I Asked For Spice And Got A Sermon

Ever prayed for something, took a quick look, decided nothing happened, and then forced a result you couldn’t enjoy? That’s the heartbeat of today’s conversation, where a craving for spicy seafood becomes a living parable about trust, timing, and obedience. We anchor in Romans 8:28, not as a slogan, but as a lens for everyday choices—especially the quiet ones that test patience and reveal whether we truly believe God’s goodness.

We start with a simple kitchen scene: no fresh Scotch bonnet, only dry seeds. A prayer asks God to bring back the heat. A hasty taste says “no change,” and more seeds get tossed in. The outcome is scorching, and the insight lands hard: when we rush God’s process, we often create blessings we can’t enjoy. From there, we connect the dots to Sarah and Abraham’s shortcut, the difference between initiative and impatience, and the biblical promise that true blessing “adds no sorrow.”

Along the way, we share a real story of provision that required giving what felt impossible to give, only to watch God supply in full. We talk about how obedience and waiting work together, why God’s names—Jehovah Jireh, Rapha, Shalom, El Shaddai—steady us in uncertainty, and how to pray with honesty while yielding the method and timing to Him. If you’re facing financial pressure, delayed answers, or a decision that tempts you to “add more pepper,” this is your gentle guardrail and your invitation to peace.

Listen for practical encouragement to wait well, trust deeply, and receive without regret. If this conversation strengthens your faith, share it with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more women can find it. Subscribe for more purpose-centered stories that remind us: God’s timing is not late, it’s perfect.

Chapters

• 0:00 Purpose And Romans 8:28
• 1:14 The Spicy Seafood Setup
• 3:00 Doubt, Dry Seeds, And A Prayer
• 4:20 Too Much Heat, Not Enough Patience
• 5:20 Sarah And Abraham’s Shortcut
• 6:30 Lessons On Waiting And Trust
• 8:10 Provision Story And Obedience
• 11:00 Names Of God And Encouragement
• 13:10 Prayer For Breakthrough And Faith
• 15:45 Promise Keeper And Closing CTA

