2022 was the year I decided to start ‘Deep In Thought’. Saying yes to the call to steward what God has entrusted me really changed my life. Looking back, I am so grateful to God for the way he has remained faithful. Without Deep In Thought’ several necessary conversations would not have happened, certain doors would not have opened and I wouldn’t have been able to testify of the power of being being obedient to God’s call. Realising my responsibility to others through my gifting led to 2022 being the best year of my life.
In 2022, lessons were learned, mistakes were made, some goals were met, others proved elusive, relationships were strengthened but God remained the same.
To wrap up the year, I want to quickly talk about the power of understanding your why.
At the start of the year, God was telling me to get back into writing. But I was unsure as to how it was all going to work out. I had an obsession with being in control of my life and didn’t want to embark on a journey without knowing the probable destination. In 2022, I made the decision to put all trust in God with and made space to see God move. In the past, my eagerness to control every aspect of my future and unwillingness to change my selfish desires denied myself the opportunity of seeing God’s faithfulness. Understanding more of my why helped to sustain me through periods of demotivation. To be real, I am still a work in progress and at times, selfishly didn’t post when I should have, but my why is why I am still going.
There is a sustaining power that comes with understanding your why
Understanding your why builds discipline
When you understand your why, numbers no longer define you.
You are no longer at the mercy of producing only when motivated
Understanding your why is understanding that your gift is not meant to be concealed. Our gifts are meant to serve others
So in typical David fashion, I want to leave you with one challenge and encourage you in this new year. In 2023, I want you to faithfully steward what God has entrusted you with.
I also wanted to leave you with the first caption I made when I said yes to writing again. It was a caption I made after my birthday titled - ‘an ode to my friends’. Looking back, I definitely think that the quality of writing could be a lot higher. That being said, I thank God for the friends he has placed in my life because when I made the caption, I received so much encouragement from them to continue writing.
‘an ode to my friends’
Well well well, I didn’t think I would be the one to be doing this. Writing long Instagram captions “as a man” it’s forbidden but it has been on my heart to be more transparent, get rid of the reluctance and show the real me. So this is part 1 of more to come. Reflecting on June, it was a great month. Initially I thought I was going to explain each slide of each post but right now I’d rather not. I’m calling this caption an ode to my friends. For my fresh friends not the offensive yoruba term but a somewhat tribute because I don’t know if it’s normal or if I’m lucky or if I’m blessed to have such a great group of people around me. At this point of the ode I wish I could say I’m tearing up as I’m typing, but honestly I’m not, I’m just reminiscing on how my friends were enjoying the presence of each other and how that gives me joy. I am the type to sacrifice my good time to make sure others are entertained. This can sometimes come at the detriment of my happiness which is ironic but I can’t really articulate why. They say sometimes we forget to thank God for our answered prayers. So I thank God for answering my prayer I made at the start of uni of making more Godly friends. I never expected it. And as I still haven’t teared up writing this, I guess this is not only an ode but in some ways my first official diary entry. The urge to say I will produce every week is tempting. The urge to always rate how I’ve done is tempting. This is probably where my stagnancy comes from. But that’s for another day. One thing I’ve grown to learn is that you don’t always need to know 10 steps ahead, sometimes only knowing the next step is enough. Enjoy the ride, knowing that God is the driver. It is important to note that God being the driver this doesn’t mean all the potholes are just magically eliminated, they’re still there, but now I 100% know that by his grace I can get through them.
And if you actually get to the end of the caption there’s this mad paradox I’m currently having. this caption is mad out of character but it seems normal. I don’t yet know what to make of it.
But yh I didn’t know where this caption was going to go, but I’m content with where it went.
Thank you guys #making up for my lack of vulnerability in my 21 years of life.
It’s funny looking back and reading my first caption because I can see the growth. My initial fears have transformed into contentment, the prospect of the unknown is less daunting and I continue to write because of my increased understanding of my why. There’s a lot more I could have said in this end of year reflection, but I wanted to keep it brief.
I can’t wait to see what God does in 2023.
Happy new Year, all glory to God and stay Deep In Thought’
thank you for this!!♥️
Here’s to more pieces in ‘23🥂