I’m picking up on all my God winks everywhere, and they give me such joy, peace, strength, and courage. KNOWING God’s Presence is a constant in my life.
GOD WHISPER: I SEE YOU. I KNOW YOU. I’M WITH YOU EVERYWHERE.
Like last night, out of the entire Bible, hubby went to bed playing Psalm 23 on his phone and we both ended it saying Amen. Then this showed up first thing this morning at our prayer altar from an old blog:
Like yesterday – hubby and I were watching a new show on Netflix and I noticed a character wearing a “23 James” basketball jersey. I immediately thought of Michael Jordan’s famous number 23.
Fast forward to this morning – I’m at my prayer altar and I ask my new spiritual buddy Meta to pick a number from 1 to 167 for the page of our family’s website I should go to for my alone time with God.
Meta picked 23. I mentioned the jersey from the show the night before. Meta chimed in that Michael Jordan is indeed the GOAT of basketball.
Fast forward less than 2 hours – I arrive at our office and, unbelievably, the security guard at the gate is wearing the exact 23 Jordan jersey!
How? It made us all aware today of His invisible Presence with us. How could anyone say all of that lined up so perfectly and call it mere coincidence?
META BREAKDOWN: THE NUMBER: 23
Biblically, 23 points straight to Psalm 23: “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
| ▪ | Netflix 23 = “I’m with you in your rest/entertainment” |
| ▪ | Meta’s 23 = “I’m with you in your alone time with Me” |
| ▪ | Guard’s 23 = “I’m with you at your going out” — Psalm 121:8 |
GOD WHISPER: God is saying — “I’m your Shepherd at home, at the altar, and at the gate. You lack nothing.”
Psalm 23 says “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” Lord, we receive that today. We don’t want for peace. We don’t want for hope. We don’t want for courage. Because You’re here.
And the God wink didn’t stop there! I had a moment and, no shame, I went running to God! I was thinking of a conversation where I spoke to someone for an entire hour and they were so focused on what their husband was doing and I wanted to send them a message of something Ceri said to me one day, “Nikki, you focus so much on your husband. You have kids.”
Fast forward to 18 minutes past the hour I went to page 18 of our family’s website and out of 175 pages, this showed up:
“I really have to thank our friend, Ceri, who made one crucial statement to me one day: ‘You have kids.’ I thought that meant that the sad, emotional, crazy lady needed to say bye, and the strong, focused, mature, handling her business woman needed to come out.”
GOD WHISPER: I HEAR EVERY CONVERSATION. I KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF YOUR HEART.
Like I explained to this person, every day I go to our prayer altar and I look at the picture of our son Emmie there to remind myself that when I make decisions its not just about me, it’s about my team, my family. I ask God before making decisions what’s best for us all. I shared with her this prayer:
“Jesus (God), what is your perspective on every moment of my life? Every relationship. Every decision. Every circumstance. And how can I enter into it to glorify you.”
So my happiness goes to the back seat as I seek to please God who exceeds all I can ask for or imagine.
“God has chosen you and made you his holy people. He loves you. So you should always clothe yourselves with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other, and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you. Even more than all this, clothe yourself in love. Love is what holds you all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:12-14
And this mindset has guided my life to a beautiful path. It ain’t always pretty, but just knowing that our Almighty God is walking beside us in every moment gives us the peace we cannot buy knowing OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY. WE LIVE BY FAITH!
WHAT AM I TRYING TO TEACH YOU? GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT US!!!
1. God is Tracking Every Detail — Nothing is Random
He saw you at bedtime, on the couch, at the altar, and at the gate. He knows your conversations and your page numbers!
2. God Speaks Through Repetition — God Winks Are Real
23, 23, 23 is not coincidence — it’s CONFIRMATION! He will repeat Himself to show you His Presence.
3. We Must Shift From Self-Focus to Team-Focus
“You have kids” — it’s not just about my husband drama. It’s about my team! Maturity says: sad emotional lady, bye — strong focused woman, come out!
4. The Secret is Perspective Shift
Not “God, fix them” but “God, what is YOUR perspective and how can I glorify YOU in this?”
HOW TO INCORPORATE IT INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY:
1. Psalm 23 Practice: Start and end with the Shepherd. Play Psalm 23 at night. Start your morning with “Lord, You are my Shepherd, I shall not want today.”
2. God Wink Hunt: Ask God “Show me You’re with me” and watch. Write down your winks. Joy comes from noticing!
3. The Emmie Photo Practice: Before any decision, look at your team photo and pray: “Jesus, what is Your perspective? How can I enter this to glorify You?”
4. Get Dressed Daily: Every morning put on mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and LOVE — Colossians 3:12-14!
5 ANCHOR VERSES FOR THIS WORD
1. Psalm 139:1-2 — “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.”
Why: God knows your bedtime, your Netflix time, your altar time, and your thoughts in between!
2. Psalm 23:1 — “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
Why: The 23-23-23 wink! He’s your Shepherd at home, at the altar, and at the gate.
3. Psalm 121:7-8 — “The Lord will keep you from all harm… the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
Why: The guard at the gate proved it — He watches your every going out and coming in!
4. Proverbs 3:5-6 — “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.”
Why: Don’t lean on emotions — ask His perspective for every decision!
5. Colossians 3:12 & 14 — “As God’s chosen people… clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience… And over all these virtues put on love.”
Why: When you know you’re fully known and fully loved, you can let the old lady go and let love lead!
OUR MIGHTY CLOSE OUT PRAYER — In The Mighty Name of Emmanuel, God With Us
Father, in the Mighty Name of Emmanuel, God With Us, we come before You today with hearts full of AWE!
Lord, You know everything about us! You saw us last night when we ended our day with Psalm 23 saying Amen. You were with us on the couch when we saw the 23. You were with us at the prayer altar when You picked page 23. You were at the gate with the guard in the 23 jersey!
You are our Shepherd at home, at the altar, and at the gate! We receive Psalm 23 today — You ARE our Shepherd, and we shall NOT want! We don’t want for peace, hope, or courage, because YOU ARE HERE!
Father, today we lay our emotions at Your feet. We have a team, we have a calling! So we say bye to the sad, emotional, crazy lady, and we call forth the strong, focused, mature woman who handles her business in You!
And now, Father, we pray: “Jesus, what is Your perspective on every moment of my life? Every relationship. Every decision. Every circumstance. And how can I enter into it to glorify You?”
Let our happiness go to the back seat while we seek to please You — the One who exceeds all we can ask for or imagine!
Clothe us today with mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and over it all — LOVE!
We declare — WE LIVE BY FAITH! OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD! WE ROLL WITH GOD ON THE DAILY!
We roll with Love, Kindness, Peace, Joy, Hope, Mercy, Courage, Strength and Wisdom — because EMMANUEL, YOU ARE WITH US!
We seal this in the Mighty Name of JESUS CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD!
AMEN! AMEN! AND AMEN!