Are You Planning for the Long Term?

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Every step you skip now will catch up with you in the long run! 

Ah, how many times I heard those words from my producer at the beginning of our work together. When I first shot through the media as “the singing flight attendant,” I got many invitations to special events and big stages, but the point is: this sudden notoriety was totally unexpected and I wasn’t really ready for it. 

“You need your own song first,” my producer kept saying. I didn’t have a song, nor did I know who I was or what I wanted to say through music. Any further step into the public eye would have been celebrated by others—because I had even recorded a great party song—but do you think anyone would have believed my message today, now that I know who I am?

How did I get to know what God wanted of me? I started reading the Bible. I was amazed when I started to read it from the beginning. On page one, the creation story begins. In it we read that God, after six days of work, reached the completion of His design plan and rested.  

We also read: “Then God said, ‘Let the land produce plants. Let them produce their own seeds. And let there be trees on the land that grow fruit with seeds in it. Let each kind of plant or tree have its own kind of seeds.’ And that’s exactly what happened.” (Genesis 1:11 NiRV)

God planned for the long term from the beginning, with no short cuts. He planned so that His work would bear fruit!

Do you already know what kind of message you want the song of your life to carry? Do you already know who you are? Will your steps today bear useful fruit tomorrow? Or are you possibly skipping a step right now?

Believe me, the step you skip today is the step that will take time in the long run. 

Do you know that God wants to help you with all this? Let’s pray. “Lord, show me your ways. Teach me how to follow You.” (Psalm 25:4 NiRV )

Thank You for You!

You are a miracle!

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11 Comments

  1. Terry L Steury on 08/05/2023 at 12:49 PM

    Yes Lord! Show me your ways and keep me in your path. Don’t allow me to go my way or any other way except for YOURS God! AMEN!

  2. Sylvia on 08/05/2023 at 12:55 PM

    ????????????thank you for that encouragement xx

    • Zandile on 08/05/2023 at 2:50 PM

      Thank you Deborah, ???? Amen

  3. William on 08/05/2023 at 1:03 PM

    Lord teach me your ways in Jesus name I pray AMEN ????❤️

  4. Michael Douglas on 08/05/2023 at 1:17 PM

    Amen and amen ????????

  5. Poi on 08/05/2023 at 1:41 PM

    Amen ????????

  6. Katie+Pena. on 08/05/2023 at 3:04 PM

    Amen. Teach me Lord Jesus how to follow you. ????????????????????????

  7. Mary on 08/05/2023 at 3:19 PM

    Amen! Thank you Deborah! Those are encouraging words to live by!! ????????

  8. Sharron+Kibler on 08/05/2023 at 6:15 PM

    Amen ????????????????????!!! Thank you for sharing ????

  9. Debra Ann Dinkins on 09/05/2023 at 2:09 PM

    Show me dear lord your loving ways let me not fall to the wayside. In Jesus name, amen and amen. By Debra Ann Dinkins ❤️

  10. Penny on 14/05/2023 at 10:09 AM

    Thankyou Debora for your encouragement each day, I pray I will hear him speak to me

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