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We live in a world plagued with selfishness, and it starts early , as early as kindergarten, where we refuse to lend others our extra pencils and throw tantrums when they get lost, claiming our parents bought them overseas. Yho guys! Kids and lies! In primary and high school it grows into how we handle friendships and relationships, and by the time we reach university or college, we can’t even share a meal with a hungry student , we eat in hiding.

We enter the workplace, where selfishness reaches level 100, with people backstabbing coworkers just to take their positions or gain favour with the boss. Eventually, we become selfish husbands and wives who cannot allow opinions or differing perspectives, and later selfish parents who raise selfish children and the cycle continues. Today’s topic is Helping Others to Occupy. My friend and l have been doing a study on the Old Testament and so this topic came from that study. Let’s read scrizha

Deuteronomy 3:18–20 (Easy to Read Version)
Moses said, “The Lord your God has given you this land to live in. But all your strong men must cross the Jordan River and help the other Israelites. You must help your brothers until the Lord gives them rest, just as He has given you rest. When they also receive the land the Lord promised them, then you may return to your homes that were given to you.”

Now if you have read about the journey of the Israelites, you know it was a journey to occupy. Just a side note there, there is a process behind occupying. When they got to a certain place the tribes of Gad and Rueben decided to stay there. The tribes of Reuben and Gad had many animals. When they saw the land of Jazer and Gilead, they noticed that it was good for raising livestock.So they went to Moses and the leaders of Israel and said, “This land is good for our animals. Please let us stay here and do not make us cross the Jordan River.” That is Numbers 32.

Later on, we meet these same people again and Moses says to them, yes, you may have the land you asked for, but you will only occupy it after you have helped your brothers; you must help them until they also find rest. Yet in this selfish world we live in, once people occupy, they don’t just refuse to help , they gatekeep. After COVID, when many people were moving overseas, some began hiding opportunities from others, and I kept asking myself, why? And I’m sorry to call out our race, but it is true , as Black people, we often struggle with helping one another to have what we have or even more.

It is almost as if some people find comfort in watching others remain stuck, as though another person’s advancement threatens their own. People will tell you “mysteries” about how they occupied , SMOOTH LIES, making it sound so complex and unreachable. Sometime in 2025, a lady from Ghana sent me a DM asking how to become a counsellor; I had never met her before, we only spoke for two days, but I gave her every link and shared everything I did because she said she wanted to build her career, and why should I stop her? We have never spoken again, but I was glad she could also find her gap. This is what it means to help people occupy .

If you get job opportunities, help people, if you are in a position where you can lift someone, help them. You already have your land, yes now help others. What will it steal from you to share a job link with someone? What will it take from you to say, “I actually know someone who knows someone who can help you do ABC”? Where will you break if you cross over the Jordan and help your brothers fight until they possess Canaan, then return to your land?

Help someone occupy through prayer, when will you start interceding for others? Every time you are the one asking for prayer, when will you text those who are always praying for you and ask, “How can I help you occupy through prayer?” This year, we must kill selfishness. Hardened hearts that do not even flinch when they see someone in pain, despite knowing exactly what to do , all that must stop.

I want to continue this topic tomorrow because we need to go a bit deeper, to actually look at the practical ways we can help each other to occupy. This year? We will occupy, my people. We will not just step into our land, we will lift others to theirs. Get ready, because tomorrow we’re going to get very practical about how to do it, step by step.

Now, if you read my blogs but have never met this  Wonderful Jesus that I’m always writing about,  you’d love to get to know Him, Or you know The Lord but have found yourself drifting far from Him, I would love to talk with you. Please send me an email  on yieldedcwcenter@gmail.com or simply comment, and I will reach out to you. 

I love yous. 

Happy Monday, my Yielded People! 💕

Last week, we spoke about occupying on time. Update: that very day, I rushed to the washing line, and today, there are curtains on the windows. I made sure what happened didn’t repeat itself. People of God, that is what we must always do , learn from our mistakes and correct what we can immediately.

