I am NEVER waiting on God; God is waiting on me…

The Momentary Thoughts from a Satiated Mind is a sacred space where Spirit speaks before the fruit ever shows.  Where whispers of heaven plant themselves in voice notes, morning commutes, and friendly WhatsApp messages.  Where prayer calls turn into healing sessions!  Oh, and the thought, she’s sometimes that unexpected guest—showing up barefoot, bold, and right on time…even if I’m in yesterday’s sweats and not emotionally ready for company 😅 

I’ve read the story of the four lepers in the Bible more times than I can count.  But a few weeks after my birthday—right before Thanksgiving, and when the leftovers were still plotting their takeover of my fridge—a phrase dropped into my spirit and refused to let me breathe normally until I paid attention:

“I am never waiting on God; God is waiting on me.”

Listen… those words hit me so much that if you notice I’ve not written nor shared a thought in 2 weeks…The words came with urgency and a wink, like Spirit saying, “Hey Nono… sit down a minute. We need to talk.”

So, I sat. And I marinated. And I marinated some more.

Because when Spirit whispers something that bold, it usually means my current thought-patterns are about to get a holy chiropractic adjustment. 😉  As I continued to sit with these words, I began to notice how often I look at situations from only one angle—usually the angle shaped by old beliefs, old fears, and old assumptions I’ve allowed to take up way too much space in my mental guest room.  And surprise, surprise: that angle almost always leads me to make fear-based choices instead of love-based ones. 

Around the same time, I completed an assignment for one of my Ministry School classes where I had to rewrite the 50 Principles of Expressions of Love from A Course in Miracles. That exercise stretched my inner landscape like spiritual yoga—opening up areas of consciousness I’d kept pretty tight and protected.  And somewhere between rewriting those principles and whispering “Lord, help,” I started to understand the message the Holy Spirit had planted in me much more deeply this past weekend.

Love, God...

But before I keep going, let me make sure you’ve actually read the story I’m talking about—just in case you weren’t paying attention in Sunday School and were instead trying to sneak snacks. (Yes, I see you. No judgment 😂)

Here it is, and do pay attention to the highlighted sections:

2 Kings 7:3-10 Amplified Bible

Four Lepers Relate Arameans’ Flight

3 Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the [city’s] gate; and they said to one another, “Why should we sit here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city’—then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit still here, we will also die. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans (Syrians). If they let us live, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.” 5 So they got up at twilight to go to the Aramean camp. But when they came to the edge of the camp, there was no one there. 6 For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, the sound of a great army. They had said to one another, “The king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come [and fight] against us.” 7 So the Arameans set out and fled during the twilight, and left their tents, horses, and donkeys, even left the camp just as it was, and fled for their lives. 8 When these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away from there silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. Then they went back and entered another tent and carried [some valuable things] from there also, and went and hid them.  9 Then they said one to another, “We are not doing the right thing. This is a day of good news, yet we are keeping silent. If we wait until the morning light, some punishment [for not reporting this now] will come on us. So now come, let us go and tell the king’s household.” 10 So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, “We went to the camp of the Arameans (Syrians), and behold, there was no one there, nor the sound of man there—only the horses and donkeys tied up, and the tents [had been left] just as they were.”

The Revelation Begins…

As I kept praying through this thought—“I am never waiting on God; GOD is always waiting on me”—I saw something about myself that made me both laugh and cringe:

Most of the time, when I’m afraid or stressed, I am not seeing from the perspective of Truth. I’m seeing from the perspective of panic, imagination, and memories disguised as prophecy. You know that saying, “There are many ways to skin a cat”?(Whoever came up with that was clearly not a pet person, but I digress.) Well, it’s true. Life is multi-dimensional. Situations have layers.  People have layers.  I (You) have layers.  And usually, I’m only looking at Layer One—the layer shaped by fear, ego, or my need to control the outcome.

But when I stop fighting the current and ask my inner being, “How do you see this?” Something shifts.  My Higher Self always answers from the perspective of Truth, not from wounds of the past.

And that’s where the four lepers come in…

The Illumination I Received

1.      The Four Lepers at the Gate

These lepers represent the parts of me that feel unworthy, stagnant, rejected, or “not quite good enough.” I jokingly told Spirit, “Four? Just four? Because I can name at least twelve.” But then I realized—maybe there are only four because the fifth one must be the Highest part of me. The Holy part. The part that always knows the Truth.

Lepers were cast out, avoided, labeled “unclean.”  And don’t we do the same with certain parts of ourselves?

• The insecure part.

• The overwhelmed part.

• The “why am I like this?” part.

Yet these very parts became the agents of breakthrough in the story. 

They thought they were stuck—but they weren’t. They assumed death was coming—but the miracle was already prepared. Nothing changed until they moved.

And just like that, the words Spirit gave me clicked:

“I am never waiting on God; God is waiting on me.”

Divine provision often exists before I take a step, AND I don’t see it until I actually move.

2.      Going to the Aramean Camp

This part of the story made me cringe & laugh a bit  because, honestly, the lepers were like, “Well… either we die here or we die there.  Might as well die with a little adventure.”

But metaphysically, their journey told me something powerful:

Moving toward what I fear is often the exact thing that breaks the fear.

The Arameans represent the mindsets that oppose my Truth—doubt, fear, and every “what if?” scenario I’ve ever invented at 2 a.m. And when the lepers walked toward what scared them, the thing they feared was already defeated.

Their movement activated their miracle.

Their decision—“Why sit here until we die?”—created an energetic shift that unlocked provision, ended the famine, and blessed an entire nation.

Which brings me right back to Spirit’s message:

“I am not waiting on God.  God is waiting on my YES.”

• The Arameans were already gone.

• The miracle was already complete.

• The supply was already prepared.

• All the lepers had to do… was walk.

So, what does this mean for me (and maybe for you)?

Spirit wasn’t telling me something cute or inspirational.  Spirit was telling me something operational.  You know that podcast idea I’ve been sitting on…(note to self) yah it’s time NoNo!

Podcast coming soon...watch this space... :)

Breakthrough is often sitting three steps ahead of me, tapping its foot, waiting for me to move. 

And here’s the part that really got me:

Not only did the lepers receive the abundance…they became the ones who delivered good news to the whole city.

My movement doesn’t just bless me. It blesses my family. My community. My lineage. My future.

My YES opens gates for other people.

So, here’s my seasonal reminder to myself (and to you):

• Divine provision is already prepared.

• Guidance is already prepared.

• Breakthrough is nigh.

• God’s not late — I just haven’t walked yet.

My movement reveals what God already finished.  And it delivers blessings to everyone connected to me!!  It makes Ludacris’s song “When I move you move, just like that” run in my mind as I write this!  😊

Thank You, God, for these subtle, profound reminders that nudge me out of fear and back into alignment.

💭 Your Turn…

• What are the “leprous” parts of you—those wounded, rejected, doubtful places—that might actually be carrying your next revelation?

• If you feel stuck, what one small step of movement can break the stagnation today?

• What fear dissolves the moment you decide to trust Source completely?

Maybe, like me, you need this reminder:

• Provision is already prepared.

• Divine breakthrough is waiting on your willingness.

• And once you move… you become a conduit of blessing for others.

I trust you and yours are preparing to make this the best Christmas yet! 🎄✨