God Meets Us When We Least Expect.

Okay so, this wasn't even the post I was about to make but when the Holy Spirit puts something else in my mind I'm gonna try and be OBEDIENT!!! So, here we go. Here is some context: A few days ago I was feeling discouraged. I haven't been able to meet with my discipleship group in a couple weeks, I got very caught up in the world, and I felt like the fire in my soul was slowly losing its flame. My mom and I were watching a message one Sunday and the pastor was talking about the seasons we as Christians might find ourselves in. At the end, he asked everyone to stand up so we could be prayed for when he said the season we felt we were in. My mom stood up when he called the most encouraged season we could be in, (in this case it was "spring") where you feel so in love with the Lord, are seeking His face daily, and being met with new revelations. I was allowing myself to be vulnerable and stood up when he called the "fall" people to stand up. Fall was the season where you feel things are getting a little dry and aren't as vibrant as they once were. I immediately saw my mom's heart sink. I could tell this impacted her and I believe she has been praying for me since; thankfully our God hears our prayers. The next night, I was extremely tired, I got home late and wasn't in the mood to read the Bible before bed like I usually do. I felt like I should so I did read anyways but I remember climbing into bed thinking "I won't be hearing anything from God right now" (because of where I was in the Old Testament), so right off the bat I was reading out of obligation. God turns things for "GOOD", not just "good". Anyhoo, as I was reading in 1 Kings about Solomon building the temple, I was hit with a revelation when I read this verse, "I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there" 1 Kings 9:3. Holy Spirit reminded me in that moment God doesn't dwell within a four-walled temple anymore. He lives in us! We are the new temples of God, His Spirit lives in us now. And with that being true, this Scripture says He has consecrated US, His Name is on US, and (the part that really got me) His eyes and His heart will ALWAYS be with US. Just earlier that morning I was doing my devotional and it had me write down the question, "do you see me God?" and I knew He did when I wrote it but (in His goodness) He spoke it to me just later on that day through a place in the Bible where I was expecting nothing to reach me. Spoiler alert: I cried. Since that moment, I just feel something new happening inside of me and it is beyond epic. Although I didn't feel better right away, this was a very encouraging moment I am now sitting here a little over a week later and it feels as if I am entering spring again.