God Above Everything

 MOTIVATION EXPRESS

with Tendai Muchena

Yesterday I was reading an article about a lady who decided to turn her "lifeless" balcony into a garden. 

She had always wanted to have a backyard and came to the realization that she might never have one, so she decided to make do with what she had. 

She bought a few plants from the local store, and they started dying. 

Her neighbour told her she had over watered them... then under watered... then didn't give them fertilizer. 

The list of advice was endless and confusing. In a bid not to give up, this lady decided to research plants, and she found a group of fellow gardeners who had worked on similar projects. 

What started off as a plan to just getting a few plants ended in a vertical plant stand, a couple of chairs, cushions, and lights. A place she drinks her coffee from each morning, basking in the beauty of a garden she not only nurtures, but it nourishes her being too.

There's a place we long to get to in our journey of knowing God. There's a lot of advice we will get too: you are not fasting enough, you are now fasting too much, there's a certain way you should pray, what you are doing doesn't work, "hairstyle yako haisi ye munhu anonamata", you shouldn't like events outside of church. 

Overwhelming. Confusing. It can all make one lose hope and lose the zeal of wanting to be closer to God. 

It can feel like you are being turned into a version of who people want you to be for God. Who does He want you to be? What better way to understand yourself, your journey, and God than by dwelling into His presence, His word, His light. 

You will find that what you were being judged for doing is not wrong if it's not in a bad light.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:5-6

Everyone has something to say about what you should or should not do, and they will justify it, and they will want you to listen to them. 

Always remember it's God above everything. He who loves us, whose mercies are endless and who will always be there for us, without judgment. Trust Him, get to know Him, submit to Him. 

•Tendai Muchena soldiers at Marlborough Corps in Harare West Division. She writes here on her own personal capacity. She can be contacted at

muchenatendai90@gmail.com #SeasonOfPrayerAndCommitment  - Salvationist online