This is the sweetest moment I’ve ever had with God.
Thoughts before writing this: Man, I don’t really know about sharing this stuff. It’s not that I don’t want people to know what is going on in my life and in my head, I just feel so vulnerable and exposed. I don’t usually share my thoughts and dreams with people, and now I’m putting them out there for anyone to see. If you want to get to know me, this blog is a good place to start. This is raw. These are my thoughts, experiences, and time spent with God. I’m one of the most open persons I know, but I am still pretty guarded. Like…I don’t know… anyway…
This is the sweetest moment I’ve ever had with God.
It happened a couple months ago (it usually takes quite a bit of time for me to realize/reflect on things in my life, so in a couple more months, I will be able to tell you about the moment I am sitting in now) Ok… so a few months ago…
I was in my regular prayer place in my regular prayer position. It’s the spot on the floor between my bed and the window. The top of my feet, my knees, my forehead all on the ground, my hands tucked under my head.
I went into this prayer with a special mentality – to thank God for who he was. That was it. Not praying for people, not asking for anything, just thanks and recognizing who God is.
I felt wonderful before I went into prayer because my heart was genuinely filled with nothing but thanks.
As I started to pray though, thanks did not come out. Instead, it was:
God, you are holy.
You are holy.
I felt a new understanding of that word as I was taken into a new place.
That was the only word that was coming out. I came to thank God for who He is and the only word I had was holy.
Those were my words…
But God’s presence…
During this time praying, I was on the floor of heaven, not the floor of my bedroom. I was on the floor of heaven in front of God’s throne. All I could do was say, “holy, God, you are holy.” I couldn’t lift my head, and I didn’t want to. I wanted to stay there forever, praising God at the foot of his throne because He is holy. It was like I was paralyzed, but it was the sweetest moment I’ve ever had with God.
I’m not sure how long I stayed there on the floor. Maybe it was only a minute, maybe it was thirty. I’m not sure how it ended either because I didn’t want it to end.
Sometimes I ask God to let me come back to that place, to let me be in his presence on the floor of heaven where all I can do is say holy, holy, holy. It’s my safe place.
Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty – the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” Revelation 4:8
Who am I to be worthy to be in the Lord’s presence and have such a sweet and humbling moment with God?
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty.
A new year is here, and I don’t know what all God has in store for me, but I hope He lets me have many more moments like this.
I hope you have them too.
