BSo I’m going to be honest with you.
When I think about courage
I picture lions and heroes
Warlords and martyrs
None of which look like me
I turn to the bible to look for characters like me
Young, black,
Ghanaian.
Millenial
Christian.
In the era of technology and unending access to information
Born into the generation of assertion
Speaking your mind
A plethora of voices and opinions
I certainly don’t look like David or Samson
Well…
Maybe.. a mini Moses
But I definitely would never have given up my throne
Because.. well..times are hard
Or be interested in a burning bush
Where is the bush to even begin with.???
When there’s education and talent proliferation,
Who cares a God who speaks by plantation.
Sorry,
My tone offended you didn’t it?
My bad.
That was me before I met the Holy Spirit.
You know…
Before being Saved Saved.
Not sunday-school, my-mum-is-a-deaconess saved.
But a real encounter
An awakening..
Of my life being tied to some purpose.
Let’s be honest.
Most of here know Jesus’ name
Somewhat…
And if God almighty were to descend heavily in all His glory,
Some of our hearts would shiver in fear
Of the reality of our sinful cloaks still hanging over our necks.
We would shiver because deep down inside every single heart, there is a calling to come deeper.
There’s more to shed and more to learn.
We raise our hands and hallelujahs in the interims..
A call of surrender and a request for More Grace to keep trusting.
But when the song ends, our eyes open back to reality and the cascades of our woes put us in different shades of hiding.
It’s a paradox this walk…
Called to die daily so you can live daily.
Called to bleed daily so you can bear fruit daily.
To be strong and courageous is not to conquer some feat over the enemy.
For even if he rests…. he comes back to test your belief in victory.
To be strong means to bend your knees daily in prayer
To be courageous means to bury your head in the Word until His voice becomes familiar
That is your true weapon as in whatever shade:
Young or old
New or Veteran
Staunch or wavering
Whatever your Christian
To be strong and courageous means be strong enough to pray despite the endless list of inhibitions..
For it is only in your mouth, that life and death of your own life lie..
To be strong and courageous means to train your ear to hear God’s voice through the word.
To be courageous enough to overcome the sleep paralysis when reading Genesis and Exodus
To be courageous enough, in a world of social media, to filter your heart with ‘And God said…’
Now I sound like a preacher..
And automatically a part of your mind has dimmed out my voice
Because there are so many that look like me
And are preaching…
Question is,
In a world far from that of Moses,
How bold are you,
How courageous are you willing to be
To dig, fight and push past all the nuances of humanity?
How strong are you willing to be,
To hear God’s instructions to part your own personal red sea……….
~kesheyla
P.S I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE IMAGE ABOVE