{"id":2207,"date":"2023-04-08T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2023-04-08T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T08:12:09","slug":"whats-yours-will-never-pass-you-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/?p=2207","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s yours will never pass you by"},"content":{"rendered":"

26th September 2021, London, 23:36<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever been afraid that someone will steal what God has for you or it will somehow not get into your hands? I\u2019ve had such deep fears rock my world multiple times. During these moments I would think of all sorts of ways to ensure that I\u2019m on track and I haven\u2019t \u201cmissed anything\u201d that he\u2019s told me. However, time and time again, God has been kind and has consistently shown me that what is mine will never pass me by, especially when I have a heart that is focused on Him. I want nothing more than to serve my purpose to the fullest, to live life to the fullest and to experience His work in every aspect of my life to the fullest. I\u2019ll tell you an experience I encountered a while ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you know me, you know I love enjoyment. I also love the finer things of life. Now by no means do I let these things rule over my life \u2013 no. But let\u2019s be real, the finer things are foine indeed. I appreciate luxury goods that I can get good use out of. You get the point \u2013 I like nice things! A friend of mine was obsessing over these sandals which the high end brand \u2013 Gucci, had released for their summer season. I remember looking at the shoes and thinking they looked \u201cok and slightly quirky\u201d. She told me how beautiful they were and kept on raving about them. This was in February \/ March. I told her I would pass on the shoes. Fast forward to August, we decided to go on a trip to Paris and I saw her rocking these shoes. I frown and get super grumpy because it turns out that I loved the shoes! You know what\u2019s worse? The shoes were extremely comfortable, stylish and affordable. I kept pinching myself for being stingy! Why didn\u2019t I buy the shoes earlier on in the year? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With this new desire for the shoes, I decided to take a trip to the beautiful Gucci store on St Honor\u00e9. I walked into the store and asked for the shoe in the most sought after colour \u2013 green. The sales associate looked at me in disbelief. She simply replied \u201cmadam, you will not find that anywhere, they have been sold out since the beginning of the year\u201d. I frowned and said okay no problem. I then made the resolve that I would buy the white version of the shoes instead \u2013 they looked amazing and were my next best option since the colour I desired the most (green) wasn\u2019t available.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, I\u2019m one persistent woman and when I want something, I usually don\u2019t take no for an answer. I decided I would check London to see if by some miracle they had the green sandal. I reasoned that If God wanted me to have the shoe, the green will still be there after all. Hence when I returned to London, I pranced into Selfridges and asked for the green shoe. I think the sales associate thought I was confused. She said \u201cmadam, we haven\u2019t seen that colour since the start of the year. It\u2019s completely sold out everywhere\u201d. So I took it as \u2013 Tumi, buy the white the green wasn\u2019t for you. I told her ok, I\u2019ll take the white then. She disappears into the stock room and I sit patiently waiting for her to bring back the shoes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I wait for about 10 minutes and see her come back with not one but two boxes. She looks at me and says \u201cyou must be the luckiest woman in the world. I just found a pair of the green sandals in an EU40 (my size). I didn\u2019t even know we had this in the back!\u201d To add to the drama, other sales associates gasped and exclaimed when they saw the shoe. They turned to her and asked \u201cwhere did you get that? Was that in the shop? Oh my goodness! We didn\u2019t know we had that in this store!\u201d I sat and smiled heavily thinking <\/span>\u201cdon\u2019t you dare try my daddy. What\u2019s mine will never pass me by.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, I ended up with two shoes \u2013 the white and the green. I bought the white first and later went back to get the green because I believe it was hidden away just for me. It was like He hid it in the back till He was ready for me to receive it. That\u2019s what I believe God does for us. We often get into these moments where we are afraid that the gifts and best things which He\u2019s specially selected for us will pass us. I disagree. God is love. He is the fullest expression of love. He actually loves giving us gifts. I\u2019m coming to believe that God can hide things away, precious things away from us until we are ready to receive them. When he feels we are ready, He will lead us to this place and reveal the gift.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Deep that I\u2019m basing this off Gucci shoes but honestly, that for me was the deeper revelation behind this whole story. What\u2019s mine can\u2019t be snatched because God is good. He will keep it hidden just for me (and you) especially when we have hearts that are focused on him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So I say this to say \u2013 fear not. Your promise is there waiting for you. Focus on you! Focus on your character, your development, on growing closer to Him. It\u2019s through that you know that He will keep polishing the gift which he has already specially marked out for you. I\u2019m certain that in due course, He will lead you to it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Love,
\nT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

26th September 2021, London, 23:36 Have you ever been afraid that someone will steal what God has for you or it will somehow not get into your hands? I\u2019ve had such deep fears rock my world multiple times. During these moments I would think of all sorts of ways to ensure that I\u2019m on track […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perspectsees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}