Doing life with God is AWESOME! When we become sensitive to the things of God it elevates us to higher level of intimacy with Him.
I love my encounters with God. When the Bible says He will never leave us not forsake us (Hebrews 13:5), it is true. We do not always feel God. We do not always see Him moving in our life. However, we TRUST He is always working on our behalf. He uses us for His glory.
This week I had some AMAZING encounters with God. With one incident, I was searching for an item in my house that I normally keep in my attic. When I went to get it, it was gone! Needless to say, I became frustrated and started fretting. I was looking to myself to find the item. I started searching my house. It was no where to be found. I began to wonder if I needed to open each box in the attic. Every box was filled with Christmas decorations. I was wondering if I had packed it with the Christmas decorations.
As I am eating mt lunch, I calm my spirit. I start talking to God. I told Him I knew He knew where the item was I was looking for. I asked Him if I was going to have to pull out all of the Christmas decorations to find it. Suddenly, a beautiful PEACE came over me. Incredibly, a beautiful piercing sensation filled my brain. It penetrated my mind. It said, “It is in the drawer in your bedroom.”
That was the presence of the Holy Spirit! (John 16:13) I smiled and asked, “Lord, is that where it is?” I continued to eat my lunch. When I finished, I calmly went to my bedroom. I walked to the drawer I knew He was talking about. There was the item! My SOUL and SPIRIT were so BLESSED! As a result, I thanked and worshiped God. Moreover, He saved me from the heartache of pulling everything out of my attic. Going through Christmas decorations to find the item I was looking for would have been very time consuming. What a relief and a BLESSING!
The other encounter was God protected me and my house from would be strangers and possible danger. As we live our lives, we sometimes move around unaware. We often do not realize everything happening or what we are doing. To the best of our abilities we want to be wise and careful. Still, we miss it sometimes in our humanity. At dusk, I am going in and out of my house taking care of things. I noticed one of my motion sensor lights is malfunctioning. I “fix” it and put it back in place outside.
About three hours later, I notice the light fixture is malfunctioning again. I go outside and grab the fixture. As I am coming into the house, I notice my house key is in the lock. I did not realize it was there!
I believe God wanted me to know I had left the key in the door. He used the malfunctioning light sensor to lure me back outside. This allowed me to see my house key I left in the door. Otherwise, I would not have ever known it was there! I started thanking and praising God, again.
We never know who or what is lurking around our house while we are sleep, but God does. If we pay attention to Him, He will protect us. He might also show us things we need to do to protect ourselves. PRAISE GOD! These are some of my AMAZING ENCOUNTERS with God. We all have them, if we are paying attention to Him! Amen! Love & Blessings!