Author: Vanessa Moonkie

It’s Worship Wednesday!!! What songs have been carrying you lately? For me, it’s the old hymn, Because He Lives. It dropped into my spirit and I’ve been singing it with such deep conviction. There’s a real difference between singing a song because you enjoy it and singing from your soul because it truly means something to you. For me, it’s been the second. Maybe let’s take a moment and walk through the chorus together.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, 
because He lives, all fear is gone. 
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

by Bill Gaither and Gloria Gaither

I don’t know about you but this just makes me so confident. I can face tomorrow with no fear. God holds my future and it’s so worth living because He LIVES! Because He is alive! I have a future! I have good things to look forward to. Ah, GOD IS GOOD!

Today’s blog will be short but I wanna talk about David and Saul. Saul had been the king of Israel, the first king of Israel but now the bible says God replaced him. A man God himself chose was replaced by God. God didn’t find anyone from the army, He got a boy who was busy with sheep. The unassuming. The unimaginable that even Samuel wouldn’t have thought to anoint. How do you explain God replacing a king with a shepherd boy? The one whom even the father forgot about? Is he the one to rule Israel? What was it about that boy that no man in the army not even his own brothers could match up to?

Anyone who mishandles God’s assignment, refuses to obey, or becomes self-reliant in a task God has entrusted to them will ultimately be replaced. And that replacement may not look anything like them may not come from the same background, status, or circle. It could be just one woman or one man with a sincere and faithful heart. My prayer for us today is that we will never be replaced, but instead be found worthy to step into spaces where others have failed to steward God’s work well. May we rise to positions of influence with integrity, take hold of our promised “Canaan,” and establish God’s kingdom through righteousness.

Though many kings in Israel failed as replacements, that will not be our story. We will honor what we have been called to do and serve faithfully. Set aside the notion from Beyonce’s song “Irreplaceable ” the truth is, people are replaceable, but let us live in such a way that we are found faithful in our calling.

See you on Friday. I love you.

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.

Have you ever had an idea and you were sure that God wanted you to execute it, but you delayed and delayed, and then one day while scrolling on social media, you saw that very idea executed by someone else? This has happened to me before. I shared on MPG how I got the idea to write a book. I actually wrote it, but I was slow, lazy, and inconsistent. I had the title, the layout in mind, the topics, even the book cover. Yet two years passed with no tangible results.

Then one day on Facebook, I saw someone had published a book. People of God, I’m not even exaggerating or bluffing, it had the same title. Different cover, but very similar. The book bio felt like something I could have written myself. I was staring at someone occupying my space simply because I was chilling, like the servant who hid his talent.

I’m saying this to remind us that there is room to occupy, but you are not the only candidate. You are not the only chosen one. You are not the only person called to that assignment. You are not the only virgin Esther, others can also be chosen to marry the king. You are not the only one who could have been Queen Vashti. You may have been chosen at the time, but things can change. You are not the only one with a degree or skill in that area. The world is too big, and there are believers everywhere praying for that same opportunity. Do you catch my drift?

This also means that you can occupy someone else’s space. Esther is a powerful example if she had refused, God would have raised another. The matter was urgent, and God had already seen it from afar. Someone was plotting to destroy the Jews, so God positioned a woman through marriage, bringing her close enough to the king to influence his decision and expose Haman’s evil plan. The truth is, God wants to save people. He wants to see kingdom values established in systems and organisations, and the vision He has given you is meant to solve a specific kingdom problem. If you don’t solve it, someone else will. The opposite is also true. After Adam and Eve lost Abel to Cain, they had another son, Seth, whom Adam described as a replacement for Abel someone born to occupy that space.

Think about how Israel occupied lands that originally belonged to other nations. It was not their homeland at first; they journeyed for years and eventually replaced the original occupants. If you don’t wake up from slumber, someone else is travelling toward your land. They will build the company. They will build the church. Some foreigners who entered certain nations came to solve problems that citizens failed to address

I won’t be controversial about this, but selah on it, some are occupying spaces and bringing kingdom light where others ignored God’s call. “I sought for a man and found him in Ghana, brought him to Ireland, and made him occupy as a replacement.” The space will always be filled; the only question is by whom. Maybe you or someone else.

