Category: Yielding the mind

Hey family! It’s chilled Thursday! You know, having harmless godly fun, relaxing, being intentional about rest is something many Christians have to learn. Going for a holiday is okay, taking yourself out for coffee or dinner is okay. I’m not saying do all this and stop praying NO! I’m saying do it while praying. I started off my year with a retreat at a remote place. No fancy things, no city buzz, no tv or all these cute little things you find in Joburg, just myself and my friends flogging our destiny. It was also my time of just getting into my thoughts. Many of us can’t even find direction because we don’t sit down to think. We think on the train. Think on our way to work. Think while driving. We rarely sit and take him to reflect or make sober decisions. I want to encourage you today, if you’ve been really working hard, don’t feel bad for resting. Don’t feel bad for spoiling yourself with a new shoe (if you’re like me) , a fresh set of manicure, new suit. Don’t feel bad for resting. Jesus rested on the boat.

That’s us at prayer retreat camp!! I had even gone offline sometimes it’s the phone that doesn’t allow us to rest! I have planned to go for another one. BE INTENTIONAL about your well-being . Rest is biblical. You need that body to push heaven’s purpose for you. Anyhoo, I know some of you don’t like spending your money on anything.. eh I dunno how else to help you 😂 !! So here’s a free movie! Grab your popcorn and let’s chill!

Hey family. I’m so sorry for posting late but I’m sure the family knows what what!! It’s Worship Wednesday. Here’s todays song suggestions !! You know, I love you so much! ❤️

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”Isaac said to Abraham his father, “Father?” “Yes, my son.” “We have flint and wood, but where’s the sheep for the burnt offering?” Abraham said, “Son, God will see to it that there’s a sheep for the burnt offering.” And they kept on walking together.“
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭22‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭MSG‬‬

The Holy Bible

This is our week of marathon prayers on MPG and so as we were travailing last night this scripture popped up in my head. Isaac. The boy who followed his father to a mountain where he would be the sacrifice. I couldn’t help but sob because while we are looking for money to sacrifice, time to sacrifice, we could be the sacrifice. While we are trying to gather firewood to sacrifice other things , God says YOU ARE THE SACRIFICE. That as you think others will be on the altar, the Lord says, “ You are the one to lay on it.” I know as you’re reading you’re still thinking this is for others but it is actually for you .. Isaac.

Isaac was asking his father where the sheep of the offering was because everything used for the sacrifice was there except for the sheep. All along Abraham knew that the sheep was Isaac but Isaac expected to see the sheep they usually used for their sacrifices. Just like you’re expecting to see your Pastor as the sheep. The ones that are always in the spotlight, the ones that are always serving , but the Father says , “We have everything we need for the sacrifice because we have you.” Isaac.

You are the one to complete this sacrifice. We don’t need any sheep. We have you. That’s why we are here on yielded , so that we learn how to die to self, how to follow God wholeheartedly so that when He asks for and of us we lay on the altar like Isaac without debates or arguments. Things like lust must be dealt with, sin , all you could think of that will stop you from devoting yourself to God, get rid of it! I could hear God clearly saying, He is raising men and women of sacrifice. Why? Because this is a generation that looks for sheep elsewhere, sacrificing others, not understanding that; you are the one to lay on the altar .. Isaac

What I’m saying to you today is look no further. Holiness and purity is not for a certain group people. Look no further, the sheep is you. Look within. The Father is taking you to the mountain when He has so many sheep at home, He still leaves them behind and trusts that the sacrifice will be complete because YOU are there. Do you think Abraham could not afford one sheep? He had plenty! He left them at home. “Isaac we did not forget the sheep at home, we have the sheep right here..” lt is you.

Isaac yielded. He didn’t know how it would turn out but he walked with his father. Step by step. Closer and closer to the mountain. Leaving everyone behind they journeyed. Because many times when time for the sacrifice to be done comes, everyone else stays behind. It becomes an intimate transaction. A secret encounter. Where Peter James and John remain somewhere and Jesus is in the garden alone. Where the servants remain and Abraham takes Isaac to the mountain alone. The time of separation could be the time of the walk to the altar of sacrifice.. Don’t wonder why you’re all alone Isaac , there’s usually not audience to witness the secret encounters God has with His chosen sheep. Moses was alone. Jesus was alone. Hannah. Samson’s mother. Mary. In your time of separation remember, do not go looking for other sheep. “ Isaac , stay right there. Don’t leave the place of encounter. Don’t untie yourself from the altar. He is working on you!”

What if you are the sacrifice? Would you yield?
Selah .

”“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”“
‭‭Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭42‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The Holy Bible

Good morning family. I hope you’ve had a great Easter weekend. I got to really understand many things about the death and resurrection of Christ that I never paid much attention to before. The obedience of Christ. The yieldedness of Christ. The selflessness of Christ. Christ is the perfect example of a yielded Son. Come to think of it, Isaac was too. He was a prefiguration of Jesus Christ . There’s a striking resemblance between Isaac and Jesus to the point where both Isaac and Christ carried their own wood for the sacrifice.

Looking at the cross, it is evident that Jesus died twice. First at the garden, where He died to self, and secondly, at the cross where He physically died. He says to the Father , “l wish that this cup will pass me, that I would not have to drink from it BUT I’m not seeking after my own will. I’m not trying to have my own way. I’m not adamant on doing things however l so desire, I don’t want my will to be done but Yours!” He was in simpler terms saying ,” l give up my will to take up Yours. I Yield.”

Family, the truth is, if you don’t yield to God you’ll yield to the devil. There’s no in between. What is not the will of the Father should not be our will. The devil is always seeking for an opportunity to push us towards our own will , knowing that many many times, man’s will is derived from flesh and lusts. My own will is not good enough for me. Your own will will destroy you . The devil knows this that’s why he says “follow your heart” . He is aware of the deceptions of the heart. Why follow what is deceitful above all things?

Jesus yielded. He did not consider feelings and emotions. We cannot yield if we refuse to be led by the Holy Spirit. The opposite of not being led by Holy Spirit is being led by the flesh. How did Isaac lay on the altar that day? He was still a young boy, did not expect his father to raise a knife at him yet he still yielded . You need to get to a point where yielding is not an argument or a debate, you yield without having all answers. You yield when you don’t understand. You submit to the leading of Holy Spirit even when it doesn’t make sense.You yield when you don’t feel like it. You yield like Isaac , “I will be the sacrifice”.

What has God required of you that you have refused to yield to because you simply want to follow your heart? What instructions have you been given concerning the altar ? Has God called you to yield to serving? Giving up deciding on your own who to marry? Letting go of the desire to live on your own terms ? Yielding means you die to self.

“Not my will but yours be done Lord!” The mandate is big. The instructions are hard. What you’re asking me to do seems difficult but l will never say NO to your will. So yes Lord! Yes a thousand times! Yes to your command.

We never just yield for nothing. There is a great reward. The obedient always bear fruit . Always remember, He didn’t yield to die forever because on the third day the grave could not hold him anymore. There is a reward .. ❤️