When God became real to me

This story has marked my life forever and has saved me. I grew up in a Christian household knowing everything about God and all the standard things I should know but there was something greatly missing in my life. I didn’t know that God could speak to someone like me or that He wanted to. I didn’t know that He’d sent His son just to create this opportunity, to know me personally. I never doubted that God existed or that He was real, it just wasn’t apparent to me that He could speak back and that He was relational and personal & that He responded to my prayers.

There was a time in my life where I wrote down 5 dreams, who I really wanted to be and what I wanted to do in life. Something in me just longed to do what He wanted & tbh I didn’t know if these dreams were of Him. So, I said a little prayer, less than a minute long asking God to help me & tell me if these are of Him. I specifically asked for Him to tell me in Friday night church too. So, Friday came along, and I’d forgotten about my prayer earlier that week, I prayed it almost not expecting a response. In church a guest pastor with a gift of prophecy was visiting and singled me out of the crowd telling me that God says to step into those dreams that He has for me. I was in total shock and nearly broke down, I couldn’t believe that God had heard me & responded. I was trying to think if there was any way this man knew what I had prayed to God & there wasn’t a single one. I told no one what I had prayed, not even my siblings knew & that’s when I knew God was really real. He stepped into my life then and I just desired Him more, to hear from Him be with Him and grow with Him. That night I had never felt more known or seen by someone in my entire life & that’s how I’ve felt in my relationship with Him ever since.