Do you know how many blogs you’ve reacted to here but haven’t corrected the mistakes in your own life? It’s still very much part of your reality. Why? Because we are quick to make mistakes but slow to correct them. Occupying on time is not just about starting; it’s about acting without delay. Think about this: you meet a beautiful young lady, someone with all the qualities you want in a partner, but you hesitate , counting stars, pondering, waiting  and another brother marries her. That’s an issue of not occupying on time.

“Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

It says intelligent & sensible people make most of the time. You get a business idea, God nudges you, but you delay , counting sand, planning later. Next thing, someone you know executes the same idea. I wrote a book, The Heart Condition, but I was busy counting sheep. I saw someone else publish a book with the same title even the cover resembled my vision. What happened? I did not occupy on time. What I’m trying to say is simple: if you won’t, someone else will. If you are lazy, someone else is diligent. The one who is time-conscious will possess the land.

Some people don’t care about when they occupy, they only care about occupying. When? They haven’t thought about it. A vision board full of amazing things is meaningless without timing. Planning to occupy “someday” is not wisdom. Many goals remain unfulfilled because they were never timed. We attempt to occupy at the last minute, in November, when panic sets in because a new year is coming.

I’m speaking from experience , laziness is a habit that invites a spirit, and no lazy person can occupy on time. Forget it. Time-consciousness is key. The Master says, “Occupy until I come.” When is He coming? You do not know. That’s why timing matters. Buy oil on time, or you will miss the bridegroom. The foolish virgins were late because they postponed preparation. They waited for later, and the door shut. The door can shut before you occupy because you decide to postpone, start with unimportant things, drag your feet, or think you’ll do it later. Let me give you free advice or pressure , your choice, people are busy putting their lives together. Put yours together so that you don’t roll on the floor in December when the door of 2026 shuts.

Some things planned for June can be done in January, but we postpone because we love comfort, hate pressure, and hate accountability. Oh my wows people have asked me to “mentor” them and I’m like “My dear just leave me o.” Cos people hate accountability. We hate the discomfort of facing the issue now. We hate the pressure. We hate answering the questions of why it can’t be done now. We love it when we can say, “By October.”

The five wise virgins got extra oil on time. They were ready. The Bible calls them wise. When you are not time-conscious, the opposite is true. Arrive late, even if you look perfect, and the front seats are gone. Sometimes the entire room is packed with people who woke up ready to occupy that seat on time. Occupy on time. Start on time. Enquire on time. Study on time. Approach her on time, Get the oil on time. Plan and prepare on time. Wake up on time. Put the project and presentation together on time. Learn to do things on time. 

The washing line is filling up with those serious about their clothes drying. Nobody is coming to beg you to hang your curtains. Hang them at 2pm if you like, the issue is, you are not the only one with wet clothes. Keep tabs on yourself. You don’t know what winds will come tomorrow. Today, when the sun is out, hang your curtains , on time. At the end of every month I will ask, why did you not occupy.

Now, if you read my blogs but have never met this  Wonderful Jesus that I’m always writing about,  you’d love to get to know Him, Or you know The Lord but have found yourself drifting far from Him, I would love to talk with you. Please send me an email  on yieldedcwcenter@gmail.com or simply comment, and I will reach out to you. 

I love yous. 

It’s Reflection Fridayyyy! How has your week been? Are we still fasting? Are we praying? I hope you’re not one of those people who say they will do their own fast later. Everything is always “later” for them. I always feel somehow about such people because what they don’t know or are ignorant of is, there is an aspect of time that matters in decision making even as we will discuss today. I don’t think anyone needs explanation as to why this beginning of the year fast is important. Children are fasting! Yes. But adults will be talking stories about how they will start tomorrow and that’s how people have piled years of not occupying because “tomorrow.”

Let me tell you how today’s blog came about.

Like I said, when we received the theme from our Apostle, I started listing topics on how we can occupy. I looked at many aspects of life. Some I had to rule out because they didn’t make sense, lol. Yes, sometimes I write things and then delete them because I’m like, “Nah, this will confuse people more than it will help them.” This topic wasn’t even part of my listed topics, but it came to me yesterday. Let me tell you what happened.

