ANAG means “to delight oneself!”
It speaks of a deep, intentional joy... the kind that comes from resting in God, enjoying His presence and finding satisfaction in Him above everything else.
Not surface happiness.
Not pretending everything is fine.
But a quiet confidence and surrender that says, our
“Even here, my heart can still find joy in God.”
ANAG is for the wandering heart, the tired heart, the searching heart.
It is an invitation back to delight, communion, worship and rest in God.
I’ve always admired really peaceful people. You know the kind that walk into rooms so composed, like they have everything under control. The kind where things may be falling apart, but they just laugh like they have a cheat code.
I used to be a little like that too… bold, confident, quiet. Except mine was a facade.
My mind was a battlefield. The cares of life, fear of rejection, anxiety, and feelings of unworthiness slowly ate me up from the inside, and the enemy used it to keep me bound. I believed in God, but I didn’t believe enough for myself.
What I mean is, I let everything that happened to me determine the extent to which I believed God loved me. I couldn’t believe Him for myself. I couldn’t believe He would bless me beyond a certain level. I just counted it a privilege to know Him and to be alive, and that was it.
But He began to do a work in me some years ago. I’d say about 5 years ago. Exactly 3 years ago, I had to let go of something I had trusted Him for for a loooong time, and it felt like starting all over again.
This year, I’ve spent a lot of time introspecting, and I noticed a pattern: my years often begin with me having to let go of something very important to me or take a bold step that seems crazy to everyone else. Yet every single time, when I look back, God makes something beautiful out of my life.
This time, though, I chose to accept the process quickly. To lean into Him, rest, and obey every subtle prompt He gives me… and wow, has that made a difference.
It hasn’t made things easier, but I’m more at peace now.
My heart doesn’t race at the slightest thing anymore.
I can boldly laugh in the face of challenges because I already know how they end.
I can see beyond the enemy’s gimmicks.
It’s such a wonderful place to function from, and I would encourage everyone: surrender to the Lord fully and truly delight in Him, just as He delights in us.
I hold on to Jesus not because life has been kind to me, no,
but because in every storm that tried to swallow me whole,
He stood as my anchor and refused to let me sink.
On the days my body knew hunger,
He became bread that fed places food could never reach.
In seasons where lack echoed loudly,
His hand still found mine and whispered, “You will make it through.”
When love felt like a language I was never taught,
I turned to Him and He thundered His love over me,
louder than shame, louder than silence, louder than every lie.
When I begged the world for validation,
He crowned me with belonging and called me His own.
When I wandered like I had missed my way in life’s great procession,
He found me in the shadows,
lifted me with gentle strength,
and began to dress me for a glory I had not even imagined.
When my past tried to chain me to smallness,
He broke the script, rewrote my story,
and set my feet on platforms I did not qualify for—
except by His grace.
But above all…above every miracle, every provision, every rescue…
He chose the cross.
He chose nails.
He chose death… just to choose me.
So I cling to Him.
Not out of religion, not out of routine but because I have tasted a love that does not let go.
And this love is not reserved for a select few.
It is wild, wide, and reaching.
Jesus died for us all.
Turn to Him and step into the kind of love that finds you, keeps you, and remakes you.
One thing I love about @estherjonathan_ is that, if you’re her friend she would always try to plug you to opportunities or create room for you in places where she has experienced favour. Thank you for trusting @chops_network with the opportunity to serve you and yours on your big day.
Indeed @ezrasunday_ has found a good thing and he has obtained favour from the Lord.
I’m so happy for these ones.
May this home be filled with joy and peace forever more!
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God will fight you to free you.
He will fight your distrust.
The hidden anxiety you’ve been calling faith.
The ego you’ve dressed up as humility.
God has been teaching me to rest in His love… to actually let Him be God. And wow, I didn’t realize how sweet that surrender could be until now.
I used to say “Lord, I trust You” while still trying to calculate every outcome, still trying to control the process behind the scenes. But not anymore.
Now, I’m just living.
Waking up every day, walking in righteousness before my King, and asking Him for even more help as my Father, it’s been the most freeing experience.
So let this be your reminder:
Let things fall apart if they need to.
Watch God take every broken piece and rebuild it into something far more beautiful than the “perfect” version you were trying so hard to hold together.
Growing up I wasn’t the nicest to my brothers I practically had a wall up with a signpost that read “stay away or bear the brunt of my anger”. oh and @man_likeaaron felt it a lot of times until he outgrew me and I knew if I tried anything “them fit deck me” (not like he would anyways).
You see, I thought my authority was in how mean I was and my respect, in how much they feared me but I’ve realized my strength is in my femininity and the wisdom that God so lavishly blessed me with so I’m on a journey to being better.
I know it’s women’s month and this looks like a men’s day post but I want to use this to encourage every mother, sister and friend to this amazing creatures called men to be more present with them so we can help the next generation of women have more emotionally present and stable men.
I love watching the story of my life unfold just as God has written it. It might not be the easiest but it’s beautiful!
My life is truly a new wine story, a lot of crushing and pressing but I’m coming out beautiful!
Let this serve as your little reminder to trust the God of your story, He is with you through every season and will be with you till the very end.
#fyp #christian #explore
