God moments.

The past couple months have been changing for me. Not changing, but changing. I’ve changed, my life has changed, my focus has changed.

I’ve written about timelines.

I’ve written about intervention.

And I’ve subtly written about how to just let go, be content and accept what’s going on. Do you know how hard this is for someone who likes to be in control? Hard, but freeing.

I was listening to a sermon yesterday online from my church back home, Faithbridge. Sometimes I feel called to check out the online sermon page and sure enough it’s always what I need to hear at that very moment in time.

Kind of like it was a God moment.

And the sermon was about God moments.

"Many times when you rewind and you look at the God moments that have happened in your life, you didn’t show up on the scene expecting anything spectacular to happen. Most times, you didn’t.” {Ken Werlein}

Like the time my sister and I were in Colorado skiing with our church youth group. I went down to the buses to catch the first ride back to our hotel and she was still on the hill. I assumed she was planning on catching the second round of buses, but also realized that I had yet to see her that day. All of a sudden, I got this feeling in the gut of my stomach that she was not okay. Simultaneously, I was overcome with peace. I left the ski park and saw an ambulance going towards the mountain. I knew it was for her, and I prayed. I got to the hotel and my youth leader came up to me. I knew what she was going to tell me, and I prayed. She had been in a severe accident when she slipped on ice and hit an aspen tree. As an older sister, I have never felt as helpless as I did in that moment. I sat with my sister in the hotel bed as she was broken and bruised, held back tears so I could appear strong and thanked God she was okay and for the peace that covered me before I even had a chance to panic.

God moment.

And the time in my life when I was so overridden with anxiety that I would lay in bed and just pray for His peace and comfort to take over me. As soon as the words would leave my mouth, I could feel the rush of stillness. I’ve never felt closer to God than in those moments.

God moment.

And the time that my good friend called me randomly on a Friday night to just check in and see how I was doing. Out of nowhere, she proceeded to tell me about a job opportunity she was applying for in Arizona. In the same breath, she told me that I should apply too. I was weeks from graduation with no plan in sight. I had nothing to lose. And what do you know… here I am in Arizona.

God moment.

“In fact, many times you showed up on the scene and the God moment presented itself as a problem. Many times they present themselves as inconveniences. They’re coming at the wrong time. I know God is in this thing somewhere, but I’m just so busy right now. It’s the wrong time.” {Ken Werlein}

Like the time where I made a split-second decision to turn the wheel so I would avoid T-boning the pick-up truck that pulled out in front of me. I happened to be with a friend who took over the whole situation while I sat there in a daze next to my totaled car. One week later I had a brand new car because of it; something I was needing but couldn’t afford. Turns out that my totaled car was about to need a lot of repairs and brand new tires, had it not been wrecked. That situation was divinely averted.

God moment.

And the time where I had decided I was content with my life, needed nobody and no one, would get married when I was thirty and maybe just adopt if need-be. That’s when he walked in and we met and talked and our first conversation led directly to God Himself. And I heard a whisper in my ear, Who's voice I recognized well, telling me, “This is it. Don’t run.”

God moment.

These moments happen every day – big or small. It’s when God intervenes in your life just enough so that you recognize what He’s up to. At some point, you have to let go and let God (as cliché as that phrase is). He isn’t going to explain the technicalities of what’s He is doing in these moments; He just asks us to trust Him and go along.

What are your God moments? These are the divine moments where you surrender your human tendencies and let God take over… it’s hard, but freeing.

God wants to be in our every moment and moreso He wants us to recognize Him in these moments. All of our moments belong to Him, after all.