‘I’M SO INTO YOU’
That’s not only God singing to me but to us all!!! The most intricate details of our lives, God is in the midst! He blows me away with His love and attention!
Like I went to Him crying one day, feeling hurt. That morning, for my appointment with God, I read Exodus 14:14, and in that sad moment, I felt God saying to listen to Ceri’s latest message. Ceri astonishingly continued reading Exodus 14:15-16 saying this:
“Why are you crying out to me (exactly me in that moment!)? Tell the Israelites to get up and get moving.”
The way that lined up so perfectly from me reading the previous verse, I felt God saying it was time for me to leave Nigeria and go back to the US. Ceri wasn’t even supposed to speak that day but described how he felt a pull from God to share those verses. Saying he didn’t know who they were for, but God pushed him to speak.
I get back to the US, and in another recording, Ceri spoke about Rocky mode and trusting the process. I jumped on that, deciding I needed to get out of my comfort zone, and I decided to complete a 5K run every day for 50 days – Rocky mode as if I was preparing for a big upcoming fight.
Now that I’m back in Nigeria, I see the difference between the Nikki who was crying and listening to that message from Ceri that morning. That Nik had to go for this new Nik to emerge – God’s girl first and foremost. The fretful, worried, sad, depressed, hurt, overwhelmed, frustrated Nik has been replaced by a faith-filled, confident, secure in God, brave, courageous, happy, joyful, and fearless Nik. Heehaw!
That’s why I said that God is so into all of us. He knew I needed that little wilderness experience in the US, running those 5Ks as my alone times with Him to tackle everything going on in my head and, most crucially, bring me closer to Him (HUGE SMILE). I’m leaning more on God than ever before! Today, the prayer with hubby is again just saying thank You to God because no matter how bad we may look at a situation, we must never forget it could be so much worse.
Moral of the story: Get to know God’s voice so you can feel His intimate direction for your life. See how I got the feeling to listen to that specific message from Ceri and how I knew it was God telling me to leave. Then again, to begin the 5K runs. I prayed the most important prayer of my life about 15 years ago: God, I want a closer walk with You. And the way I’ve learned His voice has been the most beautiful thing. Just one sentence in my meditation book made my day today from Him:
“The one thing you absolutely need is the one thing you can never lose: My Presence with you (Wink! Wink!).” – Jesus Calling
God, may the entire world come to know Your love! Amen!