The roadblocks

Happy New Week my yielded people. I trust that we are all well. I’d like us to continue on the topic of transition, I want us to talk about roadblocks. What is a roadblock? A simple definition would be;

A roadblock is anything that hinders, delays, or prevents you from moving forward toward your destination .

For those of us who have travelled by road, you’ll know that before entering new cities or territories, you will almost always find a roadblock or a tollgate. It’s nearly impossible to travel a long distance without coming across one or the other. As I reflected on this, I began to think about what that means in the journey of life. I realised that for many people, the roadblock or tollgate has become their destination because they don’t have what is required to pass through it. At a roadblock, you may be asked for your driver’s licence, identification, vehicle registration papers, or you may simply undergo a search or inspection for various reasons.

A roadblock can be your character. Remember I said that before you go on a journey, you must meet the requirements. Please refer to the previous blogs. One of the requirements for marriage is character. Another is a strong spiritual life. Many people have started this journey based on feelings. Because they became ignorant of the important things and focused only on the sightseeing part of the journey, they have found themselves at a roadblock. You wonder why there’s one fight after another. You never learned to say, “I’m sorry,” and actually mean it. You say I’m sorry to continue having access not to make room for peace.

You never learned how to submit or how to love, yet when you arrive at the tollgate, that is the very currency required. You don’t have it, babygirl. You don’t have it, man of God. It was supposed to be packed into your bag before you moved in together. You refused premarital counselling. You said people couldn’t tell you anything. Your heart knows what it wants and wants what it wants. You said you had a dream, big mighty dream. You said, “This is the one.” You said you had peace. Now it’s time to present proof at the tollgate, and you don’t even have one rand’s worth of honour for the next person. Guess what? Or should l guess for you? You may not pass through.

For some, your pride is through the roof. You think so highly of yourself that you’ve already ranked yourself above everyone else but maybe your destination is Community service. How will God entrust you with that kind of work if you struggle with people or become easily irritated by their mistakes? You can’t overlook people’s weaknesses. Perfection is the only way someone can earn a place in your life. It means that, for you, loving like Christ is not even optional, it is a requirement.

If we don’t deal with these things , we will eventually come to a roadblock or a tollgate, and we won’t have enough to present for the system to allow us to move forward. The five foolish virgins also reached a tollgate, but they couldn’t pay. They didn’t have the oil that was required, so their journey ended before they reached their destination. Before you begin any journey, ask yourself, Do I have what it takes to make it to the destination? If not, what can l do to prepare myself better?

For some of you, you have many of these things, but you haven’t learned how to speak to people well. I used to be like that too. We call it cash talk, you have a lot of cash to talk! Torn notes of cash but anyways. The lady at the tollgate says, “It’s R10,” and you respond, “You’re a fool! You want to rob me. It was R8 last week!” but who made the rules? The government did. Just pay the R10 and continue your journey. What this means is that you have the requirement, but it’s of a lower standard. You can speak, but your words are of poor quality.

So you meet a business partner who was genuinely sent by God, but you’ve talked them out of the deal. That’s a roadblock. We are the reason we have roadblocks sometimes. Now you go back home to sell to your three inconsistent friends who ask for the price and never buy. You go back home still single and shaking through winter (Yho please my Lord, is enough now) . You go back home crying, wondering why people never stay in your life but how will they stay if you can’t maintain relationships? If you don’t know how to speak to people well?

People of God, these things are learned. Drop the “that’s just how I am” mindset. Know your worth, absolutely, but don’t think of yourself more highly than you ought to. Are you a beautiful woman? Beauty won’t pay at the tollgate. I’ve never seen a tollgate attendant say, “Lower your window so I can see your beauty, then you may pass.” Are you a tall man, the ideal height many people admire? That won’t help at a roadblock either. The police want your licence, not your height. They won’t ask you to step out of the car so they can measure you and say, “You’re six foot one? Wow. Wonderful. Go right ahead.”

One strength does not cancel out another weakness. Gather everything you’ll need for the journey. Carry enough of the right currency to pay at every tollgate until you reach your destination, because you don’t always know how many you’ll find along the way. I will write to you again tomorrow. Till then, receive lots of my loohhhv!

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