Walk into the New

As stated on the Royalty.Styles instagram, it’s HALFTIME. Halftime is the time to get it together. To figure out the strategy for the next play. Come together with your teammates, or teammate, and understand what needs to be done, fixed, or changed before you go into this next play. The hardest part of moving into this “next half”, for me was believing in the truth, past the lies, and then walking in it. Almost having to go back and completely undo everything, doing a total renovation of the mind. A renewal of the mind. I'm used to being in a place of judgement or I'm used to having to prove myself, to prove my worth. Not just to people but to myself. , continually saying, "yeah i love myself and can't nobody tell me anything about my appearance or who i am." Yet there was still a part of me that was seeking validation from people based off their standards and beliefs on how I should act. Always walking on eggshells trying not to hurt people's feelings or change their opinions of who I am. Most of us are judged more so by our faults and what we do or did wrong. Forcing us to hold on to our past and unable to move forward in life. Don't let your faults or wrong doings tell you who you are, and don't let those around you tell you who you are supposed to be based off your shortcomings. As stated in Kung Fu Panda 2, “You gotta let go of that stuff from the past because it just doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is what you choose to be now.” We keep trying to find inner peace that isn't there, faking it, putting on this persona and trying to look like what others think we should look like. While during this whole process we grow further and further apart from the person we were meant to be. Like in the previous blog THE FALSE IN THE FAKE, “not the fake you but the wake you, or not this false image you've been portraying but the you you are inside.” Because in the midst of worrying about looking right in the public eye you can find yourself in the middle of an emotional breakdown. Where you've become so fluttered with emotions that you can no longer see and this dependency you've placed on others has grown to great. Your entire focus has become being commended by people, instead of the actual achievement made.

A newborn is able to kick, scream, and go to the bathroom on itself without having to apologize to others around them. That’s their nature as a baby, to do what they were designed to do. As we grow older, we become more accustomed to living our lives in an order based upon the world’s point of view. We get into the habit of relying on “okay”s and approvals of those around us, but really, we are relying on those “okay”s and approvals to make sure we are fitting in with the perceptions that were placed upon us in this world. It's one thing to hear something, but to believe it for yourself, that in itself is a process. Belief isn't in the flesh, it's in the spirit man. Your physical being is just the carrier. For me it was having to override the perceptions made up of myself . Believe and Trust in the mouth that has spoken who you are. Believe and Trust in the hands that made you who you are. Believe and Trust in the heart that loves you for who you are. Knowledge does not lead to victory, application does.

I had to recognize the hands in which I was made from. If I was made in the image of God, that means that the specificity in details in which He made me by wasn't a mistake. Who He made me to be wasn't a mistake. Focusing on how everyone else was made ended up blinding me and who I was. I saw how everyone else walked and how they spoke and acted and came to this conclusion that despite who I was and who I was told I was, I should walk like that too, NO. I was a triangle trying to mold myself into a circle. After being told lie after lie who I was, my heart was finally open to being curious on who i really was meant to be. That was when I began the journey on finding out who i was created to be and exactly what my makeup was. For in Ephesians 2:10 its states that “we are His”, (meaning God’s), “workmanship, created in Christ Jesus,” (made in his image), “for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”. We were created not to focus on the opinions of others. We were created to walk in the title already destined and given to us at birth DESPITE the opinions of others. I continue to talk about all these people, but nothing about seeking what God says about me. Which is most important. It's like I have to clear out my mind of every single person's thought or opinions or even my opinions and thoughts about what I'm doing and fill it back up with God's because that’s what matters the most. “So now that you know the truth, what will you do and with the truth that you have, will you choose to walk this walk with ME? To talk this talk about ME? To go through the oppositions and the successes?”. Now that you know the truth you are held accountable for who you choose to be and what you know. Having to unzip the cover and letting the GOD GIVEN light come glow.

This is no time to slack with God or ignore God. He is calling upon His people, a select few, to see which ones are truly souled out for Him. He is looking for those who are truly ready for this ride. There's no time for pride, haughtiness, laziness, doubt to creep in and come between you, HIM, and what you need to do for HIM. This is where all the pressure comes in, because you already know the opposing team is making up their plans to come against you. Stay watchful, Be ready, and know that HE IS GOD. The only way to win this game is to make sure you are giving the ball to the right player. The ball, is your situation. He is looking for those that are unashamed of His presence, words, and moves. So I ask you, are you really ready? Can you withstand the heat? And have you given God COMPLETE and total control over you and your situation (s)? As you exalt God, you let go of those things that are weighing you down. As you enter into this world you become more and more like it. That's why deliverance is daily because you must let go of the world in order to make room and let God come in. It is time, THE time to start letting go of the dead stuff to allow yourself to hold on to the things that will bring you life.

THE Prophetess

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