I’M CONSTANTLY RUNNING TO GOD!!!
No shame in my game! And He always figures out these SWEET ways of letting me know His Presence is ALWAYS with me. Woop Woop!
Like yesterday, after playing Tasha Cobbs’ song, ‘For Your Glory,’ for the entire morning, singing to God that I want to be where He is, I asked Him which page to go for an appointment with Him on our family’s website, werollwithgod.com. I looked at a lightbulb’s package and saw the number 20, and I went directly there. Unbelievably it was an old post where I wrote about listening to this exact song that I was singing the entire morning:
“I wanna be where You are
Peace is where You are
Joy is where You are
And Love is who You”
Since then, I’ve played the song over and over and over again, begging God to please let me be where He is. Driving to work today, AGAIN, I played the song for the entire drive. Even getting all emotional about some silly stuff I have going on right now. Begging God to take my mind away from the stresses of the world and to be focused on Him.
Fast forward maybe 30 minutes later, I’m sitting in my office, and I felt the need to hear from God through my meditation book. Continuing from exactly where I had last left off from my appointment with God first this morning, this incredibly shows up after me begging God the entire drive to work for me to where He is, He says:
“Wherever you are, there I am.” – He and I
It doesn’t get any sweeter than this!”
And yesterday was another day where I needed that reminder from Him: “Wherever you are, there I am.” Don’t miss out on these alone times with Him! This world gets to be too much sometimes, and we need GOD!!!
ARE YOU GETTING TO KNOW GOD’S COOL PERSONALITY?
Like about two to three years ago when I purchased my laptop, suddenly, a new desktop wallpaper photo magically appeared with these words one day:
“I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS”
Just out of the blue, it showed up, and the only explanation I still have is that God wanted me to have it as a constant, constant reminder from Him that His invisible Presence is always with me.
Fast forward to last night with me up late working; I saw this message pop up constantly in the background (maybe over 50 times) as I went to all these different screens again reminded that God was there with me as I handled some pretty complex stuff – God is an expert in everything, y’all!
And like I told you, no shame in my game, when I feel anxious or stressed, that’s my cue to take a break and have some alone time with God (life gets overwhelming and WE NEED HIM!) at around midnight and look what astonishingly showed up in my Jesus Calling as one of the accompanied Bible verses for my birthday (of all days!):
“And surely I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, to the very end of the age.” – Matthew 28:20
As if God was saying, ‘Got that, my Nik, ‘AND SURELY I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS!’ Wow! I will never get over the sweetness and coolness of God. He really is a 24/7 God! Look how He found a way to speak to me in that difficult moment. He used this desktop photo that He Himself placed there years ago, and a book that just so happen to have this very verse for my birthday. This lined up extremely too perfectly to be some random coincident!
And the good loving didn’t stop there! As I went for my run this morning, the three different versions of the song Rockstar from Post Malone and Dababy played right after each other, when I thought I had pressed shuffle for God to be my DJ. This was such a God wink at me because I’m so in love with the Dababy’s versions these days. I play them so many times, and I’ve spoken and written about how we should all be Rockstars for God.
It’s my new mindset, for sure. That whether anyone else thinks so or not, I want to be God’s Rockstar shining His light in the world. Even though right now my life feels so messy, chaotic, and crazy. I’m trusting God to get His girl here back on track, one step at a time. And He will do the same for you. Let’s just keep going to Him in every moment asking what He would have us to do, going the extra mile in love, faith, and hope. And let me tell ya, God’s hope doesn’t disappoint; He gives more than we can ever imagine or expect when we stick with Him! Wink! Wink!
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“THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED!”
That was me to my brother, Kevin, this morning. God is truly amazing how He brings trials into our lives, KNOWING they will end up being so good for us. I can’t get over Him:
“Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. – Romans 5:3-4
Woohoo! Exactly what this SUFFERING did for your girl here. I was begging God to take it away from me, but, incredibly, now I’m THANKING Him. God is too much! He knows precisely what we need to be the people He would have us to be – MATURE, STRONG, NOT LACKING ANYTHING.
God has opened my eyes to such blessings. Not only do I feel more love and commitment to my kids and hubby, I feel this situation has brought me closer to my siblings. For example, my brother, almost always picks up my calls or calls me right back with some great advice or solution to any situation that comes up. I was bragging to his son yesterday about his wise dad. Again, he has taught me such crucial lessons such as patience, focusing on the positives of life and not the negatives, STANDING STRONG, enjoying life, and lately, about following God (not asking Him to follow us) and being His angels in the world.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
For this God who is doing so much for us, can we all be His angels in the world? The little crosses He may ask us to carry are nothing compared to the enormous blessings He sends our way on a moment by moment basis. (HUGE SMILE)
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“YET I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU”
Is my constant, constant message from God. Like I sent my sister, Verona, a message night before last with a picture from my meditation book, Jesus Calling, saying:
“Let go, relax, be still, and know that I am God.”
I even went as far as making it my phone’s screensaver, feeling this was God reminding me that He is in charge of my life, and I can, therefore, relax, and trust that He has everything under control.
Fast forward to the next morning, I go out for my run, and in the middle of it, I felt I needed to hear from God – life gets overwhelming sometimes. I got a feeling from Him that I should listen to my last video about being a Rockstar for Him. I did that. And right after that video played, YouTube automatically selected another video to autoplay. Incredibly, the video selected was one I shot three weeks ago showing pics of this very message through some pics on my phone::
“Let go, relax, be still, and know that I am God.”
Wow! I freaked out! How could that video, of all my previous videos, or some other random YouTube selection be the very one to come up next? The crazier thing was that the exact shirt that I was wearing in that video was the exact shirt I was wearing out on that run. It was another one of my God winks where everything lined up EXTREMELY too perfectly to be some ordinary coincident with God sweetly remining me, Nik, my invisible Presence is always with You. I love this message from Him this morning:
“Hold My hand in childlike trust, and the way before you will open up step by step.” – Jesus Calling
“Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.” – Psalm 73:23-24
Let’s celebrate every day like a birthday reminded that Papa God is with us, for us, and He is on our side, and He is intimately involved with every detail of our lives. Wink! Wink!
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