My face was smushed into the corner of my favorite reading
chair. My butt was sticking up into the air. My knees were firmly planted on
the ground. My arms freely dangled off the edge of the chair.
Are you seeing it?
Exhaustion, weariness, and anxiety had forced my body into
this very unladylike position.
As I knelt there motionless for a few minutes I prayed that
the Lord would wash over me and fill me with peace and renewed strength.
Seconds later, my all time favorite praise and worship song
came on. I drank in every word and allowed myself to relax. The Lord was
answering my prayer!
Finally when my mind was clear and my nerves were calm I
asked the Lord to give me a word. As I played Russian roulette with my bible pages
I had faith that the Lord would speak to me.
After settling on a random passage, I scanned the pages of
my open bible. Almost immediately, my eyes were drawn to the heading, “Rest for
the Weary.” My eyes watered with the realization that the Lord loves me so much
that he was willing to answer my meager prayer.
Matthew 11: 28-30 Rest
for the Weary reads
“Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For
my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
The Lord spoke to ME this
afternoon! It is little encounters like these that continually remind me that
God is real and present in my life. He is not a far off unattainable God but
rather an ever present source of help in my times of need.
I realize that the Lord could
have been teaching me about surrender, worrying less, the power of prayer, or
many other things. But my mind was
solely focused on the fact that it is moments like these that continue to reaffirm
how REAL my God truly is.
Have you had a God encounter
recently?