The washing line story

I washed my curtains at the same time I washed a pair of sneakers. When it was time to go to the laundry, I decided to start by drying the sneakers you know how you have to prep dry white sneakers. It took time. By the time I was done, it was still morning. The sun was nicely out. I thought, my curtains will dry beautifully and everyone will be happy, right? I made my way to the laundry and guess what? The lines that were not full at the time when I could have started with the curtains were now fuller than my stomach at 6pm when we break the fast. No space. And I’m not exaggerating, there wasn’t even space to hang a handkerchief. Even the lady who had hung her clothes was still squeezing more things in. Again, like me after 6pm.

I stood there for a while looking at what’s happening to my dezzztiny. The space there was maybe to hang curtains of a rat house Lol. That’s when it hit me , I should have come in earlier and then done the sneakers later, because the sneakers didn’t even need the washing line. I turned back with my curtains. And the whole day, I kept checking. She probably hung the clothes and went somewhere, because even when they were dry, nobody came to clear the lines for me. The reason why wet curtains that were supposed to be on the lines were in the house still wet is, I decided to occupy late.

Some people are going to do this , this year. You have your things ready, but you’re starting with the most unimportant ones. You’re supposed to register a business or start pushing ABC, but instead you begin with the least important things. By the time you finally get to what matters, the spaces are already filled. This January you could’ve been busy already occupying but you started off with rest or something that could be done later. There are no gaps in this life that nobody wants to fill. Someone wants what you want too.

The sneakers needed to be dried too , yes, but I could have done that after, because I was going to put them on the balcony anyway. Someone will occupy before you, if you keep dragging your feet. The registration for university? Why do it “later” when you are not the only one who matriculated in 2025. “I have favour, doors will open for me. 11th hour miracle. Wara wara.” Then you start to groan and travail on things that just needed to be addressed on time. Using positive declarations to cover up for your decision to be slow. “Let the wind carry her clothes to Durban and clear room for me to put my curtains!” And we think God answers such prayers? Must people who were diligent and serious be removed from the posts because of you?

What’s another lesson there? You are not the only one applying. You’re not the only one who wants to occupy. Everyone who heard the word has plans and some have the exact plan as you. I wasn’t the only person who decided to do laundry on a Thursday morning, and because I wasn’t the only one, it means other people’s laundry was just as important as mine. It wasn’t based on who has lived in the complex longer, who is younger or older, it was based on who got there first. Getting there first matters! We have seen it in almost everything.

Throw away the mindset that you will find space because you are younger, older, or pretty; the world doesn’t care. I’ve seen people do this many times, especially elders , they stand at the gate talking and chatting, enter the room very late, and there’s no chair anymore, and guess who stands up? A younger person. It is right to honour our elders, by the way , I’m just saying, honour the time. Don’t use age or anything as a privilege this year, or you may not occupy. The ones who set out first, who have planned to have their laundry dry today so they can focus on other things are already on the washing line. Maybe wena you are even still sleeping, you haven’t done the laundry lol.

Occupying on time is so important, I can’t even stress this enough. Maybe that’s even why we fast every January, but I know someone is already planning to kick start theirs later, with no consciousness of time at all. The Bible says, “Of the sons of Issachar, who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do” (1 Chronicles 12:32). Why would God give a group of young men understanding of time? Why is time so important to God? By the way, my book A Thing Called Time will help you A LOT this year , it is a tool for life decision-making and for understanding how to make the most of time. Buy it.

You need to understand that nobody is going to take the blame for your delayed obedience this year nobody, not even Satan. “Oh, I was lazy,” “Oh, I was a bit sick, l think dust entered my eyes” not even those things. Sometimes I’ve had to do things not perfectly fine because it mattered that they were done at that time. You have to check the time! Check the clock! How old are you?! “Oh, that’s rude. Age is nothing but a number?” Sweetheart, age is not just a number, it’s how old you are! Imagine if I decided that age is just a number so I’ll do my grade one class now, learning to write and crayon and all those things kids learn.

