With the lessons shared last month (October 8, 2021) on this journey, I was ready to obey God, get out of my comfort zone and find my way around making videos. I recorded the first one only to notice that my front teeth were cracked! They looked so weird. I was horrified. No way was I going to put myself out there looking like a …. At this point, I was stuck, and God waited.

“Who out there are you concerned about?” He asked. “Do you care more about what they will think about your cracked teeth than about what I need you to do? And how come you haven’t noticed them all these while but now?” Wow! I remember being complemented about my beautiful dentition all my adult life, when did they crack? How long have I carried them without bothering? And why am I bothered now that God is asking something of me?

Those question woke me up immediately and I had to look in the mirror and find the answers, not for God or anyone out there, but for me. And the answers didn’t come from abroad, they came from within;

I have never been bothered about what people think or say of me so long as my conscience is clear – why would I be bothered now? And it’s not like it’s an incurable disease I couldn’t help. If your teeth is cracked, you don’t need a miracle – what you need is an appointment with a dentist. And that shall not be a ground to walk in disobedience.

That day, I chose to go ahead and do what I have been asked. Surprisingly a few people commented about how gorgeous I looked in the videos and I was like, “What? They didn’t see those Dracula pincers? 🤣” I continued to record as God gave the message. Eventually, He made a way for me to go to the dentist to fix them. They are not as perfect as they were but they are good enough for me, for now. That brings me to the next question; what is the enemy exploiting to keep you down, and what excuses are you using  to hold yourself back from going the way God is calling you?

Are you more concerned about what others think than what God thinks of you? Often, people rarely notice the things we worry about and those who do, don’t really care. Each time I got comments, like “You are beautiful. You are gorgeous,” on those videos, they were confirmations that nobody and nothing is worth losing our sleep or disobeying God for. I know you’re probably going to Facebook to check out videos of my broken teeth😅, but that’s okay: I was able to get past that and do what needed to be done at the time it needed to be done and that is what counts with God. May you look and go beyond any and everything that is broken in your life and follow God as He calls you – He makes all things beautiful in His time.

Blessings
Glory!