pregnant.” He was talking about the importance of time and patience when investing and the same principle applies for your life too. God has a process and for this process to mature, there is a time.

There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens

Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV

Trust the process, as some often say, but more importantly, trust God, the author of the process.

And still, “My heart is steadfast.”

Steadfast does not mean numb, it means anchored. It means choosing to believe when everything or everyone around us tells us not to. Psalm 62:6 says, “Truly He is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Notice the vocabulary used to describe God’s likeness; rock and fortress, which are always… say it with me… s.t.e.a.d.f.a.s.t. God Himself is the stability of the heart that chooses Him repeatedly.

Psalms 57 could have been written differently if David chose to focus on his situation and complain. Instead, we see David exalting God and declaring His glory and His faithfulness at the heart of a cave, a physical cave. What are you going to do while in your current situation? Will you murmur and complain or you will you, just like David, chill out and remain steadfast in the Lord? They will cast their nets to trap you and they will dig their pits to make you fall but you, ultimately, have a choice, what will it be? To remain steadfast and praise or to be despondent and complain? Your pick.

If you are not born again and would like to give your life to Christ, please repeat the prayer below out loud:

Dear Lord,

Thank You for dying on the cross for me. I believe in my heart that you died and rose again and I confess with my mouth that You are Lord and Saviour in my heart and in my life. I denounce my former ways and choose to be Your child. Thank You for setting me free. I am now born again.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen

Get yourself a treat today and relish in the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Jesus loves you more than you can imagine.

XO,

That Lady