Hey guys! I am wowed by the feedback I got from yesterday’s post. It’s so amazing how God spoke to people in so many different parts of the world about one thing. It is truly the gospel of power. We all have had different life experiences but one word from God is able to meet us all at our various points of need. I am so glad! One of the things that make me happy is knowing that people’s lives are changing from this ministry. It just makes everything worth it! When l realise I’ve not posted here I panic 😂 because I know some of you will dm me and ask. That’s good pressure! Good panic if there’s something like that. To just know that people are expectant and are willing to put in atleast 5 minutes of their time to go through the blog posts. You bless my heart!

This is a visual representation of what Holy Spirit did yesterday. One net, the word = many different fish. The net has been pulled into the boat and the fish are getting cleaned. God is stitching every heart. The rape, the abuse, the grief, the rejection , everything!

“For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

The word is effective! Ah I want us to praise Him today for HIS WORD! His word has changed my life l don’t know about you. What God speaks is what l long to hear. What He says is what l desire to live by. It is not inspiration or motivation , it is life! We are here because of His word! How else would we be saved had we not heard!!!

“When they heard this they were crushed and realized what they had done to Jesus. Deeply moved, they said to Peter and the other apostles, “What do we need to do, brothers?””
‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭37‬ ‭TPT‬‬

WHEN THEY HEARD! They decided to do something about it! Listen, we can write a million blogs, listen to a million sermons, hear the truth and still remain the same unless we decide to do something about it! What do we need to do Holy Spirit? What is it that we need to do to get that healing? This is not the season to hear and just be excited. Excitement for a word is good but it doesn’t necessarily mean transformation.

I want us to thank God for His word! This is not Shakespeare or a fictional novel written to get you through chilled Thursday, this is LIFE! You don’t need to have heard a prophecy to praise Him, the word in itself is prophetic! On this worship Wednesday say thank You! Thank You Abba for this treasure that we call the Bible! Worth more than gold! We have more than stacks of money in the Bible! It is the gospel that leads to life eternal! What a gift to us! Even in the beginning was the WORD!!!!!! Asher!

Happy Monday my loves. I hope and pray that we are all doing well. Lately I’ve been going over the materials I’ve written before , books, notes and I do feel that it’s time I share some of that with the Yielded Family. Beginning of 2023 God instructed me to write a book about the Heart. It was my first ever nonfictional book and so I struggled to write it. Besides it being a complicated thing to do because I had no experience in anything else but fictional writing and poetry, the contents of the book , I felt I was unqualified to write it. Such a book takes a lot of self introspection which at the time I didn’t have the courage to do. I hated looking at myself and my life beyond the surface. I was afraid of what I’d discover about myself. With every word I was writing, a page of my life was opening. Old pages, torn pages, ruffled pages, and even the new pages. The heart condition.

Let us look at this topic this week. As I have mentioned, it takes courage to see yourself for who you really are and that’s why the world refuses to come to Jesus. Christ reveals the inner man and begins to work on us to transform us. The world isn’t brave enough to face the real man in the mirror. People hide their true nature behind big smiles, sweet tones, hugs, and even gifts to charity. People hide behind cute outfits and muscles. They hide behind trends and what is “liked”. They become what is “liked and accepted” while deep down the true nature is screaming for expression. We often suppress the inner man but he threatens to come out often. The true person is , the heart.

The heart of the person, is the person. More than their name, their wealth, the Queen’s English, the qualifications , the heart. More than the long prayers, the pool of tears in worship, the tongues in capital letters, the big bible and the chain with a cross, the heart. More than the gifts, the “I’m here for you’s” , the many words we say to look good and feel good, the heart. You are your heart. You cannot run from it by spraying nice perfume, the stench of the heart always spreads in the room faster.

If we were to ask the question , “Who amongst us is a good person?” People’s hands would go up within seconds. Isn’t it strange, we all think we are nice people. We all think we are the nicest person in the squad. If this is true, where are the fruits of it? Where’s the proof? From the biblical perspective, the heart condition of an individual can be proven by the content and quality of their lives. It takes more than someone’s testimony of you , what do you think is the truth?You know yourself don’t you? You know the things that stir up your heart and to what extent. You know how far your heart can stretch and how much room is in there for people. What we think we know, God knows better. The heart condition.