The early bird does catch the worm. Don’t be fooled by sentimental phrases that comfort and pamper you into delayed action. “Oh, you poor thing, you still have 11 months, you can surely build a business, start your year soft. Don’t rush,” says the voice of deceit. Sometimes you have to rush people of God. We listen to that voice of deceit every year, and before we know it, it’s December. Do you know what God said to Joshua? “You are now old,” but you haven’t done ABC meaning there’s a time God is expecting me to finish certain things. Joshua l was hoping at this age and time you have occupied more cities so you grew old but wasted time.

We have to do part two because I have so much more to say on this. Occupy on time. Why must you always be doing “catch up”? Why not do things on time? Or else you’ll be like me, the spaces will fill up, you’ll go back with wet curtains and a house without curtains, and you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself. Start with the curtains, then the sneakers okay? Have a wonderful weekend, and please, consider these things. I love you 💕

Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, ‘You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.’

Joshua 13:1 ESV

Hello God’s people! Smile for two seconds. Yeah some of you don’t smile like EVER. So today let’s talk about favour. There are things that I’ve seen happening in people’s lives that could not have happened had it not been for favour. Some doors don’t open because of qualifications, money, or connections they open because of favour.We have prayed the prayer for favour. We have declared it. Some have even fasted for it. Yet Scripture gives us a deeper understanding of how favour truly works. The Bible says:

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” Luke 2:52

Notice this carefully favour was not only with God, but also with man. Many people think they only need favour from God. You often hear statements like, “I don’t care about people as long as God loves me.” That sounds spiritual, as if you have strict boundaries but it is actually very foolish. Because when you read Scripture, you discover that God works through people. In Exodus, God speaks to Moses and says:

“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry… for I know their sorrows. So I have come down to deliver them.” Exodus 3:7–8

When you read that, you think, “Wow! God Himself is coming down.” But as you keep reading, the Lord then says:

“Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring My people… out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:10

Like… Looooord? You said You were coming down , why is Moses now being sent? Because God sends men to help men. That’s how God comes down.  God’s answers often come wrapped in people.God’s miracles often arrive through human vessels.God’s provision often flows through relationships. This has been the case for me many many times.  So when someone hates everyone, isolates themselves, and lives in their own little world that world remains little because it has no people in it. And if every prayer God answers comes through people, then rejecting people is cancelling your own prayers.  You become the limitation.

Favour is not one-sided. It is not only vertical , it is also horizontal. True favour is , Favour with God and favour with man. That is another way we occupy, how doors open and how destinies move forward. We need favour my people! There are places you must occupy, but favour will be the key that opens the door. Some doors are not forced open by effort  they respond only to favour. So then the question is: what is favour? Favour is divine ADVANTAGE. It is when God causes you to receive help, access, acceptance, and opportunities you did not qualify for naturally.

Favour is when your name is mentioned in rooms you’ve never entered. Favour is when you are remembered even when you didn’t remind anyone. Favour is when God places you on the heart of people without you asking.  Favour has nothing to do with certificates or hips or good English. That is why a man without favour must labour for everything. The Bible says:

“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it.” Psalm 127:1

When favour is absent, everything becomes hard. You push, struggle, beg, explain, and prove yourself endlessly. But when favour is present, help looks for you. Ah May help look for us this 2026.  I’ve had moments where people came to me and said, “God said I should give you this. God said I must help you. Here is an opportunity. I’d like to assist you with ABC.”No application. No campaigning. No manipulation. No stories. No pressure. Sometimes no prayer. Just favour. 

Some people have left their doors open for me , access anytime. Not appointment-based. Not protocol-heavy. That is not normal. People are too busy to be bothering themselves about you. Everyone has their own life, their own pressure, their own responsibilities. But favour interrupts their schedule and brings you into the picture.Favour causes people to pause and say, “I don’t know why, but I just feel led to help you.”

That is not just charisma. Actually, favour is not even beauty. That one fades. It is not personality. It is God touching human hearts on your behalf. He stirs the hearts of men on earth. And that is how we occupy. I know you are waiting for me to talk about Sister Esther. Esther became a queen in the place of Vashti. She was an orphan. She was a Jew , a captive people. She had no status, no surname power, no background advantage.