It’s amazing that while the Canaanites were relaxing and enjoying themselves, another people were journeying to take over their land. Vashti was hosting a royal banquet, a high-tea kind of gathering, sipping wines while a young lady was quietly being prepared to replace her. What have you mishandled? What was given to you that you have kept hidden? An opportunity comes and you take monthssss to apply. A door opens and you haven’t even prepared to take the first step. Do we really think we are the only ones who can see the light? Are you the only one who sees that lady? Yes, I will go there, other men see her too. Other women desire that same kind of man. Before you are replaced, act right. Stop the adultery. Stop creating space for others to occupy what was meant for you.

Listen carefully, you can only occupy as a replacement by God’s standards. You cannot replace someone through fraud or manipulation, I said this yesterday. But consider this as I close. Number one, you can be replaced, so occupy your space and be intentional about it. Number two, when someone mishandles an opportunity, it may create room for you so stay prepared to step into spaces that were not originally your call. God knows exactly what He is doing. He surely knows what He is doing with you.

I love you🌹

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.

Happy new week my Yielded people. Happy new month. I pray that your expectations, requests and needs for this month will all be fulfilled in the Name of Jesus. I pray that your faith will not fail in the face of trials and troubles. I pray that you will occupy your rightful place as God originally intended for you. I cannot wait to hear your testimonies! This week we are looking at, Occupying as a replacement.

There are instances in scripture where God replaced someone with someone. While many of us believe that we are Jonah’s, thinking ah God will be stranded without us, l want to awaken you to the realities of the very bible we read. Jonah above all else needed to learn a couple of lessons. By the grace of God, l will release my book, A Ticket To Tarshish, this 2026. It provides understanding of that whole book , incorporating diligent studies as well as commentaries by trusted theologians. Long story short, Can you occupy someone else’s place? Yes. Can another person occupy your place? Yes.

ESTHER 1:19So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she. 

We all know the story of how Esther came into Queendom. She was a girl living somewhere, minding her business, probably saying “Lord when?” like some of us on this blog LOL. Maybe had a list of “He must be 6ft1 with broad shoulders and what-a-what” or “Oh Lord, she must have bottle shape and no big forehead!” I know your prayer points. Anyways, back to the matta. While Esther was busy doing her own thing, there was a discussion happening in the palace about a new election for a Queen.

This throne was not always empty. There was beautiful woman who had occupied it. It is not that the King had been single. He had a whole babe next to him but the bible says the babe’s head no correct. So because of this, some men said to the King, “Let us replace her!” Do you realise that it wasn’t the king himself who came up with the idea. This tells us that in a room where decisions are made, there are men who can talk you out of favour. There are men who can demote someone for your sake. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS NOT RIGHT TO OCCUPY SOMEONE’S PLACE THROUGH ADULTERY, FRAUD, OR EVEN WITCHCRAFT. I don use capital letter type this one o. Lest someone has wicked idea, fireeeee in Jesus’ Name.

Do you want to know why people end up occupying spaces as replacements? They were looking for a “better person”. “You are not better than anyone,” is actually a lie. I understand that it is often said to encourage humility and kill pride but the truth is some people are better than others in the work place, in character, in perfomance , in academics, in leadership, even in writing. You may like my blog but someone may find it to be too playful and they read a “better” blog. According to these men, although Vashti was a beautiful queen, there was someone better than her.

The thing is, she was not replaced for better beauty but for better character. Esther was not occupying Vashti’s place because of beauty. It was because fault was found in Vashti that beauty could not cancel. You think hips will be an escape from consequences of bad character? “I am a muscular man, very fine boy, she won’t leave me.” My friend, your replacement just said ”Hello woman of God,” just five minutes ago. This tells you that someone can also occupy our space if you are too sleepy. “What’s for me will always find me.” Ah okay.