I imagine it to be like an environment. Every environment is different and unique in its own way. Part of the things that make an environment different is the weather condition. For example, in South Africa we are in the winter season, google says it’s summer in Greece. In as much as we are in the same world , we are experiencing different weather conditions because of the different environments we are in. The hearts of men are likewise. One is in winter because the environment is cold, another in summer. Same world, same house, different people, different lives. To bust your bubble, you and your friends are also not all alike. The fact that it’s the same continent doesn’t mean it’s raining in the entire Africa because it’s raining in Botswana.

“Just as no two faces are exactly alike, so every heart is different.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭27‬:‭19‬ ‭TPT‬‬

What’s the weather like in your heart? The foundation of this topic has to start with that question that we answer so casually. How are you? Without the fear of opening up to anyone else, open up to yourself, how are you? Don’t answer before you actually selah, like you answer anyone who asks you because you want to keep the conversation going. This is you to you. What’s the weather like there? Does it snow often? Do you experience many weather conditions on the same day? Is it flooding? Put everything else aside and face this truth, you are your heart. Your name is just a way to identify you amongst the billions of people in the world. Your heart is who you truly are, how tragic it is , if that heart is always snowing. How terrible it is if that environment is flooding with no drainage system.

“The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭MSG‬‬

What’s the weather like?

This is a picture of a key: a key hole on a door. Obviously this means the door is locked because nobody uses a key on an unlocked door. Surely most of us , if not all of us, have done this action before. To get access into our house l have to use a key and unlock the door – only then can l enter. It doesn’t matter how rainy it is, how hot it is, how cold it is; the door cannot open if ;

• you don’t have a key
• you don’t have the right key
• you’re not in close proximity to insert and turn the key

One time my niece and l were coming back from the airport and it was such a cold cold night ; we got to our place and discovered none of us had the key. It started off as a joke , “”You have it don’t you?” – “No you are the one who has it,” until it wasn’t looking funny anymore. We were cold, hungry and needed to get into the house because it was getting darker outside. To make things worse, we had a spare key but guess where it was? Yup- IN the house. The door remained closed and we stood there – panicking. Where would we sleep? How long were we gonna hold out on such a cold day? Even if it is your house and for sure all that is inside is yours, if the door is locked and you have no key , you are as good as a street person who has no house. Only difference is – you probably have cleaner clothes.

We stood there for a while, had our neighbours come and try to climb onto our balcony but even that door was locked from the inside. I was commanding the door to Ephphataaaaa 😂 but the door never Ephphoot (there’s no word like that so don’t carry it and start using it to pray) Also my faith was smaller than a mustard seed so vele eh! Guys! We had to pay lots of money for a locksmith to come and open the door for us. A stranger came to open OUR door for us ( Selah) It took him a few minutes and we were phakathi inside. Eh but we paid yho!

The locksmith did not have our key. He had other tools that can open the door by force. This means he didn’t need the key because he had discovered other ways to deal with the situation which would give the same desired end. Imagine if we just stood there and cried all night, was the door going to open up? Does the door have feelings? Could we beg the door to open? No. What about reminding the door that we own the house? Or telling the door we have a key but it’s inside? No. This is what happens with most of us in life, we stand before doors and we don’t have a key or a plan. We then sit and cry. How many years have we cried standing by opportunities simply because we refused to unlock the potential in us? What about what’s beyond the door?

Psalm 24:9-10NLT

⁹ Open up, ancient gates!
    Open up, ancient doors,
    and let the King of glory enter.
¹⁰ Who is the King of glory?
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
    he is the King of glory. 

Think about it. The opportunities on the other side of “school” . The greatness on the other side of “investing in prayer” . The beauty that comes when we “unlock the ignorance” by studying the word. Many of us have the key! We are just not desperate enough to “take a shower in the house” or get a “proper meal”. My niece and l were desperate that’s why we paid money to get into the house. My darling sometimes the key is money. Paying your fees. Tithing. I know we hate talking about money but sometimes only having an idea of how the door can open doesn’t necessarily mean the door will open.

How about the key to your joy being you confronting your fears? So will you lock up your heart and refuse to love again because the last time it didn’t end well? Will you stop trying to get into the market place because you’ve tried to unlock the door for years and you’re still outside? What if you have the key and you’re suffering outside because you’re not desperate enough to find out what’s behind the door? Oh l have a lot to say on today’s reflection post but let’s continue next Friday.

Do you have the key? What are you doing about it?

Are you like us? No key? Make a plan like we did.

Bottom line is ; the door must open. (That really is the bottom line – literally) 😂