She didn’t seduce the king. She didn’t stalk his page. She didn’t wear short dresses to catch his eye.  She didn’t position herself emotionally or manipulate access. She was simply presented before the king and he chose her. Do you know how many girls were there? The Bible says many young virgins were chosen. Do you know how beautiful those girls were? Ehh! Beauty that makes you cry 😂  They were all prepared the same way. Same perfumes. Same oils. Same process. 

You think beauty was the reason?

If beauty was enough, many beautiful women would not be crying for marriage today.  Those ladies had serious skin treatments. You think you have a skincare routine? You even skip it 5 days 😂. They were soaked in oils for months. Yet when they stood before the king,  he looked away from some. He’s like nah. You are not HER! 

There is a HER and a HIM people of God. 

That means it is possible for your king or your queen to look away,  not because you are ugly, not because you are not qualified, but because favour was missing. Then Favour is easy to trace. You can tell if you do have it or not. How many doors have opened for you without begging, chasing, or explaining yourself? If the answer is zero, you need to pray for favour. Esther did not stand before the king and start saying, “Please my lord, I’m an orphan.”(No offense to those who lost their parents.) I need to make point across.

She didn’t say, “I live with my uncle. I I don’t even have a house.” No emotional stories. Favour that requires you to labour is not favour. If you have to beg for it , it’s not favour. If you have to compromise for it , it’s not favour. If you have to drop your standards to get it , it is not favour. If you have to lie and use muti it’s not favour. It’s witchcraft. If you have to remove your underwear to access the throne, don’t come and tell us you occupied through favour. Favour is not compromise. Favour is very simple. You show up and you are rewarded.

The Bible says:

“Esther obtained favour in the sight of all who saw her.” Esther 2:15

Everyone! Not some. Not most. ALL! That one is favour pro max. I neeeeeed it RIGHT NOOOOW! To walk into rooms and people like you without knowing you  that is the favour I want. Because of favour, Esther moved from a two bedroom home I would suppose, to a palace, from obscurity to royalty, from survival to elevation. You need favour to occupy. Stop saying you will do it all by yourself. You tried last year. Try something new this year. Pray for favour today. Remember favour can even come from unbelievers. May you step into rooms and places, into palaces, into deals and roads of convenience through favour! Wellllllllllll, may you marry through favour!

You’re FAVOURED in Jesus Name! 
I love you.

This year I will bomb you guys with these topics. What I did was think of many ways in which we can occupy and as I was noting them down, I realised that the man or woman who doesn’t occupy just doesn’t want to. Sounds unfair right? Of course everyone wants to occupy, well that’s not true. We chant it but we don’t act it. There’s so many ways that if by December we still haven’t done anything it’s not that we couldn’t, it’s that we wouldn’t. It’s not that it was impossible, it’s because we did not want to. Take this truth with water, it may be difficult to swallow especially to those who hate confrontation.

We don’t call doctors “doctors” just because it sounds good, we call them that because they acquired knowledge through years of studying medicine and science, just like teachers earn their title through learning how to educate others; you can’t wake up one day and decide to be called a banker when the only thing you know about banking is having an account at Capitec or Fidelity, and you can’t claim to be a makeup artist when the brows testify against you, because titles are not claimed by desire but validated by knowledge without knowledge, a name is just noise. I’m not being sarcastic by the way.

Someone once asked me if I’m a real counsellor and honestly I found it funnier than offensive, because in my mind I thought, would I ever just wake up and decide to be that? Certainly not, because that role carries the power to either help or destroy people’s lives, we’ve seen cases where individuals forged documents to pose as lawyers or nurses and even if their defence was financial pressure, the law still held them accountable because human lives are at risk.

This brings us back to a simple truth, you need knowledge to become something, you don’t just claim positions you know nothing about and yes, the Holy Spirit teaches all things, of course He does, but the Holy Spirit is not a cover up for laziness. I am yet to see someone qualify as a judge because the Holy Spirit visited their room daily and told them not to go to school, because even the Spirit understands how the world works, and Caesar wants a certificate, not a spiritual explanation, and you cannot show up saying you have a “spiritual qualification.”

