Living My Best Life!

Are you living your best life?  Are you doing the best you can with what you’ve got?  Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know you’ve got problems, issues & extenuating circumstances, but don’t we all?  But don’t you want to be able to enjoy where you are on the way to where your’re going?  I know I do. Shoot out to Joyce Meyer who wrote a great book with the same name!  You should read it if you can.

Remember when you were a kid and you dreamed of growing up & all the things you would do and be?  Remember when people would ask you what you wanted to be when you grew up?  Don’t you remember wanting to be so many different things depending on how old you were when asked?  What thing stood out for you?  I remember having dreams and visions as a child of me standing on a stage singing my heart out with people screaming my name & cheering me on!  Don’t laugh & don’t judge me, I loved it!  I kinda still have that dream.  What was your dream that was going to have you living your best life?

As I grow older I found that there was one problem with that dream.  I do not have the best singing voice.  It’s not the worst that I’ve ever heard, but it’s not the best either, LOL.  So I let go of that dream & never pursued it.  Satan told me I wasn’t good enough & I believed him. But I learned from God (over time spent with Him)  that I could pick that dream back up any time that I wanted to!  We all know singers who became famous but really don’t sound all that great, right? We all know about auto tune.  I won’t name names LOL.  So what did I have to lose?

So, I picked my dream back up and started talking to God about it. I discovered that my dream had many layers.  The path that my life has taken still has me using my voice, not for singing, but for oration, teaching, and writing!  Now do I still like to sing – of course I do!  Now I just sing in my car.  I think I invented car karaoke! LOL

As I was doing the research on what it would cost me to pursue singing, I discovered I really didn’t want it that much. There was no passion for the pursuit. I also discovered that I do have something to say & I want that something to matter to all that hear it & I do want to be heard. I wanted God to be able to use my voice to say whatever He wants to say, to me & to you.

So what did I do?  I gave the desire to God and let Him direct me to the best path so my dream would take shape.  Psalms 32:8 (amp); I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.  And God has done what he promised; no surprise there.  As I allowed God to process & guide me, I found that I did possess the passion to speak, so I went into full pursuit mode.  I got the proper training & development & when God knew I was ready He provided opportunities for me to start talking as He led me.  And I’ve been talking ever since!  There may be a few folks who are not happy about that, be that’s okay.

In order for this to happen for you, you’ve got to make God a conscious thing to do.  I knew that if my goal was living my best life, I had to go back to my manufacturer & His manual.  God made me to do something and I needed to know how this desire to be heard by a great audience fit into his plan for me – Jeremiah 29:11(amp); ¹¹ For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope. .

Now let’s face it.  We all want to be living our best life, but crap (Satan)  is there to meet us at every turn, working against us, so we need help navigating was seems to be a maze that we call life.  God is not surprised by this and actually is waiting to help.

As a result & overtime, I determined that I should let God use the oration gift He gave me to say to the world whatever He wanted in order for them to be blessed.  Every songwriter wants the words of their songs to live on long after they have passed on.  I’m not any different, I want the words that I pin & speak to plant seeds & water others to bring harvests to the lives of those who hear them long after I leave this realm!

So what about you?  I’ll ask you again – Are you living your best life?  What dreams have you let Satan steal because of your life circumstances?  Whenever they are, I’m here to tell you that as long as you’re still breathing it’s not too late to take them back!  The bible tells us in Proverbs 6:31 (amp) ; But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole]; He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine] that once you identify the thief that stole from you, he will be made to return what he stole with great interest!  We all know that Satan or someone working for him stole your dreams so go get them back!  And don’t worry, if you let God lead you in this & you can only win!

You were made to be living your best life & no matter what has happened to you up to today, nothing can change that fact!  So, get up, push past the stuff meant to keep you from getting to goal & go get your stuff!

Are you living your best life?  Of course you are – starting right now!!