Don't Let the "I"'s have it!

Greetings Sisters!

It's 2009. We've got ourselves a brand spankin' new African-American President, ya'll! It's a new season. Something big is on the horizon. Can you feel it? I can. And I'm just giddy with excitement about it all (excuse the "corny" in me, but I can't help it!)

But in the midst of all these changes, there's one thing we've got to avoid and that's letting the "I"'s have too much say. You know the "I"'s don't you? They are those prideful thoughts that lodge us into an attitude of fear and selfishness, and they keep tend to drown of the voice of the Holy Spirit at critical times when we need a fresh Word from the Father.

I sense that many of you, like myself, have a God-size dream on the inside of your heart just bursting to come alive. A dream that was sown into you a long time ago, and you've been in God's waiting room for quite some time now, just waiting to be released into destiny. Thats all good... but let me caution you - don't let YOU get in your way with how YOU FEEL, what YOU THINK, and WHAT YOU KNOW.

Take a tip from a once-fabulous heavenly angel's huge mistake:

Isaiah 14: 12 - 15

12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Satan fell prey to the worst sin of all and cheated himself out of the bright future he could have had with God: P-R-I-D-E

Don't be like him. Take stock of your thought life. If you find that most of the statements coming from your mouth lately are starting "I", it's time to back up and do a soul check up. Remember, we are NOT our own, but we were purchased with the high price of Jesus' precious blood. Girlfriend, your life is not your own. (And it's not your family's either!) It belongs to God. Plain and simple!

I leave you with this verse to meditate on until we chat again next time...

Proverbs 3: 5 - 8

5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.