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It’s Not About Appearance- It’s About Position

It’s Not About Appearance- It’s About Position

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The other night in prayer I felt God telling me “rest and reset.” Life has been kind of crazy and I have been dealing with a lot of different health frustrations and just plan stressful situations. Through it all the Lord has been really highlighting inner healing to me as well as complete dependence on Him for those things. When He told me “rest and reset” I knew I had to do some things differently. I’ve really been trying to focus more on God, especially praying more and giving myself more grace. I know we all struggle with the fast paced culture of go go go! But when do we make time for God to show up? Do you even do that at all? So, I’ve been trying to slow down and listen to my body and allow God the space to work in me and heal. I know He is showing me that He is asking us to turn to Him. He wants to do a work in us a “reset” and we must rest on Him in this time because what He wants us to do might look a little different.

God has been showing me it doesn’t matter what it looks like from the outside or what others might think. I felt God impress that things need to be done differently. It doesn’t matter what you think because God works in ways we don’t expect. Which brings me to the next point that He told me – “It’s not about appearance it’s about position.” A lot of times we focus so much on our appearance or how we’re perceived. Our online profiles are a curated highlight reel of our best moments. But what if it isn’t our persona or the appearance that qualifies you? What if it’s something else? 1 Samuel 16:7 “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” What we see God does not. He sees our potential even when we don’t.

God revealed more of this to me the other day when I made a trip to the store. After a long day of work I half wanted to go to the store and half didn’t, but I really felt like I should just go. I had already come home after my work day, changed my clothes and washed my face. I normally like to be a little more put together when I leave the house and to be honest I felt a little insecure. My skin was breaking out but I decided to go to the store makeup free anyways. Of course when I got there someone approached me, but it’s funny what a blessing it actually was. The entire conversation I knew God was using this woman to speak to me. She was saying such kind and wonderful things to me the entire conversation complimenting me left and right. She told me how beautiful I am and initially I thought “really?! I’m not wearing makeup and does she not see my skin breaking out?!” Yet, in the moment God was using this woman to speak His truth into me and encourage me, as well as use the situation as a reminder that not everything is about appearance. The conversation then quickly turned into talking about God and she walked away saying how I made her whole day. I never saw this lady before and probably never will again, but I know God used her that day to remind me how special and loved I am to Him.

Now, being a few days since He has told me “It’s not about appearance it’s about position” He has reminded me of the ways we try to find ourselves eligible. But it doesn’t matter what you think you look like and if you think you’re qualified or not. God sees you. There’s two parts to this next one “it’s about position.” God showed me this means the positioning of your heart as well as a physical positioning. God cares about the position of your heart and as you grow close to Him you will have the eyes to see yourself and situations the way He sees – aligning with His word. I could have easily dismissed that lady at the store that day, but I would have missed the blessing it was to encourage her. I also would have missed what God was speaking to me that day. The really cool thing God reminded me of is that He can do things literally anywhere anytime! When we least expect it! The position matters but it’s not how we might see fit. I went to the store that day hoping to avoid people. In all honesty in fear of being really “seen.” It just happened to be the one time I actually run into someone who wanted to talk to me. Go figure…haha. Yet, God so amazingly used it to bless me! This lady really did “see” me but not my flaws. Instead she pointed out every positive, even the ones I couldn’t see. That is the way God sees us. I wouldn’t have chosen the store or that physical state as an ideal for having an encounter with God but He did! And that’s the whole point! He sees what we don’t see and uses what we can’t imagine for both our good and His.

He is reminding us that we need to be ready and prepared for what He has in store for us. Be expectant. Because God can move and do anything anywhere in just a seconds time. Remember to rest in who He is. We are needing to change how we look at things. He is calling us deeper. Don’t look at what you see in the physical, but seek Him for each next step.

Ps… Remember You are Fearfully Made ❤

xoxo

Taylor Nicole

Let Me Go Where You Go

Let Me Go Where You Go

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For the last few months I’ve been a little MIA on here. To be honest I’ve been completely overwhelmed. Telling myself I had no idea why even though I knew the answer. I needed more of Jesus. I don’t know if you get like this as well but the more chaotic things get and the more discontent I become I get more and more distracted. Rather than go to God and deal with the issues or how I may be feeling I try to self medicate. Even if at the time I don’t realize that’s what I’m doing. But the problem with these distractions are that they only continue to make you feel more discontent and more distracted. You get sucked into the cycle of trying to “fix” things yourself.

That’s the problem when you’re not spending time with God like you need to be. You forget who you are but more importantly whose you are. You don’t see His hand in your life as clearly as before. Everything becomes a little bit fuzzy. The distractions of this world start to eat up our time with our Father. Our time with Him is so special as fathers reinforce to us who we are and all we can do. Without them and left to our own devices we seek any other source to show us who we are. If we seek anything other than God to help us through we will fail. Usually pretty miserably. If not immediately it will happen eventually.

