What did you do in January?

Another weekend people of God, and the last weekend of January at that. It feels like we only just entered the new year, full of excitement, plans and expectations, and now just like that January is already coming to an end. I want to wake you up from any little sleep or slumber that may be creeping in, because time is already moving. Today is Reflection Friday, a moment where we must ask ourselves the difficult but necessary questions. 

We have eleven months to go, and this is how we will count down until December. So take a moment and honestly ask yourself, what have you done in January? List at least three things you intentionally did , because thirty-one days is a long time to say nothing happened. No excuses. Every month-end, I will ask.

One of the many reasons we struggle to move forward is our desire to be “pampered” in the wrong, expecting even God to understand why we couldn’t pray because we fell asleep while scrolling on social media. In my book, A Thing Called Time, I speak about how the clock never asks for permission to move to the next hour whether you are mindful of it or not, time is moving. Some of you need to get the book.

There is no magic that will simply jump over your twelve prayer points and suddenly leave you with everything figured out. Growth requires intention, discipline, and effort. There is work to be done , so marry yourself to the work. People often plan to start the work in February, saying “I’ll begin on the 1st of February,” and when mid-February arrives, the same promise is pushed to the 1st of March. Before they realise it, they are singing the same song all the way until December. What exactly are you waiting for? Wake up!

People of God, I heard a statement yesterday that truly changed my life: laziness is a sign of a defeated thought process (PDL). Don’t rush past that. To check whether your mind is active and effective, you must examine your energy, your zeal, and your daily activities. The health of your mindset is revealed by what you do with your day. Many people claim they are waiting on God, when in truth the real struggle is in their minds. The most dangerous place to be is when a person believes they are fine, yet blames God, money, or other people for their stagnation. When you can no longer see your own faults, you are in a pit so deep that even help sent to you cannot be recognised.

I want to push you out of your comfort zone. Do you know that someone made a million in January? Someone with no start-up money has already designed their logo, planned a business strategy, opened a social media account, created a budget, and begun the work even without the money. And God sees that seriousness. Someone just like you, with no parental support to start life, became a millionaire. I am saying this to remind you that there are no excuses for why nothing happened in January. What books did you read? What seminars did you attend? This is the purpose of Reflection Friday , to dust off the dust and bring clarity.

Again, January is over and you cannot still be the same person. There is a young lady who put together a PDF of her plans and approached me, asking if I would be her accountability partner. I often avoid doing that because I know I’m not always consistent, but when I opened her PDF and saw the depth of her planning and the level of seriousness, I was compelled to say yes I will do it. 

Every time I ask her what has been done, she gives me clear answers and I’m left thinking, wow, this is surely someone going somewhere BIG. Some of you say you want accountability, yet you expect mentors to beg you to act, to constantly remind you to do ABC. I must sound stern today because I have seen too much potential thrown away by people who believe the year will somehow change without any effort on their part. For an entire month I have written and shared ways to occupy, and you say “wow, powerful,” but liking this blog alone will not change your life. Wake up. You are turning a new age this year, and I say this with all the love in my heart, you will be a year older this year. Wake up.

I close by saying this, all your plans will remain just plans if you do nothing to make them happen. God will not come down and type your CV for you, and no angel will appear with a fully prepared business budget in hand. You are the one who must go to Canva, explore the many available apps, use the data you already have to research meaningful things, and begin putting structure to your vision. 

Let money find you ready, because if it finds you with no plan, you will spend it on McDonald’s. That’s how people have eaten business money. That’s how I ate mine. I had no structure so when it came, I used it carelessly. Then I realised no, it found me empty of a plan. But Now? Hehe! 

Scripture even instructs us, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest” (Proverbs 6:6–8).

WAKE UP and do something!
See you on Monday. I love you.

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.