God Promised You a Redo-
Here’s How to Receive It FAST, with an Open Heart
by Nikki Walton for CurlyNikki.com
“God is about to give you a redo. Last night, I dreamt of a button that said redo. It was a large button and the Lord’s hand was hovering over it. The lord said, “I am about to give you a redo. You’re about to see it.” He’s about to give you a second chance. He’s about to bring it back around again. This time it will come full circle!” – @Godlywaiting
“I know that for the right practice of worship, the heart must be empty of all other things; because God will possess the heart alone.” – Brother Lawrence
When you read that first quote about a ‘redo’, what immediately came to mind? Was it a moment you regret? A series of decisions? A dream that felt missed? A door that closed before you were ready? Read it again. And see what flashes. That’s not memory, that’s Prophecy. Our Father is not just giving you another shot at the thing, He’s giving you another shot at Him. To build it this time with Him. To do it this time with Him, with a heart emptied of all else. This time, not by pressure and panic and performance (having to be someone you’re not to hold it), but by His Presence.
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.” (Zechariah 4:6)
You don’t have to make it happen. Don’t spend your meditation time trying to map out a plan. IT IS WRITTEN. You just have to make room.
What do you need to clear out of your heart today to receive the “redo” He’s bringing back around?
Knowing that this ‘redo’ isn’t dependent upon the state of the world, or the economy, or your résumé, or your past. Nothing is impossible for God. There’s nothing He can’t not do.
Challenge yourself. This is the real surrender. A place that only Silence (not more planning and thinking) can deliver you to. Brother Lawrence would say, “thinking often spoils everything”, and that, ” evil usually begins with our thoughts. You should reject any thoughts that distract us from serving the Lord or that undermine our salvation. Freeing the mind of such thoughts permits a comfortable conversation with God.” He said he would spend his hours of meditation rejecting thousands of thoughts/distractions and then falling immediately into them again. He said the best way is to, “love God and rejoice in Him“.
Not to stop thinking. Not to fight it. FEEL THE LOVE IN THE SILENCE and the thoughts get ignored on their own. The Bliss gets too good. Too loud. You can’t hear the chatter of the thoughts at the nearby tables, over the loving conversation you’re having with God at His table. Get it? Just like you can tune out a whole restaurant and the background music, and the clanking of forks on plates, you can tune into God, which automatically tunes you out of thinking, thinking, thinking.
Give yourself time, too. It used to take me 20 minutes. Sometimes, on heavy, busy, anxious days, it still does. But usually it takes about 5 now. The body melts. The mind melts. God Is. And then an hour goes by in what feels like 5 minutes!
I love you,
Nik
p.s. This is a 180 degrees attention turn-around. Bring your attention back towards your face like you’re looking at yourself in the mirror even though there is no mirror before you (or so you think). Look back upon yourself, behold yourself, and FEEL what’s there to feel. Hear how silent it is… where do the thoughts go when attention is turned back like this?
SIT WITH US TOMORROW ON SILENT RETREAT!