This is the point I was at. Floundering around wondering why things weren’t happening. Waiting on God’s promises. Yet, after a series of events it all just clicked as to why. I was holding all the control or so I thought. I would tell God I’m ready for x, y, and z. Yet my hands were so tightly grasped to things. I gave Him no room to move.

Despite me ignoring God and the signs He was giving me He did something this last week. God supernaturally provided a new job for me. The last few years He continually gave me sign after sign to leave my current job. Presenting red flag after red flag from the very beginning. But I was too afraid to make a wrong decision. I was waiting on God to speak to me or show me a clear answer …even though He was. Every sign I excused away. Every red flag I made an exception. Waiting for the “perfect” time or opportunity to leave. But God was waiting on me to take the leap and trust Him. My current job provided the most toxic atmosphere and slowly stripped me from all that I was. Consumed with uncertainty on what to do I just decided to give up. But God showed up. He graciously stepped in as He saw me struggling after He continually gave me the signs to leave. He randomly plopped an opportunity into my lap. I was asked to apply for a position and the following day had an interview. Three days later I was offered that position.

Through all of it there was a lot of inner turmoil and feeling this wasn’t what I thought things should be. However, I knew it was the right move. I realized I had been limiting God by my need to be in control. Even though I would tell Him I was open to whatever He wanted I was really thinking and saying “Yes God I want your plans… but here are my plans and my plans are the right way. Please do this.” Anything other than what I thought was “right” or “perfect” couldn’t be of God and sent me into a panic fearing I was losing my control. I think we do that a lot with God. We ask Him to bless our idea of perfect rather than asking Him was his plan for us. Also failing to realize how much He loves us and that His plans far exceed our own.

As God was revealing bits to me He told me He did all this to show me that I can trust Him and He wants me to totally rely on Him and trust Him. I was struggling and yes sometimes God lets us go through that. But there comes a point where He will step in. I was at the end of myself and all I could do. Crying out to God for months and despite it being a bit anxiety provoking it opened my eyes to so much. I see now I need to let go. This is just part of my story. It most likely won’t be a forever situation but God is showing up. This has helped me to see that I need to loosen my grip on things. He has softened my heart and revealed Himself to me slowly more and more proving to me He is trust worthy. Not that He has to but He loves us enough that He wants to. God always has us and always has the best in mind for us. If we just let go and allow Him to move we can see that. Or in my case He will just show you Himself haha… He is always speaking to us and showing us what He desires for us. If we are seeking Him and relying on Him for direction He won’t let us fail. He wants us to take each step with Him as we go. He desires us to desire to be in step with Him.

Remember You are Fearfully Made

xoxo Taylor Nicole

Who’s Calling?

Who’s Calling?

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After a series of events this week I woke up with a word from the Lord. He is asking you “Who’s calling?” I was on the phone the other evening with a friend. I knew this person on the other side of the phone. However, often we rarely look, ask, or investigate who’s calling me? When we hear a word or a thought pops in our head we accept it as “oh I know this person.” We don’t ask ourselves “who is it? who’s there?” We often just answer. We let the lies in. After my conversation with my friend, it was so apparent to me the risk we put ourselves in by doing this. We open doors, sometimes bigger than we even realize.

So, ask yourself “Who’s calling?” the next time you get a thought. Is it from God? Yourself? Or the enemy? Often times the enemy sneaks in our thoughts. At first so subtly we think it’s ourselves. Soon these lies grow deep roots and infiltrate our identity. We aren’t asking who’s there. We simply let the enemy waltz right in.

Who’s calling? We need to be asking the Holy Spirit for discernment. He is is our caller ID. When an unchecked thought comes in we need to turn to Him and ask “Is this from you God?” And well if it’s not Him and it’s not you most certainly it’s the enemy. 2 Corinthians 10:5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” We need to cast down and bind those lies. Like I said before I realized the severity of letting unchecked thoughts in while talking with my friend. When we begin to let these lies take root and our emotions rule dictating how we live we become imprisoned.

Most of us until it’s pointed out are unaware of this sin. We need to ask ourselves truthfully am I following Jesus? Do my thoughts and the words I speak glorify Him? If not something is wrong. We need to seek Him for direction on what may be an open door in our lives. It starts with a thought. That subtle deceptive lie. If it goes unchecked it can spiral out of control pushing you farther from God’s light deeper into the darkness. So subtle you don’t even know. So, we must ask ourselves. “Who’s calling?” Who is on the other side of the line?

ps… Remember You are Fearfully Made

xoxo Taylor Nicole