Let’s continue tomorrow. I love you.

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.

Hey Yielded People. It’s the last Friday of the month. Let’s get to the monthly review but before that, l wanna find out, how are you? How have you been? Are you okay? Joyful? On a scale of 100% , how would you rate your current state?

Let’s play a movie of your February 2026 right from the first day. That’s you on the 1st of February and this is you today on the 27th. 27 days, 624 hours, how can we account for that? This February I had a goal to read atleast 2 books, I dropped my standard from 4 in January and could only read one book. I don’t have any excuse, I was distracted but I surely had time to pick up another book but chose not to.

You see, you have to learn to be honest with yourself. The many “l was busys” we say are actually lies. It’s the indiscipline of not managing our time well. Dropping the standard should not even be a part of our 2026. We should get better and better. None of us should be starting off well and then somewhere along the way we start making excuses. If you were praying in January, pray in February. I’ve come to realise from my own experiences that once you start with “l will do it later,” the later to actually do will never come. What will come is the monthend with no results, the monthend with nothing but mediocrity, but who’s to blame?

Reflection Friday is for us to really think. Sit down and think. What could you have achieved if you didn’t take a break that Tuesday? The Friday you slept all day? The Sunday you missed church? The Monday you started your book and a few moments later started scrolling on social media. It’s two weeks later now with many unfinished tasks. What stole the time? Was the time stolen or was it given away voluntarily to what did not elevate you.

The thing is, someone utilised their days in February. They managed to use their time wisely. The worst lie you can tell yourself is “Everyone is doing it.” No sir. No ma’am. Not everyone is randomly resting from no work. Not everyone is on social media 14hrs. Not everyone is postponing. Not everyone is hesitant. Not everyone folded hands and didn’t occupy. Not everyone is resultless (my own word before you wan check on the dictionary) Not everyone is saying “l could’ve done things differently” because they actually did things differently and I celebrate each and everyone of you who managed to occupy in one way or the other.

Shall we take up a challenge for March? Reducing the time we spend on social media and tv , replacing it with something meaningful like learning a skill, refining yourself, doing something that will equip you for the spaces you want to occupy. Who’s in? Go to your phone settings, set a limit for your social media. Once you get the notification that’s all the relationship you have with social media on that day. People of God, it’s not to control or impose, it’s to grow and build. We are going into the 3rd month of 2026 and many people think they have time … I don’t even wanna start on that one. All l can say is, do not be outsmarted by the same spirit that outsmarted you last year.

“See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Jeremiah 1:10 NIV

This applies to your goals for gym. You’ve been announcing and announcing, or is the gym you want to go to still being built? Maybe go help them build it fast fast😂. For your skin. For your health. Development of your mind. Your spiritual life. All round growth starts with a step then achieving goals is in repeating those steps.

I hope you caught the drift. I intend to do better in March. What about you? See you in March.💕

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.

Some things have nothing to do with money and everything to do with your mindset.

Vanessa Moonkie

It’s Worship Wednesday! How do you say hello, how are you in your language? We say, Sabona unjani (in Ndebele) or Mhoro, wakadii or makadii (in Shona). A fun fact is that although I cannot fluently speak seSotho , seTswana, isiXhosa, Swati, I can hear everything. I may not get the slangs or very deep words but best believe we can hold a conversation where I obviously answer in English 😂. As for Afrikaans? Who am l if even some of the people of the land cannot speak it? Who l be?

I understand 10% of Korean language because of the series’ I watch. Infact, saranghae. Thennn
ChiVenda is Shona’s fraternal twin so I get her. Not 100% but a good 50-60% so I’m in the loop. What else? Oh l speak English too. While some people have an attitude towards it and say they won’t learn it, it’s a colonial language, l think that’s silly. It’s the most spoken universal language that someone who’s not from your country can understand. Learn it. Then hehe I speak in tongues! Elabashantaaaaaaa! Holy Ghost utterance na my daily language. This one l don’t understand it o but I speak it! What languages do you or can you speak? Chinese?

