Whether you're trying God for the first time, learning to walk with Him, or becoming His child — there's a time and a place for everything (Ecclesiastes 3:1–8). So, what time is it for you right now?
The Meeting Place
It isn't the place that matters — it is spending time with Jesus that is the true objective.
Perfect Peace
Isaiah 26:3 (Tree of Life Version): "You keep in perfect peace one whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You."
God will do exactly that — keep you in perfect peace. The imagery of this verse changed for me after listening to Lisa Nichols on the Dear Future Wifey podcast. She said, "Live from your soul." From the new perspective of living from my soul and rereading the Isaiah 26:3 verse, what stands out to me now is: "mind stayed on You." It's not only my mind that should rest on God — my soul should rest on Him too.
In my last post, I mentioned staying in God's wings. Now imagine your soul being carried by those wings. Envisioning God keeping me in His wings, I feel perfect peace. How much greater the verse impacts my outlook on working through stress and living intentionally from my soul in His peace. As I continue to learn who God is and spend time with Him, I experience the Bible as a living word. The verses evolve right alongside your relationship with God, the more His word is studied and its wisdom put into practice.
When my mind is on God, I think about Him. My thoughts explore the possibilities of who I can become. Thinking about His greatness minimizes my problems to a more figureoutable size. When my soul is on God, I feel I am with Him. I feel like all things are possible with God (Philippians 4:13). My soul feels active in my body, purpose, and alignment with God. The possibilities I once only explored in thought are no longer just figureoutable — they become accomplishable. I now know and believe, with my soul, anything I set my hands to will come to pass.
Why God Wants to Meet With You
It makes sense why God constantly wants to commune with us. The more time we spend with Him, the more we know He is good. We don't have to worry about what's ahead, because He already knows.
Even when He doesn't tell you what's coming, He walks you through your future, your present, and every uncertainty in between. Why not talk with the Creator of every day? He has every detail planned — down to the millisecond, down to your next breath and heartbeat. Your life was never meant to be lived in worry or fear. God wants you to live abundantly: joy, peace, laughter, wonder, miracles, and growth.
We spend so much of our lives second-guessing decisions. God doesn't want you carrying that weight alone — that's why He wants to meet with you.
Finding Your Meeting Place
In the Meeting Place, He wants to talk with you, not just to you. This post helps develop your own rendezvous point with God. For some people, that's the shower. For others, a coffee shop. It's okay to have more than one — God is omnipresent. Choose to believe He is fully present everywhere, all at once. No matter where you are, call on His name — any of His names — He will show up.
A Meeting Place can be public or private, as long as you come with a focused heart and mind.
The Willow Tree
There are meditation Meeting Places where God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit want a one-on-three-in-one encounter with you. (God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are known as the Holy Trinity. They are 3-in-1 being.) My personal experience with a meditation meeting began once I set aside dedicated time to meditate on seeing Jesus. Not in person, but in an imagined space I envisioned Jesus would meet me. And He did meet me in a vision depicted by the canvas I call The Meeting Place. There is a willow tree billowing over the greenest grass, beside a body of water. Jesus was waiting for me under that tree. I did not see His face, but I could see an energy. I remember Him telling me, "Do not be afraid."
To be honest, I was afraid, and I broke the vision. Months later, when I returned to it, there was a bear in the water and the tree was on fire. A few weeks after that, the California wildfires broke out. At the time, I interpreted the vision as God being upset with me. I understand now it may have been a warning of what was to come, not a rebuke. It is out of the ordinary and new to me, and that could be another reason I was afraid. Perhaps spending time with Jesus in this manner was to learn a new way to communicate with Him using a spiritual gift, and to offer a notice to my brothers and sisters in Christ. This thought intrigues me as I continue to pursue more time in the Meeting Place with the Holy Trinity.
Daily I will choose to meet God again in our Meeting Place. Although it's harder to picture now, it will be worth it if I can pray for those who will be affected by the warning, and for guidance on how to deliver advance notice. The Meeting Place is more than a moment with God — it reveals His wisdom and His foresight. I now know that I have to spend more time inquiring about His presence and how to heed the warnings.
Holy Ground, Wherever It Is
We each carry different spiritual gifts, and I believe the Meeting Place activates the ones He's placed in us. Whether God meets you in a dream or in a specific place, treat that space as holy ground. God met Moses in a burning bush, on a mountain, beside a river. He spoke to Daniel and to kings through dreams, and to Joseph the same way. God is always speaking — we have to be aware enough to listen.
Something about the Meeting Place is intentional: a sacrifice of your time, a willingness to come into His presence, a real bond being formed with our Lord and Savior. I'll admit, my own Meeting Place — the willow tree I described above — I've only returned to three times in the past six years. Over those six years I was afraid of how real the visions and time with Jesus felt. I stayed away because I was ashamed for not trying to meet with Him again. As time continued to pass, I started to forget that I could meet Jesus. However, it became increasingly challenging to silence my mind long enough to focus on building the vision again. As I type, I realize it isn't the place that matters; it is spending time with Jesus that is the true objective.
Living It Out: The Seven-Day Meeting Place Challenge
That six-year gap is what prompted me to start the 7-Day Meeting Place Challenge.
If you're like me, sometimes God wakes you up an hour or two before your alarm. Take that hour to meet with Him before the day can distract you. It will be hard not to fall back asleep — hence the seven days. Here's how it works: each morning, read a chapter from a specific book of the Bible, then sit with it in meditation. Let worship music or lo-fi Christian music play softly in the background to help quiet your mind and settle you into your own Meeting Place with the Lord.
A devotional and journal built around this exact challenge — daily readings, guided reflection space, and prompts to help you build your own Meeting Place — are coming soon. I'll share the drop date in a future post and in the comments here, so keep an eye out.
Join me as we live this out in real life. There's an old hymn, "Woke Up This Mornin'," that carries the same spirit I woke up with today: "I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus." Know that any time you need Him, He'll be waiting in the holiest of rendezvous, your Meeting Place.
A Canvas of the Vision
Some visions are hard to hold onto once the moment passes. That's part of why The Meeting Place canvas from the Providence Market exists — it renders this exact scene: a woman still in prayer beneath a willow tree, a wild river nearby, a bear wading through the water undisturbed. Peace, even in the presence of what could unsettle you.
If you've ever needed a visual reminder that stillness is a posture available to you — not a destination you have to earn — this piece was made for that. It's a way to keep your own Meeting Place in view, even on the mornings it's hardest to show up.
It isn't the place that matters — it is spending time with Jesus that is the true objective.