I was literally trembling. My body was shaking. My heart was pounding - how like gongs and drums and bells would. My tears were gushing and my emotions were unexplainable, indescribable… nothing could have prepared me with my encounter with God and the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus? Yep, I know Him. In fact, it’s Him whom I think I know most among God’s holy trinity. Not to discriminate and all, but being the only way and truth and light towards God the Father, I think it’s just normal for us Christians to establish deeper a sense of relationship with Jesus Christ – our brother who died for us on the cross. Of course, God, my Almighty Father (and yours, too!) would be next in line; but the Holy Spirit would be the last.
The Holy Spirit - that tiny little voice inside your head that tells you not to cheat, not to gossip, not to hate, to forgive, to love, to give, to bless; that little voice whom most of the time we choose to ignore and pretend not to hear… who’d have thought I’d feel the very presence of the Holy Spirit at this very day?
Today’s The FEAST session was the culmination of its TAGGED series and despite the heavy rains, PICC was jam-packed with people who wished to be with the Lord and be blessed. I’m so glad I was one of those soon to be blessed enormously. A healing session was scheduled at the end, which was not normal, but I never really thought it’ll be that special. But God has his awesome ways of showing Himself to us…
When the healing began, people who wanted to get healed and anointed went in long lines. And my friends and I, we remained seated. I was partly curious and undecided whether or not to go… but a tiny little voice inside my head called for me to come. So I urged my friends and we went down to fall in line.
Simply as I walked down, tears welled up my eyes! I didn’t know why but I was being overwhelmed! My hands were cold and I was starting to cry. Right then and there, in the midst of the long lines of people wanting to feel and experience God, amidst the harmony of the praises and worship songs that played, amidst the people who also cry out to God with tears of surrender and joy and love and gratitude… I realized – GOD IS THERE!
GOD. IS. THERE. WITH. US.
He was not in His far away Kingdom having luxurious meals and wine (if he ever even dines :P), but HERE, with US, with people who rejected Him at some point, sinned to Him at some point, hurt Him, disobeyed Him, betrayed Him, denied Him! He was there with US! And He wasn’t there to say I TOLD YOU SO! Or YOU’LL BE PUNISHED! But rather He was there telling His people… TRUST IN ME… I LOVE YOU.. Be still my Child, you are mine and I will take care of you…
God is so amazing. He is just so amazing loving you and me though He never needed anything from us.
When I was about to be healed, I closed my eyes with my hand on my chest and as the woman prayed for me, I felt the most surreal feeling I have ever felt in my life… some kind of a force was blanketing me, it was enveloping me with peace, and serenity and my heart was empty but glad, really really glad… and my knees.. they were getting weak! And all I could do was surrender and fall into the arms of the people at the back who was ready to catch me.
I knew God was there, the Holy spirit was there.. they embraced me until all I could do was give myself to that love. These words aren’t even enough to surmise what happened. They were beyond words, beyond human explanation.
After this… after all these wonderful things God has given me, how could I stand and not be moved? Not be awed! How can I not believe that there is a GOD! And a GOD that knows every single details of our lives.
GRABE. OVER.
God’s love is far greater than we can ever know. It’s the greatest thing that we can ever know! Amazing day! Amazing FEAST! MOST AMAZING AWESOMEST GOD!
GOD LOVES YOU! Yup... IKAW!