Christians need to understand this, deciding that we only want to know the Bible and nothing else is not wisdom. You may say, “I am called to be an apostle to nations,” but have you actually studied the credentials of Apostle Paul? Do you understand why the disciples were looked down upon in the book of Acts, they were called ordinary men with no formal education, no special training, just that they walked with Jesus. The system is not about to give you space to occupy just because you can quote John 11:35, they will ask if you know how to do the job, and “I will wing it as I go” will leave you unemployed while someone who may not even fear God occupies the position, not because they are more spiritual, but because they are more prepared.

This January I’m wrapping up my third book, I’ve beeeeeen reading so even if you slap me, you can’t take that knowledge from me. Some people are even worse they don’t know the Bible yet they want us to call them “pastors” and claim they want to take nations, even worse they are not ordained. Please feed your mind with knowledge, read books, join seminars, ask questions from people who know more than you, because how do you stay a whole week without reading even one page of something and still say you are serious about occupying? You’re lying to us and yourself.

The truth is, if by December you have not occupied, then you did not want to , let’s stop lying to each other and sugar-coating things. You cannot be planning to take Elon Musk’s position when you know nothing about cars or systems. Some people are not promoted at work not because they hate you, but because even if they wanted to promote you, you don’t know how to manage time, and instead of learning through a book or training, you keep offering excuses like traffic, waking up late, or electricity issues while you were ironing in the morning, that’s out right refusing to develop yourself.

One thing I truly love about my friends is how intentionally we push each other to know more. We encourage one another to read, to take short courses, and to grow into where we believe God is taking us, and honestly it has helped us to occupy. We will occupy more this year because we will know more! Just yesterday I learned about a man called Hobab, the son of Reuel, Moses’ father-in-law. In Numbers 10 when Hobab planned to return home, Moses said to him, “

“But Moses said, ‘Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be our eyes. And if you go with us, it shall be that whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same we will do to you.’
— Numbers 10:31–32

Hobab was not a priest or a Nazirite, he was simply a man who understood the desert, yet because he knew something they didn’t, he occupied a space he was never originally meant to. His knowledge was vision for them. I can’t evennnnnn! His knowledge was sight for them. Knowledge is having eye sight, insight, foresight. You know what to do and where to go. He was their advantage. So many people wanted to get to Canaan but only Hobab had knowledge on the ways of the desert. May we be the people who know something that others don’t.

Knowledgeable people are an asset to keep in your circle, but instead some prefer company that is only meme-knowledgeable, people who know gossip, who is dating who, and who is kissing who, but know nothing that can move their lives forward. So they spend hours on the phone talking about everything BUT how to move forward. Anyone who says they can’t read a book because they are too busy is lying. There is a book, a course, a skill, a YouTube video that can fix that issue and help you but we say we are busy. We are often never busy to meet up with a lover though or join friends for a trip. Just too busy to know something we don’t. Sometimes it will just cost you one hour, put away Netflix and chatting and build yourself up!

In closing, I’m reminded of my uncle and my dad. They looooved reading the news paper. Everything written there. They would say, what if something is going to happen in the nation and you have no idea. What if there will be a war? What if ABC ? Back then I didn’t understand and I didn’t care to be honest. But now? I understand them. You surely must know. You may say “Others became billionaires without knowledge of any skill, they didn’t even g to school.” Yeah that’s why they are losing money having to hire workers to help them think. If you don’t know anything you will pay someone who knows to think and decide for you. That’s why we pay doctors for consultation. They know what we don’t.

Why not become a billionaire who knows something. You see your brain? It becomes foggy if it doesn’t receive new information. Brain malnourishment must never be found in us this year. We plan to occupy so let’s us get our minds fed. I hope this really entered you because I’m tired of people asking for intercession on things they could fix if they inclined themselves to knowledge. Google is there. Search. Just do not think you will occupy by wishing.What do you know? I actually applaud someone who maybe didn’t have money for university but went and did a nail course than someone who decided to wait for money to go to university and they have been waiting forever while the ones who decided to know something are occupying and moving forward. We all have more to learn and know. All of us! Think deeply about these things. I love you.❤️