Moment with God (Book 2 of With God Trilogy)

XXV

"Where am I?" I asked myself as I look at the green trees with fruits hanging on its leaves. I smelled the fresh scent of the flowers swaying with the soft grass I felt on my felt. I heard the chirp of the birds, the neigh of the horses, the trumpet of the elephants, the croak of the frogs as I walk near towards a stream of flowing clear water. I never imagined of a crystal clear water with all the consumers everywhere. I see a lot of animals drinking around.

"Look at how God made all this!" I heard a voice from behind. It was Michael.

"Were you here when all of these were made?" I asked.

"Yes, I saw how God created these beautiful place." Michael replied.

"Where are we anyway?" I asked another question.

"This is home." He replied.

I paused suddenly and asked him, "If this is what you call home, where are the others like you living here?"

"God prepared a mission for each one of us. We are everywhere." Michael said.

"I see. I may ask, uhm, if you know. What is my mission here?" 

He looked at me with a blank face and maybe thinking I was weird to ask that.

"God calls each one for a specific mission. You can only figure it out yourself." He stood up and walked away.

"Wait, how? How can I figure it out?" I cried. "I don't even know if I am alive or I am dead?"

"Please, sir. Help me." I didn't see him anymore. He left.

I looked around, wishing there was someone I could talk to about why am I here. My heart led me to God.

"God, will he come back?" I asked.

"Michael did not leave." God replied.

"Didn't he?" I was curiously looking everywhere.

"I am a spirit and so are my angels." God replied.

At that moment, the transporter brought me to a different place. It was also beautiful. I was in the cliff looking at the horizon of the sunrise. Each second that passes was breaktaking. The skyline lights up as the rays of the sun extended its power. Wow!

"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and marvelous things, which thou knowest not." God exclaimed.

I bowed down after hearing those words. Lord, I am your servant. You alone are the Most High.

As I lift up my head, I saw a mountain. I heard God calling me to climb that mountain.

"Is it too high as it looks?" I asked.

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." God replied.

So, I walked towards the foot of the mountain and breathed deeply.

"Lord, help me run the race and finish strong." I closed my eyes and prayed.

Suddenly, I felt joy in my heart and I knew it was God.

He will.

"Alright! This mountain will be tough but I will climb it to the very best of my ability." I told myself a reminder, like a mantra, before I take my first step and climb.

"Wait!" A voice exclaimed suddenly that stopped my foot to go.

It was Michael.

"Before you go, I would want to ask you a question." He told me.

"Uhm, I don't think I could answer." I said.

"Why?" He asked.

"God told me to go." I told him.

"Wait, are you sure it was really him?" He asked again.

"Yes, why? I know his voice." I told him, starting to doubt.

"O you of little faith. Why are you afraid?" I heard a voice deep in my heart.

"Aren't you doubting right now?" He questioned me while circling around me.

"No, uhm, no. I'm not." I told him.

"Really?" He continued to question me. "Really Janice?"

"Yes, uhm, yeah."

"Oh, really kid? How sure are you, child?" He lifted up his fiery hands to get me.

I started to get a little helpless. His claws looks sharp and his palm burnt.

"Do you believe in me, Janice?" A voice started to ask me. I'm thinking who can be. It sounds so familiar. I felt a surge in my spirit.

Wait! Wait! I know!

 I called on to God with my eyes closed.

"Yes, Lord! I believe in Jesus!" I exclaimed with all my might as I cry to the skies.

All of a sudden, a powerful upward movement rose up from my feet to my head. I faced down as I witness a swift of light encircle my feet and I saw myself wearing shoes. It rose up to my belly and I watch as I saw a belt in my waist. I was more fascinated when my chest is covered with a breastplate, an armour. I gazed at my left hand and there appeared a shield, and on my right appeared a sword. I gazed straightforward as I felt a helmet covering my head. A surge in my spirit rose as I exhaled deeply, looking straightforward.

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

I slowly look up the peak of the mountain, thinking of the obstacles I may face when I climb. I felt like my eyes were on fire.

That moment, I am assured. 

God will never leave me nor forsake me!