Today I want us to talk about ways to occupy daily. When you think of occupying daily, what does that look like for you? Is it going to work daily? Showing up for your business daily? Praying daily? Etcetera. Actually, consistent people will never fail at anything. Your first issue could be a lack of consistency, where you do one task for 18 days, something you could’ve done in two hours and you take weeeeeeks. Why? Lack of diligence and consistency. The first step to occupying daily is consistency. Since Monday until today, there has been a blog for you to read.

God is consistent. He opened your eyes today; He brought out the sun. Imagine if He were as inconsistent as some of us? Today you can walk; tomorrow He forgets to give you sight. The next day He forgets to give you a heartbeat, so you are alive today and dead tomorrow. That’s how our lives are with all the inconsistency going on. Today you are in business; by 7am tomorrow you are in something else. By the weekend, you’ve done 15 things and gotten no results. A jack of all trades, master of none. Consistency will help you to occupy daily. Show up daily.

Occupying daily looks like diligence. It looks like finding tasks you can do that fill up your day and stop you from idleness. So you update your CV, sit and think of ways to improve your business, get a book and read, pray daily, follow a Bible plan, and go out to do what God told you to do. It also looks like showing up daily for tasks without excuses, except in cases of sickness or emergency. “I couldn’t even read one line; I was sooo lazy.” We all get lazy, no lie but 20 days of laziness is a spiritual thing. A spirit is helping you, and I’m not joking. A spirit has come to be lazy with you. The spirit of laziness is not lazy to make you lazy, you get the irony? You can’t be lazy all month because, believe it or not, spirits are attracted to consistency. So your inconsistency in diligence has made your life attractive for a spirit to come and enable you even further.

What does it look like to occupy daily? Like living a holy life daily. We don’t argue with scripture. We don’t use opinions over scripture. We don’t look for other “truths”, there is only One truth and it is Jesus Christ. We don’t look for ways to occupy in unrighteous means. Being a Christian DAILY. Not on Sundays only where you bow and look like Angel Christiana. Daily. A child of God , daily. Everyday we are the light of the world and the salt of the earth. Not that at midnight you are with mpg and in the morning you are in questionable places, doing questionable things with questionable people.

It looks like going for your goals daily. Oh, so nobody has bought from you? It’s okay, keep posting. Occupy that status with your business. Occupy that status with your products. Occupy that status with Scripture; let someone know about Christ. Occupy social media. Advertise your skills. Occupy your world! Nobody has hired you yet? There are more companies, keep applying. If you saw how many emails I send daily, you would buy me ice cream to cool off. I don’t play. I bang on doors. What is knocking? I bang until the person inside is fed up with the noise and opens up for me to occupy my space. Daily, people of God, daily. Not that today I’m serious and tomorrow I’m not so sure. Wishful thinking makes you believe that by December you’ll have occupied by doing nothing about your goals. It will remain a wish. I’m telling you for freeeeee. At no charge. No Ts & Cs applied.

What can you do today to help your own destiny? Today, not tomorrow. Which book of the Bible will you start studying? What plans do you have for the day? “I don’t have money.” I will really come to your house. This has nothing to do with money and everything to do with mindset.There are maaaaany things you can do today. Take short courses online. Get certified in three hours. Yes, short accredited courses, that’s what I did. I am still doing it now. I gather them . Now I can enter some rooms because of those courses I completed when it felt like there was “nothing” to do.

You can’t have nothing to do. You cannot. Pray. Gather information. Watch tutorials. But to think that by December you will have become an Esther when you didn’t even learn how to fast? Do you think Esther learned that fast in the palace? You learn these things the same way you learn Math. Be doing something, please. Be doing something, and do it daily and do it consistently. Let’s meet on Friday.

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.