Transcript

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Welcome back to another Positioned for Purpose Conversation. I'm your host, Collette Marie. Our conversation is a reminder to women that we are you, God has already been there. The stories that and the challenges that you have gone through, that God has a place for those stories, that He is going to make things all things work together for your good, according to Romans 8:28. So if you're a woman who don't see yourself as having validity in God's plan, as if all that you have been through, God has no purpose for that story. Our conversations are a reminder to you that God knew where you were, and God knows the end of the story. He says, and as a powerful reminder, which is the underpinning for our podcast, Romans 8.28. For we know that all things work together for good. And the all things is the good, the bad, the worst or the worst. Is the every single thing work together for good to them that love God and are the called according to his purpose? Today I want to share a story. Well, it's not really a story, an experience that I had recently that reminded me about the importance of trusting God when we ask him for something. Do we really believe that God has the ability to do it or do we think that God is holding out on us? I like spicy food, right? And especially I like spicy seafood. And so a couple weeks ago I fell to having a particular type of seafood. But I of course, you know, I said I liked it spicy. When I looked, I didn't have any pepper because you know I'm from the Caribbean and I like scotch bunny pepper, particularly I'm from Jamaica, and scotch bunny thick pepper is something that we really love and we really enjoy. Or I'll use bottled hot pepper as well, but I actually like the natural peppers, and so when I was looking, I realized I had neither I was saying, I really want this thing to eat, but how am I? You know, I don't like to eat it without having the peppers on it because for me it tastes really nice, and I enjoy food, I love food, and so I love to have it the way how you know I enjoy it. For me, it feels more satisfying, yeah. Kind of sounding a bit greedy, don't I? But no, I I just love food, I enjoy I enjoy good food. And so I was looking and I was saying, Well, God, I don't have any peppers, but then I looked at my counter, I have this little thing that I keep the residue pepper seeds in an aside. I have these pepper seeds, and when I try planting them, that they actually don't grow, but I'm still holding on to them anyway, with the hopes that one of these days I will try again and they will actually grow. As I was praying, I was saying, Lord, these seeds have been out for so long, I doubt they have anything within them because for me they were dry to a crisp. So, of course, I'm preparing my meal and I was saying, Lord, please bring some heat to this because I really want the heat on the food, not too hot, right? A little more than mild. Anyway, I made my seasoning, I added my items, and of course, when I tasted, I didn't taste any pepper, and I was saying, wow, okay, well, really, these have a really lasting taste, so I sprinkled a few more on it. And so as I was there, now I remember just going through some conversations in my head and just reminding myself because I was going through something that was hard and difficult, I was just praying and was just talking to the Lord. So, of course, I added the pepper and all of that. I don't think I added too much, but as I added the extra heat, pepper to the pot and finished and dished up my food and was ready to eat. Because remember, I tasted it before, it didn't taste as if it had any pepper, and I added some more. My sister, when I tasted that thing, it was spicy multiplied by a hundred. I could not believe it. The thing was spicy till I think I I it was hard for me to consume it. But immediately what came to mind the Lord said to me, I believe the Lord said to me, that's what happened when we ask him for things and we don't wait. We take matters into our own hands, thinking that what we asked for, God didn't give it to us in the right proportions, or you know, we have to go ahead and help him. And that reminded me of the story of Sarah and Abraham trying to help God because you know you're thinking you you waited so long, and it seems as if God is not coming through, let you do this. And as he reminded me of that, honestly, I had to repent because the reality is that I did ask him about the pepper. I did say to him, Father, bring back spice to these peppers. I did ask that, and so even when I tasted it all and I didn't taste as if any spice was in there, all I had to do was to have left it. Because what I the extra that I put in there would not have been enough to make it that spicy. But I believe now looking back, it needed just a moment to just marinate it, but I I didn't I didn't wait. Instead of just waiting, because what I want to remind us of is when we ask a God for anything and according to his will, he will grant it to us according to his will and in his time. Now you know if he knows my taste buds and he knows that particularly I like my food spicy, and I prayed and I said, Lord, can you bring back some heat in this? The natural response would have been to believe that God would be able to allow spice to come back into the peppers, but of course I could not wait. I didn't even trust in the prayer that I prayed that my God, who has always provided, would provide this thing. That for some may seem simple, some may say, Why do we have to pray about that? But my concept is I pray about every single thing. If my nail is hurting me, I'm praying about it. I'm asking God for healing, I'm asking him to show up. So he's always my first response and not my last resort. So I know how much I wanted to eat this dish, and I know that I love it with extra spice on it on it, and I know that the peppers were dry, and I've never had to use dried pepper before, so I didn't think that it had the enough heat in it. I didn't trust the fact that I had prayed or the fact that what I had put in it was enough. I had to put more on it, and in putting the more on it, it was hard to consume. Can you imagine what happens when we take matters into our own hands? What we what we get are victories that we cannot enjoy. We cannot enjoy because we know we didn't fully trust in God to provide the victory. We helped him along the way and in helped him along the way. When we get what we actually wanted, it was it's disappointing. Disappointing because God, we didn't allow God to have his perfect will let him work the thing out for us. Because sometimes