God speaks to us in different ways; the way I hear the voice of the Lord might be different from how you hear Him. That’s what makes religion a beautiful thing — no matter who you are, the Holy Spirit has amplified His voice to make it easier for you to understand. This means He’s simply showing you signs that He is here, hoping you’ll hear Him and see that He’s been there guiding you.
I never looked for Christ. In fact, it took me a long time to hear His voice. If you had asked me about religion before my conversion, I would have said it always felt scary to me. It seemed like the Bible was just a big book telling me what I could or couldn’t do, and I only read it out of fear, trying to change myself just to avoid ending up in hell after I died.
Although I’ve realized that it’s so much more than that, and it’s not about changing by the law of the Bible, but changing by your faith. Before Christ, there was no true change in my actions because I hadn’t met Him. So I tell others, “If the Jesus you know hasn’t changed your life, you haven’t met Jesus; you met religion.”
When I finally understood how the Holy Spirit revealed God’s message to my mind, it became clear that He had been there all along, and that I was the one who hadn’t looked for Him.
To clarify, the Bible states that God knows everything—from beginning to end, right? 1 John 3:20 says, “… God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything,” and then Jeremiah 1:5 quotes the Lord saying, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…”
He knows the outcome of every situation, whether good or bad. So, one night while I was in bed, out of nowhere, a gut feeling told me, “Something is wrong.” I knew it was the voice of the Lord. He told me that someone I cared about, someone I constantly thought about, was someone I’d soon cut ties with.
Praying—I asked, “Lord, help me with my overthinking—if it’s my mind, help me fight against it and clear the negativity entirely,” I said, “and if you’re warning me, show me the truth and remove whatever is in my life that shouldn’t be,”
My request to remove anything that shouldn’t be there had worked because right after my prayer, the person and I had parted ways. That’s when I realized it wasn’t just overthinking, that it’s never been just overthinking, but God was warning me of what the future held for me.
Inspiration to pursue God’s Word
Before I associated ‘overthinking’ with God’s guidance, it controlled my life. Though once I learned to work with it instead of against it, I realized that my desire to spread the gospel grew. I started attending church and a youth group after school, while also making time on my own to host Bible studies for those interested in learning more about the Word.
The Word has not only helped me find more peace in my life but also deepened my understanding of the biblical perspective on life and death.
I want to show people, through scripture, the differences between living in sin and living with Jesus. Teaching people the Word has become one of my many passions, and I hope to help someone one day be reborn in Spirit.
It’s a feeling you will be gifted when it happens—it’s something that has truly changed my life, and you can discover it too. Then, once you realize you have, your heart will want to share it with others.
To me, this wasn’t about forcing belief on others, but about living in a way that genuinely reflects Christ so that others become curious and are drawn not to me but to Him. It taught me that sharing the Word isn’t about argument or perfection, but about planting seeds with love, patience, and truth.
Just as my heart was changed, I now feel called to be a light that might guide someone else toward that same transformation.
