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have matched our lives, farm- the lie that we cannot do any- us here and chart the way out.
ing practices, belief systems, thing without outside interven- The first challenge to overcome
hopes, dreams and everything tion, thus we depend on others is to accept that there are key
else according to patterns that for our sustenance. We are things we have accepted as
aren’t designed for us in the blinded to the intrigues, manipu- our identity that aren’t right or
heart of God and cannot be lation and brazen looting of our useful. It means looking back at
wired into our DNA. resources and we often defend the beliefs and choices of our
the looters as caring for us, people before, cataloging and
You can’t see it? Believe me even though our experiences understanding the challenges
when I say that all these things showcase how much we have they created and avoiding them.
are embedded in the subcon- been mistreated. Reset your belief system, lead-
scious mind and are well hidden ership, economics, social setup,
within us. They have become Our reality: we are more than patterns, hopes, dreams, focus,
an underlying state that’s very enough. connections, engagement…ev-
difficult to pinpoint, let alone erything. Reset, reset, reset and
speak about. They raise many We are the children of God, change the world
questions: What are the most children of the ‘Mother of man-
common thoughts when one kind’, destined to change the A reset is often hard because
needs to apply for a job? Sim- world. We need to adjust to how it demands that we accept
ple! Who do I know who can we really are, walk away from that things aren’t working and
hook me up? How can I get as the image portrayed for us by we don’t know how to change
much as I can in the shortest the colonialists and our leaders, them, so we seek a new source
time possible? What must I do and rise into who God says we of answers. Our reality is that
to get ahead at all costs? Have are. Many are caught in the only God can change the nar-
I asked for enough money? downward spiral that says we rative we have lived by, to His
Oh! The list is long and super are less than, too little, too ugly, narrative. He desires that we
endless, yet it isn’t identified as confused, incoherent, unintelli- understand that His ways are
a culture that defines societies, gent, less than stellar and many higher than ours, as are His
albeit subconsciously. more things, but deliverance is thoughts, and that we can fully
coming. A new breed of people, depend on His word for suc-
The disconnect: our experi- called by God, reconditioned cess. Recalibration is all about
ence changed us. in our walk, refocused in our priming our lives to fit the word
perception of ourselves, is spoken about us regardless of
The vast majority of the peo- rising. A people who know that the daily changing situations
ple live in squalor, with little to they were born in the right place around us. It is demanding a
no hope of rising out of it. The and there is a reason for their deepening in our walk with God,
levels of injustice are insanely existence above making money that His word would find a place
high and the options of getting and getting fat with luxury. to bear fruit.
out are so full of obstacles
that shut the doors for growth. The solution: we must totally Life as we know it will nev-
Those who have something reset; reboot; recalibrate. er be the same yet so many
are so hungry for much more layers aren’t even uncovered.
that nothing will stop them from We do not drift to goals and Afrika where are you today?
amassing it. Access to import- success but must work con- The world needs you in your
ant services isn’t equal or equi- sciously and deliberately for fullness. Afrika where are you
table, yet there is a lot of chatter them. We would be foolish to try today? Your leadership is key.
about equality. and solve the current situation Afrika where are you today?
with the same mindset that cre-
Our experiences, socialization, ated it. The lasting solution to Nothing will move without you.
belief systems and education find our land, people and hope
have mingled to make us see is in reset and that isn’t easy
ourselves as less then God for many. To reset is to honestly
sees us. We have bought into look at where we are, what got
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