Normally I get up at dark-thirty in the morning to do my ritual of cleaning and praying and just covering my house, setting the atmosphere with some nice praise and worship music etc etc etc….
but today was different. I went to bed late which means I got up super late. No let me tell the truth. I woke up at 5:45am and decided to lay in bed and listen to the Bible being read to me… which turned into my falling back to sleep.
So I was awakened at 8am and I had an important meeting to be at at 9am so I jumped out of bed and went through my process of getting ready…
in that process I felt bad because I didnt get up and go through my normal routine. I felt bad. I needed to be before the Throne of God in prayer. I needed to intercede in reference to my 9am appointment. I felt bad. and as I showered I prayed. I found myself singing the song that has been on my heart for the past couple of weeks or so…
“Give me a clean heart. That I may serve thee. Lord fix my heart so that I can be used by thee. For Im not worthy. Of all these blessing. Give me a clean heart. and I’ll follow thee…
Im not asking for the riches of the land. And Im not asking for the proud to know my name. Please give me, Lord, a clean heart and I will follow thee. Give me a clean heart, and I’ll follow thee..
Sometimes I am up and sometimes I am down. Sometimes I am almost level to the ground. Please Give me, Lord, a clean heart and I will follow thee. Give me a clean heart, and Ill follow thee…
Give me a clean heart. That I may serve thee. Lord fix my heart so that I can be used by thee. For Im not worthy of all these blessings. Give me a clean heart and Ill follow thee…”
That song has stayed on my heart and been sung within me by my mind and my spirit. My whole body sings it. Anyway, I sung it then I found myself praying to God.
“Father you said you will leave the 99 and go after the one that was lost….
Father your word says that the heart of the king is in the hands of the LORD…
Father, You said that you would not let me go through more than I can bear…
….this is too much Father.
I feel worried, no not worried, stressed…”
and that is when I heard God begin to speak to me through the Holy Spirit and HE told me
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything through prayer and supplication, make your requests known”
so I did. I said what I wanted and then I found myself singing the above again.
I left out of the bathroom to go look at the time because it felt like I had been in the bathroom for a long time and to my amazement it was a little after 8:30am… I was on time.
I arrived at my appointment exactly at 9am.
I met with the person that I was supposed to meet with and he told me what to expect and I told him what I wanted.
As I sat and waited… an anxiousness tried to come upon me so I pulled out my Bible.
I found myself saying to myself… “what do you want to read?”
I heard myself responding to myself … “I dont know”
I heard myself say… “turn to Hebrews”
so I did.
“Hebrews what?”
“I dont know”
“Turn to chapter 11 on faith”
I did.
I didnt get past verse # 1 as I started breaking down faith.
I sat in the presence of all who was aware of my presence with my Bible open on my lap and a pen and some paper as I began to write, to detail everything that was occurring and how I felt.
It didnt get past me that I sat in the middle of everyone. Not to the right. nor to the left. but in the middle. In full view with my Bible open.
Everyone who walked down the aisle towards me noticed me with my bible open in my lap and a pen and some paper. I noticed everyone noticing me. I smiled at the many and all but one smiled in return at me.
I noticed the busyness around me. I noticed the unusual wait. But as for me I sat still with my Bible open fully cognizant that I was holding onto the patriarchs of Faith and they were holding onto me in the spirit.
Im not sure what I must have looked like to those around me. A pillar of strength maybe. But what I do know is that
I GOT EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR DOWN TO THE VERY COMMAS AND PERIODS OF THE MATTER. EVERYTHING…
the heart of the king was in the hands of the LORD today.
NO ONE can ever tell me or try to convince me that God is not real.
GOD IS REAL
GOD HEARS PRAYERS
GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS
GODS WORD IS TRUE
GODs WORD that goes forth from his mouth does not return without results
I AM A LIVING WITNESS
and if the reader of this testimony knew the full story of what my business was about today at 9am and of whom the king was whose hearts were in the hands of the LORD you would be floored over how everything worked out.
EVERYTHING I tell ya
EVERYTHING I wanted I got.
and It happened so tuff that everyone needed two weeks to process everything so that it would happen just so…
I wanted to jump up and down and scream but I didnt
I wanted to pump the air and shout YEAH!!! but I didnt
As I left I wanted to call several ones and tell them the great news but I didnt
Even now, knowing that I am not telling the entire story in that the business that had to be taken care of today was not revealed, I am holding back because I am still trying to process how to correctly share this story so that everyone who reads it knows that God is real.
Its so surreal because from the worlds point of view what happened to me today should not have happened at all.
BUT TO THE WORLD: I tell you “GOD IS GREATER. GOD IS IN CONTROL.”
To anyone going through anything…
Please catch this.
In the Bible book of James chapter 1 it says that a double minded man is to not think he will receive anything. (I think I quoted that right.) You see being double minded negates faith. If you say you have faith then start doubting you wont receive anything.
Faith is the assured expectation.
It is the I know that I know that I know in reference to the thing hoped for.
Faith is also the evident demonstration
Its the actions based on the fact that you know in reference to the reality that is not yet beheld.
Jesus said that whatever we ask the Father for, in HIS name, is yes and amen. You have to believe that you will receive and not doubt at all.
I am a living witness that God hears and answers prayers.
Continuing with my story…
I was so overjoyed and yet I had no voice to speak. But I was about to explode. lol So I went to Walmart to get some lettuce and some craft bags for my Pink Zebra event coming up.
Then I went home and shared the amazing news with my husband. But I had such a huge headache. I mean my headache was so huge that it sent me to bed – complete darkness and the only noise is the Bible reading to me HEBREWS …
I am fine now – headache is gone but I wanted to share this…
For years I have heard that if you want to know about Jesus you read the Gospels Matthew Mark Luke and John.
But that is only partially true.
You see the Gospels only tell us about Jesus when he was alive as a human on the earth.
But if you need to be in the presence of Jesus TODAY. The JESUS of TODAY who is a reigning KING and our HIGH PRIEST. The Jesus in whose name we pray to JEHOVAH GOD in . Then the book you need to be reading is HEBREWS.
JESUS IS ALIVE.
JESUS IS KING of Kings and LORD of Lords
JESUS IS our HIGH PRIEST who intercedes before Jehovah God our Heavenly Father for us.
and to be in HIS presence… to see HIM… you need to read the entire book of HEBREWS.
You wont find HIM in the Gospels.
The Gospels tell of His life on earth, and all that He did to demonstrate to us God’s grace and mercy for us. In the GOSPELS we read of how He overcame and conquered for us redeeming us back to GOD. Then he was caught up and seen no more on the earth.
In the book of Acts you get to see and know of the promised gift, the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised to send once He entered into the presence of God the Father.
But what happened to Jesus? Where is He? What is He doing?
Well if you really want to know…. READ HEBREWS!!!
Its an amazing book.
A Wonderful book.
JESUS IS ALIVE
JESUS IS A REIGNING KING
JESUS IS our High Priest who intercedes for us.
JESUS IS our Yes and Amen
I am overwhelmed with the Grace of God our Father
I am so very humbled and grateful because as the song says
“For I am not worthy of all these blessings… “
So I will continue to submit myself to God and ask for a clean heart. I dont ever want to forget any of this…
“Give me a clean heart, and I’ll follow thee.”
Thank you LORD.
Here 6 years later, I am still grateful. I remember this day that I wrote about. Im so glad I recorded this testimony too. Yet another time that Father stepped in and covered my family.
I’m so grateful. I’m grateful for then and I’m grateful for now.
Thank you, LORD
