Chasing Clouds

Magnificent clouds caught my eye doing my morning run. I couldn’t help but admire nature in all its glory. How beautiful the clouds look today. Don’t the clouds look beautiful?” I asked my older daughter. She responded, “They look very beautiful. Wow!”. And then it happened. I heard in my spirit. How about you stop, take a minute and bask in the beauty of God’s glory. Pause and acknowledge Me, give me Reverence.

I was so shy and felt embarrassed to just stop and take pictures. I felt people will think I am just crazy or wonder if everything was alright. The devil whispered to me that I’m taking a risk and someone could creep up on me and drive my car off (I had two children strapped in the back seat). A thousand reasons flooded my mind why I shouldn’t stop and just worship God in the moment. Am I okay? I cannot be the only one on this ship ooo… However (drumroll🥁🥁🥁) I stopped.

People risk more to on a daily basis to take selfies, buy food, do business and even indulge in fraudulent activities to make money and it’s absolutely normal. What am I saying? Some even just park anywhere on major stretches of road to take a wee or a dump because it’s pressing (or they’re just plain indiscriminate 🤦🏽‍♀️). They don’t flinch about the possibility of being seen or mocked. Why on earth was I hesitant, afraid, ashamed maybe?

How many times have we denied God His glory, denied Him praise or worship in the moment because of flimsy excuses? How many times have we missed an opportunity to revere Him and praise His name in the moment, out of the blue? What would it cost us to pause our supposed busy lives, just to be present in His presence; to bask in the glory of His goodness.

May we not miss out on the privilege of that moment of expressing gratitude for His glory and exalting who He is because we are restricted by logic and what looks normal. May we receive the grace to glorify Him spontaneously absolutely normal henceforth.

When you take a close look at Psalm 91, you would notice that God’s promises are pivoted on dwelling in His presence. Really we have no substantial excuse to not go out of our way for Him when He gave it all for us.

Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty…

Psalm 91:9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,Even the Most High, your dwelling place,…

Psalm 91: Because he has set his love upon Me,…

🎵🎶And oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God

Oh, it chases me down, fights ’til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine

And I couldn’t earn it, and I don’t deserve it, still, You give Yourself away

Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God, yeah

There’s no shadow You won’t light up

Mountain You won’t climb up

Coming after me

There’s no wall You won’t kick down

Lie You won’t tear down

Coming after me🎶🎵

Too many words may dilute the efficacy of the message. I pray that as you read this, the Holy Spirit will indulge and invigorate your senses to acknowledge the beauty of God’s Majesty. Thank you Father for teaching us to honour You by paying attention in Jesus’ precious name. Amen.

Love, Esinam.

PS: All the photos in this write-up were taken because I obeyed. I went cloud chasing ☁️💨🏃🏽‍♀️