Yesterday was quiet possibly one of the best days of the race so far.
The race has many many mannnnny amazing days, but this day was just a little icing on top.
Let’s just be honest for a second. I have been in a weird head space these past few days and I just haven’t felt connected to the vine. I wasn’t really hearing from God and I sorta didn’t want to. I just wanted to be alone and away from the world.
I don’t really know how to describe it but looking back on it I think I was just in need of some serious love from the Lord. Some HOLY LOVE.
Which brings me to yesterday.
My team was invited to come along on a prayer drive. With no idea and no expectations we jumped right into this idea.
A prayer drive is where you hop in a couple of cars with a couple of friends and a couple of on-the-road snacks…and you pray.
Simple enough really but powerful and life giving all the same.
This month my team and I are on a small island of Malaysia. Our main focus is prayer and intercession. We spend hours and hours just praying deep, specific prayers. Yesterday was no different except for the fact that we went out driving all over this island, stopping along the way to cry out to God for this place and these people.
Wow it was so life bringing.
I felt free and loved on by the Lord in new ways.
My favorite part was that all along the way we left our mark.
That morning, before we left, we wrote out little encouragement stakes. They each had verses or encouraging words on them that we prayed over each place we stopped. It was so beautiful!
I would say that my favorite part was at the end of the day when we went to the highest place of the island. We watched the sunset over this beautiful state and prayed for God to watch over and bring back His people. Man it was so powerful.
I was in deep need of a deep, long hug from my Father and this was it. He spoke to me and gave me several kisses all throughout the day.
My favorite kiss from the Lord yesterday was when I specifically ask the Lord to give me a tiny shell. I just wanted Him to show me His love this way. It wouldn’t have changed the outcome of my day if I didn’t get a tiny shell, but I wanted one…and He gave me one. Oh man it was just so cool!
That smile is real!
The only thing I had to do to get it was pray and pick up a tiny shell.
If yesterday was anything, it was eye opening. All that joy was brought to me by doing something that I can and should be doing every single day of my life. I drive, you drive, we all got places to be. Why not pray specifically along the way?
Now, I am not saying you can’t jam out to some T. Swift or One Direction…man I miss jamming out while driving to work/school.
But I am saying that the time we are given is so precious and taking time to pray specific prayers along your way to work or school is easy and so life bringing.
Pray for your coworkers or family members to find the Lord, pray for our president, pray for the land you are driving on to be blessed, pray for your heart to be moved.
Be intimate with the Lord.
Don’t waste your time…I know I’m preaching to the choir about that. I have spent so much time doing absolutely nothing productive…but I am trying. I want to be the person I am describing above and I don’t want to have to come all the way to Malaysia to feel this way again.
So here is my prayer for you and for me.
Pray.
Blessings,
Niki
