Wick Ministries

  I'm learning to repent a lot faster—at least I think I am. When something happens in the natural realm that sucks, or someone wrongs me, or I mess up, or whatever fleshy thing occurs... I'm learning to just take the L. Which is hilarious, because nobody wants to take the L these days. It's considered shameful in today's society to take an L... but with Jesus, it seems that losing to God is actually how you secure the W in the end. ​Like, “OH MY GOD, GOD—you DON'T want me to be right all the time??? You don't want me to prove things to people, even if You are behind it??? You don't want me to correct the ever-living crap out of people when I know I'm right??? You want me to look bad, bear a grin, and just take it???” Yeah... somewhat, because there is something beneath the surface if you continue to fix your eyes on Jesus and wait for Him to actually take the wheel. It's learning to get over yourself, your life, and your image. ​Just readjust you...

God has been showing me that I haven’t been listening carefully enough. I’ve been hiding things and avoiding going deep, failing to hear Him well because I didn't fully understand the true mechanics of how He operates. ​ Overcoming Circumstances and the Natural Realm ​ Part of the reason I fall into selective hearing—blocking things out or avoiding certain depths—comes down to my natural circumstances. So often, we allow our immediate situations to limit what we will allow God to say to us. We look at something God is nudging us toward and dismiss it, thinking, "That’s crazy, that’s not possible, so it can’t be God." ​ This reaction isn't new; we see it right in the Scriptures with Sarai (Sarah). When God declared that she would bear a son in her old age—decades past her natural childbearing years—she literally laughed behind the tent door in bitter disbelief. It felt biologically impossible, a stretch too far for her natural mind to grasp. Yet God proved that His wor...