Talking with God - Part 1
For the first time in weeks my mind was quiet. I could hear the wind sweeping through the canyon corridors as the sunlight shined brightly on my face. I had finally made it to LA. It had taken me nearly 3 years to make this moment become a reality, so I breathed in deeply and allowed myself to bask in the seconds as they grew into minutes. I stood quietly looking out at the valley and perhaps after ten minutes or so I heard a voice whisper to me, “THIS IS WHERE I’M GOING TO EXPAND YOU.”
Initially when I heard the voice I was confused seeing as to how I was standing alone at the time. I was unsure whether or not I had truly heard a voice or if I was tripping. As I continued to stand on the mountain and stare out at the valley, I heard the voice again, except this time it was clearer and it was louder. I’m not sure what you believe in or if you’ve ever heard the voice of God but trust me when I tell you, it’s a powerful feeling. Once I heard the voice for the second time it was as if my body became hyper alert and electrified. It was as if I was tapping into a direct feed from source energy. IT WAS AS IF I WAS TALKING TO GOD.
Now before I got on the plane to come to LA the day before, my only objectives were to deliver my keynote speech at the Forward Conference 2019 and catch up with a few friends who lived in the city. I was only scheduled to be in Los Angeles for a total of 3 days, however, after having the experience on the mountaintop, that plan quickly altered. I began to listen to the instructions given to me by the voice. The first assignment was for me to reach out to a friend that I hadn’t spoken to in a while. Her name is Stacey and she and I met back in 2007 in Alpharetta, Ga.
The conversation was quick and to the point, sort of like the voice that I was hearing had given here a heads up and informed her about what I was going to ask. We did a quick one two, how ya doing, how have you been intro and then I asked her straight up, “DO YOU KNOW OF ANY JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR LIVING SITUATIONS OUT HERE?” Now this was a weird and random question for me to ask out of the blue for several reasons but the most obvious was the fact that,
1. I had no immediate intention on setting up a move to LA.
2. I had an entire company/organization in Atlanta that I was helping to co-direct.
3. The vast majority of my social and professional network had been established in the South and on the East Coast.
Nevertheless, I asked Stacey the question anyways and to my surprise she enthusiastically answered, “YES, if you come up to my job I can get you hired today, and you can rent out the second bedroom in my apartment for $1000 dollars.”
It was at this point that I began to realize that the voice that I was hearing was in fact God speaking to me and leading me into the direction that I was supposed to be going. It wasn’t up to me to figure out how this new found opportunity was going to make sense, but it was my responsibility to listen and recognize what was being shown to me.
To Be Continued…..