We Roll With God

That’s what I had to do many times yesterday! I went RUNNING to HIM!! Lord, help me! And as always, He figured out some ways to let me know He was there. Yesterday morning’s appointment with Him was reading an old post from my book about a time when Ember, my daughter, woke up past 3 am so that she could accompany me for an emergency passport for my son, Joshie. After reading that, I even had to apologize to her for calling her a fake daughter. She’s always there for me as my little assistant from God! But when I ran to God for that appointment with Him later on that afternoon, the very exact verse from that post about Ember showed up AGAIN at the very top of the exact page I felt in my spirit God was asking me to read for that alone time with Him:

“The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14

Another one of my alignments with God letting me know He was with me – NO COINCIDENT.

After that, my Verona called, and even though I wasn’t in the talking mood (very unlike me!), but I listened and kept reminding her that we’re keeping our focus on God. At the end of our talk, I said to her, “We have to BE STILL and trust God is working everything out for us.” Right before sleeping, going to God for ANOTHER alone time, my Nook electronic book reader asked if I wanted to continue reading from where another device had left off, and I said yes, only to find this:

“Let go, relax, BE STILL, and know that I am God.”

Wow! My exact words to my Verona. See how God finds these sweet ways to let us know that His Presence is with us and that He will give us rest. We’re not fighting our battles alone, God is with us. See how He spoke to me through my spirit as to what He would have me to do when I said to Verona, “Be still,” and then go as far as confirming it through the Jesus Calling meditation book. That’s why I keep repeating to you guys that God is in the FIRE with us, in the STORMS with us, in the FURNACE with us, in the TROUBLES with us. It just for us to learn His voice when He says, “Be still and know that I am God.” As we hold our peace, God will fight for us.

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

May we all commit to an even stronger relationship with God. Amen.

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He is in the STORM with us. He is in the FURNACE with us. He is in the DUNGEON with us. He is in the FIRE with us. That’s what He keeps showing me. Like yesterday, I called my quarantine buddy feeling very upset, and I said to her, “I’m on to God. He is trying to unshackle (free, unrestrain) me from everything that is holding me down and keeping me from rising up into the Nikki I know He is calling me to be.” Fast forward about an hour later, still very upset, I go to look for something I had read in my meditation book where He told me in another difficult moment that He knew this was hard for me, but to trust that it is also BEST for me that I go through it. I searched the entire book for the word “hard,” and this was the first result that came up (written as if God was speaking to me in that very moment):

“Hardships are part of the journey… THE WORLD IS FULL OF TROUBLE, but I have overcome the world! I call you to transcend your troubles by looking up to Me. I am training you to be an overcomer—UNFETTERED (Wink! Wink!) by circumstances.” – Jesus Calling

Immediately, that word UNFETTERED grabbed my attention. I go to Google asking what’s another word for unfettered and guess what showed up: “UNSHACKLE.” Exactly my sentiments to my friend that God is still trying to release me from slavery and being tied down too close to this fallen, broken, and cluttered world, to live instead from a heavenly perspective KNOWING that HE IS WITH ME. Woohoo!!!

Another one of my God winks to let us all know that He is intimately a part of EVERY conversation and every moment of my life directing and helping us, no matter the challenges that come our way. It’s like He said, ‘Nik, search for the word HARD in your meditation book!’ just to let me know that His invisble Presence is in all the troublesome situations with me. I can, therefore, be calm, relaxed, and at peace, doing my best at EVERY moment, tapping into God’s strength, power, love, approval, wisdom, guidance, and direction. HE IS IN THE FIRE WITH US!!! Start pay attention!!! Don’t miss out! God, PUSH us closer to You!!! Amen!

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And I want you with me! This life is TOO HARD to do without Him! I NEED HIM EVERY SECOND! Like this morning, I ran to Him five minutes after having a conversation with my nephew, Duro, and my daughter, Ember. I said that we need to figure out what to do with his clothes now that he has moved in with us. They were all packed in the middle of Ember’s room in a suitcase. Leaving them, I went to have an appointment with God, feeling overwhelmed by this tight living arrangement we have going on, and astonishingly God showed up. Of all my meditation books, this incredibly showed up on the very page I opened to:

“You may be feeling CRAMPED in your current situation…”

I’m talking exactly how I was feeling in that exact moment. CRAMPED: “feeling uncomfortably confined by lack of space.”

But I just spoke to Duro, and we’re working it out so that everyone is feeling more comfortable with the new set-up. Can you believe, though, that God showed up on the very page I had opened to in this over 700 page devotional? Incredible! That’s the God I’ve come to know and love. He is not far off in some distant place from us, He is in the cramped, difficult, tumultuous situations with us.

The verse that followed said:

“And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, and they shall be His people. God Himself WILL BE WITH THEM and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:3-4

We’re not going through life alone. God DEY!! He is there with us no matter what we’re going through. We just have to learn His voice and be obedient to what He asks of us. See how I was able to go to that specific page just feeling that was the one God wanted me to read at that very moment. For Him to just let me know He is with me no matter the situation, cramped or spacious, made me feel so loved! LOL! Let’s ALL get STRONGER with the Lord. Devon Franklin got me waking up early to have appointments with Him now, and I’m so thrilled. No more tears. The former things are passing away. Amen! May 2020 make us all STRONGER WITH THE LORD.

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