I’m going to give you a peek into my personal, spiritual journal. You will get a taste of how God and I communicate with each other.
As context, let me tell you that we just got back from a three-week vacation. When we travel, I struggle to keep my spiritual disciplines. I always pack a Bible with the intention to read and pray daily. Yet, I always return home dry and thirsty, and I chide myself for my lack of discipline.
Praise God, I feel saturated again! I have been basking in His presence for a week now. With that context here is what I wrote in my spiritual journal yesterday:
Precious One,
I’ve received a couple of “words” from You that I don’t understand.
On Wednesday night I attended the Deliverance class that is ongoing at my church. The speaker wanted us to pray and ask You, “What lie am I believing?” and “What scripture represents the truth?”
I thought I heard that the lie I was believing is that the rug can be swept out from under me at any moment.
Lord, I don’t’ really see that in my life. Please show me where I am believing that lie so that I can replace it with the truth that You have given me: “I live in an unshakable Kingdom!”
The other “word” I got yesterday in church. During worship, I “saw” You place an anchor in my heart and use the chain of that anchor to draw me closer to You. Several times during the service, I felt Your tug on my heart with that chain. My thoughts at the time were, “Lord, You don’t need a hook and chain to draw me to You. I am willing to come. I constantly pray for greater intimacy with You.”
Now that I am writing these things down, I think I see the connection between them. They are about my security in You.
No dry spell or sickness or betrayal or any other life circumstance will pull my faith rug out from under me. It cannot happen. I live in an unshakable Kingdom!
I believe these prophetic words are in answer to my prayers about feeling distant from You after traveling. I don’t need to be concerned that missing a few days of quiet time will pull the rug out from underneath me. My faith is not in my efforts to reach You. My faith is in YOU, the unshakable God, who is anchored in my heart.