Praise the Lord everybody! Happy New Year!
One of my New Year commitments is to re-commence by Monday Messages. As I sought the Lord for direction in this new season in my life, one of the things He clearly spoke to me is to go back and pick up the things that He has already commissioned me to do. Some of us are asking God for more but we've not learned how to manage that which we have already been assigned to do. More on that later.
It's no secret that my beloved Seminoles suffered a very bad loss on New Year's Day. Everybody knows that the Lord speaks to me through football games. As the Oregon quacks began to run away with the game, I started walking the floor speaking in tongues. I got some oil and anointed Jameis, the offensive line and the defensive line. My tv so slick if I try to pick it up it'll slip out of my hands. I did all the things that USUALLY work when FSU is about to lose. I even called Jimbo and threatened to break up with him. Nothing worked.
One of the things I said to God is, "Lord, you know our haters are waiting on us to lose. They will laugh at us, they will pick at us, they will make me wanna cuss. God, don't let us be ashamed before our enemeis."
Despite my prayers and yes, I admit it, even my tears, we still lost. We lost. Lawd, have mercy WE LOST!
Am I the only one that has prayed, fasted, believed God for the victory only to have my prayers fall to the ground? Am I the only one who cried out to God asking Him to deliver only to have it seem that God had turned a deaf ear to my cries?
How many of you have been living life on the edge, walking by faith and one day the rug was snatched from underneath you? Let me raise my hand.
2014 was a rough year. The funny thing is, however, that I went into it with such high expectations. I had Word after Word, prophecy after prophecy about how God was going to do this and God was going to do that. I forgot that warfare always follows a Word.
And there were so many people who were secretly hating. Some were openly hating. Like they did FSU. When you are great and/or destined for greatness, you will always have haters. And sometimes, God will allow you to fall before their faces. Sometimes, He will allow you to be embarrassed. Sometimes He will allow the news to get out that you lost your job, your house, your car, your husband, your wife, your weave...tee hee.
But be encouraged because God never allows you to lose anything unless He is coming with something better.
There are those who think the Seminoles should hang their heads in shame, not just because we lost but because of the way we lost. Never mind that we are STILL 29-1 and have the best record in the country. I'll take 29-1 over 4-8 every day of the week. Devils.
There are those who think you should be ashamed because of what you've gone through. THE DEVIL IS A LIE! Don't you be ashamed of anything. In this life everybody shall have a valley experience. The mountain top is not a place where you can dwell all the time. When you fall, cry, kick, scream...do whatever you have to do to get through the moment. Then dust yourself off, pick yourself up and head back up the mountain.
This is not the season to tuck tail and run. This is the time for you to get back to the drawing board and get some new marching orders. Regroup. Re-assess. Reevaluate. One defeat does not change who you are in God. It is simply an opportunity to get your head back in the game.
It's not over for the Seminoles and it's not over for you. WE WILL BE BACK. YA HEARD ME?
When the mighty fall, there are those that will rejoice because they know that they will NEVER walk in those shoes. They want to feel equal with you but they know they can't. The most important thing to note is that when the mighty have fallen, we always get back up and we get back up with greater wisdom, greater power and greater anointing.
According to Isaiah 61:7 "For your shame you shall have DOUBLE..." So the people who are laughing at your hurt, your pain and your calamity today will have to pick their lip off the ground tomorrow because God is setting you up for the comeback. He's getting ready to prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies. That's why they lurking. That's why you've got people watching you. That's why you have page watchers and Facebook stalkers. God needs an audience for what He is about to do. They came to see one thing but God is going to show them something else.
Tell ya neighbor in your Eddie Long voice, "Watch this, watch this." LOL. Hallelujah!!!!
Until next time, may the Lord God bless you real good
