Compliments of the Season
This is usually the moment where I am expected to dazzle you.
The soft lens life, the cinematic bragging rights, the parade of curated wins, all ending with the predictable line: And you can have this too if you follow the formula.
Nevertheless, that language does not move us.
You are here because you are tired of the theater, tired of borrowed confidence, and tired of loud facades with no fruit behind them. Conversely, you want weight, roots, evidence, impact, and harvest.
Thus, let us speak plainly this season.
We do not work to please people. On the contrary, we work to glorify God. And glorifying God means showing up with evidence. For faith that does not produce fruit is seasonal décor. It is cute, inspirational, temporary, and weightless.
There is a grace in looking blessed and being fruitful while at it. Even so, do not get the order twisted. The blessing is not the assignment. The fruit is. The glow is not the goal. The growth is. The aesthetic is not the mission. The impact is.
Looking blessed is not the goal. Being fruitful is. Yet when we do both in alignment with obedience, discipline, and character, that is kingdom mathematics. Evidence with elegance. Fruit with a halo. God saying well done, not the world saying well edited.
This season, the world hands out sparkle, yet God hands out stewardship. Sparkle fades. Stewardship multiplies. Moreover, the difference is discipline: the private yes that shapes your public life, the unseen stamina that builds character, and
the consistency that lifts the weight your feelings cannot carry.
Influence is not built in the spotlight. Instead, it is built in the shadows where integrity lives.
You do not step into your calling like you step into a fitting room. Rather, you grow into it like you grow into your name. While image may attract, character sustains. Ambition may start it, obedience proves it, and fruit confirms it.
Curiously, fruit is seasonal. It grows in ordinary days, repetitive routines, quiet obedience, and unseen discipline. That is where purpose gets its signature.
Accordingly, here is the real seasonal message from NIÉ MAGAZINE:
Compliments of the season to the faithful builders, the God-pleasers, the quiet growers, the loud ones, the ones who honor God without needing applause, to the ones who know success isn’t a facade, it’s a fruit that remains, Character that speaks. Obedience that echoes. Results that testify the fruit producers. May your roots run deep, your results speak loud, and your life glorify God long after the confetti settles.
Merry Christmas!!!!
