12 Things That Happen Right Before God Changes Your Life Entirely.

12 Things That Happen Right Before God Changes Your Life Entirely.

the CurlyNikki.com Team

Fear is knocking at your door. Constantly. Constantly. Constantly.

You do your best to distract yourself from the knocking. With food… oftentimes with scrolling, or napping, worrying, sometimes even with prayer… but it’s still there, like a shadow, a constant companion.

Listen between those knocks, tho… what do you hear? Right now as you read these words… listen between them… what do you hear? God is standing at your door, too. Knocking. It’s softer. Less rapid. Not urgent. He doesn’t sound like ‘dem boys’ at your door… it’s the way your kind, older neighbor would knock. And He’s not going to force His way in, but once you let Him in, once He’s standing in your house, and you in Him, the fear will retreat. It’ll move on. Go knock on someone else’s door.

If you’ve found this post, chances are you’re right at the edge of something miraculous. Something Holy. I know it doesn’t feel like it. It feels like fear. Like pressure. Confusion. Silence. Delay. Defeat. But this is how it always looks (and feels) right before everything changes. You switch between excited and depressed, hopeful and deflated. HOLD THE LINE! If you knew who was with you, you’d laugh at yourself every time fear tried to knock.

Here are 12 signs that God is moving powerfully behind the scenes, even if you can’t see it yet.

1. Everything starts falling apart… fast

What used to work no longer does. That relationship? Drifting. That job? Unbearable. That routine? Can’t keep up with it. It’s not sabotage at all. It’s not what it looks like… don’t judge by appearances. God will often disrupt comfort to create room for destiny. See it, and smile. Know something bigger and better, more aligned, is already lined up.

2. You feel spiritually tired but somehow more aware

You’re not lazy. You’re being emptied. You feel drained because you’re in transition, between who you were and who you’re becoming. Even in the exhaustion, there’s a new awareness. Like something is watching over you. Because Someone is. Say, ‘hey God’. 😉 He’ll wink back!

3. Your usual prayers don’t “work” anymore

The words feel dry. Repetitive. You think you’re doing something wrong, but really, you’re being invited deeper. This is when God stops answering petitions and starts offering presence. He’s inviting you to pray in Spirit and in Truth, not in English. He’s asking if He can come in and pray for you.

4. You start questioning everything

Your beliefs. Your path. Your identity. You’re not backsliding. You’re being refined. What’s being shaken is what can be shaken. What remains cannot be moved. Let the overhauling happen!

“Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens…” – Hebrews 12:26

5. You see repeating numbers, signs, or scriptures

Everywhere you look, confirmation. You see the same verse, the same word, the same phrase. That’s God inviting you into the AWE of the moment. Every time you see a sign, you stop. You pause. You let Him in. You hear the Silence… Joy knocking. He’s with you.

6. You’re attracted to silence

You don’t want the noise. You crave stillness. You don’t want to go out. The scroll doesn’t hit like it used to. You long for quiet. And in that quiet, you start to feel something greater than thought. You begin to hear His voice.

7. You start losing friends, followers, and favor in old circles

God is pruning relationships that were tied to a previous version of you. Don’t panic. Some exits are a promotion. Some losses are protection. Don’t grasp at reconnections. Remain in the discomfort of the quiet. Linger here. He’ll fill the space with Himself… and then others that love Him like you do!

8. You start hearing God’s voice clearer, even if you don’t realize it

It sounds like your own thoughts, but with peace. It interrupts your doubt with scripture. It interrupts your fear with faith. That’s Him. You’re learning the sound of your Shepherd. Sometimes, it’s not even in a language or a tongue you understand (but still in your own voice). Just listen 😉 The Fruit is the Peace, and the Peace that produces even more fruit!

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them…” -John 10:27

9. You feel like you’re in a wilderness season

No progress. No evidence. No timeline. And yet you keep going. That’s faith. And wilderness always comes before the promised land, not after. Keep pushing. This is labor.

10. You cry easily, at worship songs, commercials, or nothing at all

Your heart is being softened. What used to harden you now humbles you. You are not weak. You are awakening. This is part of your spiritual sensitivity returning. Let it flow. Let these emotions come and go in His Safety. In His Presence.

11. You keep getting messages like this one

God is relentless when He’s about to move. He’ll send confirmation through strangers, reels, sermons, and articles. He wants you to know this is not random. You were led here. You are chosen.

12. You feel like you’re about to break

That’s because you are. But not in the way you think. You’re breaking through. Breaking open. This is the pressure right before the miracle. The storm right before the voice. The death right before resurrection. They’re about to roll that stone away!!! LIGHT, baby!

When God Changes Your Life Entirely

He doesn’t warn you. He prepares you. It will feel like the same situations are coming back around. Sometimes the same cast of characters. Definitely the same emotion… the same fear (you just give it different names… but you know how it feels).

These signs are the preparation. Can you feel the JOY right next to the fear. Can you feel the Peace in the middle of the fear… this is all you have to do to go to the next level. Remembering God in the midst of the challenge, levels that level. And you can move on. Up. In.

If you’re in this season, don’t quit. Don’t go back (you couldn’t if you wanted to haha). Don’t numb out. Let it fall apart. Let it feel uncertain. Because on the other side of this?

New oil. New name. New level. In Jesus’ Name!!!

AMEN. I love you!

SIT WITH US ON SILENT RETREAT DAILY! LET’S USHER IN THE NEW TOGETHER!