Total Devotion: Realigning My Life with God's Will

Expressing myself on Takae Talks has become increasingly more challenging lately. In all honesty, I’m not too sure why, but I’d like to give you insight into my inner thoughts recently.

As the year is winding down and I’m reflecting, I can say this year has been challenging. I can’t say it was the worst year of my life or anything because that’s simply dramatically and quite frankly not true. But what I will say is I’ve been challenged on every side. I’ve spent the majority of this year praying the same prayers for the same breakthroughs, and the real struggle has been preserving my expectations and holding onto my faith. However, as I’ve struggled, cried, and prayed, I noticed something else too – I’ve become so spiritually charged… I don’t know if you understand what I mean, but my struggle has brought forth the lioness in me. The one whose prayers sound like roars and make demons tremble at their sight. I believe through my challenges, I’ve become a weapon in the hand of the Lord because this year, I became devoted to prayer.

One thing I know now to be true is that if God answers my every prayer and heart’s desire but takes His presence away for me, I will have nothing at all. The presence of the Lord is priceless and more powerful than anything the world has to offer me.

I’m ending off 2023 and beginning 2024 with one heart posture – TOTAL DEVOTION. Meaning God, I don’t care what my situation looks like, I don’t care what people say, I don’t care about the warfare that arises against me, I’m totally devoted to you!

The Lord has a destiny for us all, but it comes with a cost. I know our generation doesn’t speak on it often, but anointing costs. It costs to walk in the Will of God. It costs you EVERYTHING. All of you must die so that the Lord can live through you – and that hurts.

I know this isn’t my traditional blog post, but I’d like to simply sound the alarm and tell you that the Lord wants you. He wants all of you. He desires INTIMACY. And to be intimate with Jesus, you must cut off everything that isn’t like Him. Whether it’s the toxic relationship, bad habits, or gossiping friends – it’s time to let it go and realign your focus on God alone.

Genuinely, I’m tired of mediocre Christianity. There’s so much more to God. The Word says, “Seek, and you will find” (Matthew 7:7). If we just sought the Lord, how much, how wide, how fulfilling– think about what we will find.

If you’re struggling in your walk with God, and you truly desire more of Him, pray this prayer with me:

Dear Lord, Thank you for being Holy. Thank you for being all that I need. Thank you for being God all by yourself. Lord, you’re worthy of my total devotion. Father, forgive me for putting away with my intimacy. Have mercy on me for putting other things before you. Lord, I repent of not valuing you and believing I could do life without total dependency on your Spirit. Lord, I ask for you to sit on the throne of my heart. I desire you for you to take over my life. Lord, have your way in me and through me. May you take utmost delight in my life. If anything in me or around me doesn’t align with your will or your Word, Lord, take it away. May you change my appetite, causing me to only desire what is pure and holy. If there’s any relationship in my life that has distracted me from you, Lord, realign and purge my life of every distraction. God, you are worthy, and I trust you for an encounter. I desire to experience the totality of your glory, withholding nothing. God, have your way and do what only you can do. Your Name be praised! In Jesus’ Name, Amen!