Calvary wasn’t just about getting you into heaven.

It was about getting lack, fear, and financial stress off your back too.

Yes, we love to shout about salvation.
But baby… Jesus didn’t die for you to be saved and still stressed over every bill.

He Became Poor So You Could Stop Living Scared

2 Corinthians 8:9—He became poor so you could become rich.

Let’s not make it weird. This isn’t just about money—it’s about access.

Access to:

If you're all in your feelings and the last thing you do before bed is stress, overthinking, and replaying everything that didn’t work… you are literally tucking yourself in with anxiety.

God did not design you to barely get by. He designed you to multiply.

"Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27)

And if you don’t believe me, let me introduce you (or reintroduce you) to the moment Jesus got real bold about money, mindset, and multiplication in the Parable of the Talents.

Because baby… this wasn’t just a cute Sunday School story.
This was a masterclass in wealth, responsibility, and faith in action.

💰 The Setup: Everybody Got Something

In the story, a master gives three servants different amounts of money (called talents). One gets five. One gets two. One gets one.

Pause right there.

Notice God didn’t give everyone the same thing.
That alone should cancel your comparison spirit immediately.

Some people got five.
Some got two.
And some got one.

But here’s the cultural intelligence tea:
Nobody got nothing.

✨ The Real Flex: Multiplication Over Excuses

The ones with five and two?
They flipped it. Multiplied it. Doubled it.

The one with one?
Buried it. Hid it. 

Protected it like it was fragile.

And when the master came back?

He didn’t say:
“Well… at least you tried.”

No ma’am.

He celebrated the ones who used what they had
and corrected the one who let fear talk louder than faith.

Let’s make it plain:
It wasn’t about how much they started with. It was about what they believed enough to do with it.

Creation was spiritual first.

Formation came after.

And just like that, your talents follow the same pattern.

• Your ideas? Created.
• Your confidence? Created.
• Your next level life? Already created.

But your responsibility?

To form it.

The servant with one talent stayed stuck in the created realm—
he knew he had something, but never brought it into form.

And that’s where some of y’all are right now (lovingly, respectfully 👀):

• Sitting on the vision
• Overthinking the calling
• Praying but not moving
• Dreaming but not doing

Faith without works? Still dead.

Jesus was teaching that belief + action = multiplication.

Not belief alone.
Not hustle alone.

Both.

The Problem Isn’t Your Talent… It’s Your Fear

The last servant said, “I was afraid.”

There it is.

Fear will have you:

• Sitting on million-dollar ideas
• Playing small in rooms you were called to lead
• Acting like your one talent isn’t enough

But culturally—and spiritually—this is where we shift the narrative:

Your one, used correctly, can outperform someone else’s five, used poorly.

I remember growing up, Easter wasn’t optional. You didn’t just show up—you had to participate.

You had a speech.

Not a cute little “Jesus loves me” either.

I’m talking about:

“He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities…”

And if you mess it up it was okay because you were at church.

Because somewhere in the pews sat an auntie who knew that scripture better than you AND your Sunday school teacher combined.

Now once my mama discovered I could write poetry? Oh, it was over for me.

I wasn’t reciting anymore.
I was producing original content for the Kingdom.

Poems. Dramatic pauses. Hand movements.
All before I even knew what “stage presence” was.

 The Fashion Show Nobody Talks About

Easter Sunday? Whew.

That wasn’t just church—that was a runway.

• New dress ✔️
• Shiny shoes ✔️
• Hair laid ✔️
• Hat big enough to block your neighbor’s blessing ✔️

And don’t let it be a Black grandma in the building…

She didn’t come to play. She came to represent the resurrection in full color coordination.

🎶 What Happened to the Choirs?

And can we talk about the choirs?

Not just a choir.

I mean:

• The mass choir
• The youth choir
• The children’s choir (offbeat but anointed)
• The Easter cantata that lasted longer than the sermon

Where are the plays?

Christian Movies about the Bible...And Jesus Christ coming to the world to save us.

Where is the cross on stage?

Where is the scene where Jesus rises on the 3rd day and somebody in the audience starts crying for real?

Because we didn’t just hear about Jesus… We felt Him.

⛪ Church Hopping Was a Family Affair

Easter Sunday wasn’t one service.

Oh no.

You were going from church to church like it was a holy tour:

• “My niece speaking at 11”
• “My cousin singing at 2”
• “We stopping by Big Mama’s church at 4”

Gas tank on E. Spirit on full.

🤔 So… What Happened?

Now?

We get one sermon.
Maybe a cute announcement.
And everybody’s home by brunch.

No speeches.
No productions.
No lingering presence that says, “Something sacred just happened here.”

And I have to ask…

Have we made Easter convenient… and lost its conviction?

Let’s Be Honest for a Second

Is Easter still about Jesus Christ dying on the cross?