the things that we are asking him for, God has to prepare that thing for us, but we want it now and we want to grab it right now. And I reminder as when the children of Israel and God provided for them and they thought the manner was too much and God gave them quail. You remember what happened? Could they enjoy? They couldn't enjoy that by the time they got the quail, they puked and got puked, God sent them so much. What's my encouragement to you today? And for myself as well, because I know of course I have to take this personally, is that when we ask the Lord for something, and something that seems trivial or something that seems very big, we just have to wait on him to do the work, to do the work within us, to prepare us for that thing, to prepare the thing for us, because remember, God wants what's best for each of us, and he knows the end from the beginning. The good thing about it, God sees the picture every time he sees us, past, present, and future is always in the know for him. He always sees everything at the same time, and so he understands that though we need this, though you need this, he's saying, wait on me. Just wait on me. Because if you believe that I have the best, that no good thing will I withhold from them who walk uprightly before me. If you believe that is so, then you also should believe that what God has for us, He will give it to us, and it will be the best. It will be what the word says, and adds no sorrow. The blessings of the Lord make rich and adds no sorrows. So we have to remember that when we get it, it should add no sorrow to us. We should not be living in regret and say, Lord, why didn't I just wait on you? Now I have this thing, I can't even testify about it because I knew I went ahead of your will and your plans for me and went and do these things. How can I encourage you today? Wait on God. He has the absolute, absolute best for you. The absolute best, no matter what you're waiting for. Could it be a financial breakthrough, an open door, a divine favor, healing, restoration, name it whatever it is according to God's will. As you delight yourself in him, the word says he will grant us the desires of our heart according to his will. So as we delight ourselves in him, as we seek him for his best, as we say, Lord, this is where I at. These are my finances that are stacked up against me. Creditors are calling me, and Father, I don't know where to turn. Lord, open doors for me, trust that God is coming through and he might not come through at the same time. Some of us may lose things while we are waiting. But can I tell you for those persons who may have lost house, may have lost businesses, may have creditors' takebacks performed them, they tell you about the combat that God did. But I know sometimes we are worried about losing the thing that we don't see the hand of God in the midst of everything. He wants the absolute best for each of us. The absolute best for each of us. And even as I think about, you know, and I believe this is an encouragement as it's coming back to me. I was I was waiting to make a payment. And the Lord asked me to make a gift, and honestly, that gift that came to my spirit, I listen, I needed that amount for myself. And the Lord was saying, This is what I want you to give. But I didn't have it. But I was hosting an event, and the exact thing that he told me to give someone, the Lord provided someone to give that to me. And so I was able to give the person what the Lord told me to give them. And can I tell you the Lord met the need, and I was short five that amount of money to pay. I was short that money that$500 and God provided the funds for me. But it means obedience. So obedience when we go to him and ask him for his help, obedience to wait on him, and obedience when he says, Do this. I know that you need this over here, but I want you to do this. And sometimes we we we cut it short, we give less than what God wanted us to give because we're looking at our own need and not thinking that if God is telling me to do this, and you have to know that you know that you know this God, because sometimes we want to make things do fulfill promises that God didn't ask us to do. He says, just trust me, I want to take care of this. And you might be asking, what does this have to do with trusting God or with the story of the spicy? I took matters into my own hand. And God don't want us to take matters into our own hands, he wants us to trust him, and in that trust also comes with obedience as well. So if he says, I am going to do it, and sprinkle just this amount of pepper, trust him that he's going to work it out. If he says, give to this person, trust him that he's going to provide for you because he's no man's debtor. His word tells us that when we give, full measure, pressed down, shaking together, and running over shall men give unto our bosoms. So today, whatever you are faced with, whatever the hardship, whatever the difficulties, trust that your God is able to come through for you. He still is Jehovah Jireh, he is still Jehovah Rapha, he is still Jehovah Shalom, he is still El Shaddai, he is still the all-sufficient one. Trust him today. Right? We want to have a testimony that reminds people that God is a promise keeper. And if he promised to do something, he honors his word above his name. He honors his word above his name. And so today, Lord, I lift up my sister before you. You know what she's going through, Lord. You know, Almighty God, that she's believing you for a breakthrough. But doubts and fears are coming in, Lord, and she's asking, will you really do it? Can you do it? Yes, I know you did it last week, last year, but this thing is heavier. Can you really do it? And God says, like He says to Ezekiel, can these dry bones live? And Ezekiel says, Yes, thou knowest. Right? And so we are we are trusting in you, the God who breathed into those dry bones and they came together. Breathe upon the situations, Almighty God, that seems to want to bring us down and help us to trust you. That if we're asking and we're trusting and we're believing according to your will, you will grant it unto us. So bless my sister this morning, Almighty God. Walk with her, Lord God, in the name of Jesus. And you provided, you have said in your word, Lord God, that you will supply all our needs according to your riches in glory in Christ Jesus. So we trust you, Almighty God. And I tell you, thanks in Jesus' name. Amen and amen. My sister, God is a promise keeper and he promises that as we ask, he says, ask and it shall be given. Seek and we shall find, knock and it shall be open. 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