Or has it become:

• A photo op
• A fashion moment
• A quick service before reservations

Because the truth is…

Back then, we didn’t have much—but we had reverence.

We had time.
We had intention.
We had a deep understanding that this was the moment that changed everything.

Maybe It’s Not Gone… Maybe It’s Waiting

Now don’t get me wrong—I’m not here to drag the modern church.

But I am here to remind us:

We can bring that back.

• Let the kids speak again
• Let the choirs sing like they mean it
• Let the church feel like a celebration of sacrifice and victory, not a checkbox

Because Easter isn’t just about what He did…

It’s about making sure we never forget it.

My younger brother introduced me to Jeezy and I was in denial until I started listening. 

Jeezy’s music reads like modern-day Proverbs—wisdom born in pressure, theology shaped in survival. It’s calls your to thrival mode.

Strip away the beats, and what’s left is a man narrating principles the Bible has taught for centuries.

When Jeezy says “the sky is not the limit,” he’s echoing Ephesians 3:20—“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.” In other words, God never capped the vision—fear did. Environment did. Conditioning did. Jeezy’s consciousness rejects ceilings the same way faith does.

“Hustlin’ hard is the only way I know” mirrors Genesis 3:19—“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread.” This isn’t glamorization; it’s realism. Work became law after the fall. Jeezy names the weight of labor without pretending it’s optional. His awareness is honest about toil while still reaching for promise.

When Jeezy talks about running the trap like a corporate, he unknowingly channels Joseph in Genesis—managing Pharaoh’s resources with strategy, foresight, and structure. Joseph understood inventory, seasons, risk, and governance. The difference? One was sanctioned, the other criminalized—but both reveal that administrative gifting is divine, regardless of where it first appears.

“I used to pray for times like this” is pure Psalm 37:4—“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” That lyric isn’t boastful; it’s reflective. It’s the consciousness of someone who recognizes that answered prayers carry responsibility, not just reward.

And “my hustle don’t stop” aligns with Galatians 6:9—“Let us not grow weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Jeezy understands that consistency is spiritual. Quitting is the real enemy.

Even his emphasis on loyalty and codes parallels Ruth’s covenantal faithfulness—“Where you go, I will go.” Jeezy’s world demanded allegiance for survival, but Scripture shows us loyalty as a sacred currency long before street codes named it.

Jeezy’s consciousness isn’t rebellion—it’s raw theology. A man interpreting God, power, labor, and provision from the bottom up. His lyrics prove that wisdom doesn’t always come from pulpits—sometimes it comes from pressure.

The Bible says in Romans 8:28 that “all things work together for good.” Jeezy’s story is a living footnote.

This isn’t just trap music.
It’s testimony with a tempo.

Throughout history, America has been shaped not just by events but by ideas—by the words of writers and thinkers who challenged people to think differently, to pursue paths that required courage, vision, and conviction. From the early days of the republic to the modern era, literature has inspired Americans to imagine themselves as more than ordinary citizens; it has invited them to embrace greatness by choosing roads others might overlook.

Writers like Henry David Thoreau urged Americans to live deliberately, to step away from conformity and immerse themselves in simplicity and purpose. His reflections on life by Walden Pond encouraged self-reliance, independence, and conscious choice. 

Later, poets like Robert Frost captured the quiet power of decisions in lines that resonate across generations:

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could..."

Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” reminds us that life is a series of choices, and often the road less traveled is the one that shapes our destiny. These literary calls to courage and discernment parallel a deeper, spiritual truth: God’s plan for His children unfolds beautifully when we walk in obedience and faith.

In Scripture, we see a profound example of God guiding someone down the right road, even when societal expectations suggested otherwise. Huldah the prophetess is one of the few female prophets explicitly recognized in the Hebrew Bible. During King Josiah’s reign, when the Book of the Law was discovered in the temple (2 Kings 22), Josiah did not consult Jeremiah—the widely known prophet—he went to Huldah. Why?

Huldah’s story demonstrates that God’s call transcends societal expectations. Her authority was recognized not because of gender or tradition, but because God had entrusted her with His message. Her courage and spiritual insight provided the king with guidance that led to national reform—a reminder that God equips those He calls and that His purposes are often fulfilled through the unexpected.

Just as Frost’s traveler must choose which road to follow, Christians are called to walk paths of faith and obedience, trusting that God’s plan is unfolding. Sometimes that path is unconventional, counter-cultural, or overlooked—but it is precisely on that road that God’s purpose is revealed.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." — Jeremiah 29:11

America’s greatness was nurtured by writers who dared to challenge the ordinary. Your greatness is nurtured by God’s call to walk the road He has chosen for you. When you embrace the road not taken—guided by faith, courage, and discernment—you align with a divine purpose that is timeless and transformative.