I Will Wait for You: Do You Recognize Us?

By Torika Adikubou

The remarkable journey of certainty in embracing life, healing relationships, unbearable loss unveils greater strength of purpose. An audacious pattern of a single being builds beyond gravitational pull encountering exposure to a defying principle breaking sound barriers of society's expected normalcy. We'll discover simplicity of ourselves, laughing hysterically at the specific fundamentals in authentic living, cultivating to honor hidden treasures within us for God's glory. Capturing the law of aerodynamics, the author reveals breaking to push out in wrestling her long struggles of character to victoriously conquer fear being firmly planted on radical faith. The author gravitates readers to recognize an exceptional perception of this Samaritan woman at the well as Jesus draws our generation to the cosmos of reflecting himself in us.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098024628

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I Will Wait for You

Do You Recognize Us?

Torika Adikubou

Copyright © 2020 by Torika Adikubou

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Table of Contents

Honor Is Worship

Don’t Think Like a Cuttlefish

Honor Is Patterned

Everything Begins at Home

God Owns Everything

Courageous People Honor Others

Wait on the Rotations until the Master Says So

Obedience Requires Discipline

Prayer Is Pivotal

Process Releases Purpose

The Three E’s of Process

Champions Embrace the King in Him

Gold Bar Investment

Pointing Honor to the Realities of Heaven and Hell

To the author and finisher of my adventurous life.

To every reader, you are a universal changer. Don’t be afraid to glorify your process purposely walking toward destiny, embracing the Promised Land. Acknowledge your fears and take out that grasshopper!

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I thank my Lord Jesus for giving great strength to once timid spirit, yet reserved energetically odd self of embracing the ability to writing this book. Enduring to embrace every process especially unexpected chest retracted ones while holding firm to the dream of successfully completing this book was unimaginably restless. But today, I feel relieve to inhale God’s timing, exhaling gratitude.

Sincere thanks to an amazing father who taught his only daughter self-confidence and a life is worth more than all earthly possessions. Many thanks, my mother dearest, for letting me scrub the bathroom with white straight pants before heading out to church that Sunday. Understanding every family is unique especially with my three priceless package deal brothers.

Thanks a million Christian Faith Publishing for giving me this prestigious platform to declare the goodness of God in my life. Special thanks to my Literary Agent Andy with Publicist Specialist Leslie, truly an honor working with you both. Most grateful for inspirations and words of encouragement from families, great friends, and loved one who stood beside believing with me to completing this writings. I love you all dearly. You all rock my world. Greatly appreciate every reader. My hope’s every being enjoys reading I Will Wait for You as much as the writings have continuously build, develop this being as one of the many more exceptional single beings for this generation.

Prologue

Four years ago I got mesmerized by John 4 Samaritan woman at the well. I was laying on the bench of our backyard gazing toward the blue skies one sunny day as I watched blue Jays play tag. Suddenly, there was this deep voice in my belly echoing up toward my cranial cavity. You are the woman at the well! I laughed out loud, telling myself, Never have been married, nor have been under the sheets with any guy, how does that make me an adulteress? Justifying myself indeed, you can say that again! Truly amazing how some Christians like myself create unnecessary battles to justify ourselves before understanding to discover God wants to reveal a principle about himself. Reflexes jump to analyze conclusions without listening to wisdom. Simply reflecting ignorance as if we have never said a lie. Lord, help us all. Automatically, a word leaped out: Even if you laid your eyes on a young man and your heart lusts over him, you have committed adultery. Bam! Indeed I plead the fifth notion made its way out the window. I began to apologize for my stubbornness and ignorance.

Lovely is the wondrous works of God’s hands. There is nothing wrong with admiring God’s creation especially human kind. We often get lost by the way our opposite sexes are marvelously built. God is such a master craftsman. It’s incredible to be captivated by God’s creation, but when the admiration or feeling is enticed by lust then we need to shun it down as soon as possible and deny unproductive access in establishing a void led by our feelings. Don’t suppress your vulnerability. Acknowledge it but entertain it not. Shut it down! Writing a book about myself as the woman at the well was simply impossible. I had no idea what to write or how to begin scribbling. I contemplated with the Lord countless times, knowing very well writing was not a forte of mine since high school. But now to write a book? Seriously, that’s simply out of my league.

Little by little I was getting revelations about writing this book. Don’t allow stubbornness and doubt to miss your purpose. Whenever we’re given an assignment for every season, the capacity of endurance to completion lies within us. Countless times we underestimate our abilities intimidated on cultivating greatness in us. We solely are obsessively focused on ourselves neglecting to fix our eyes on King Jesus.

Weeks passed, I came to a realization of understanding this huge assignment needed to break down every superficial facet for authenticity to shine from within. Finally I confessed, Okay, Jesus, I’ve got to write this book for you. I didn’t realize since 2014 I’d been studying this Samaritan woman at the well before desiring to host a women’s conference. I had a confirmation dream about it later in the following days, kept it private, but informed my mother to pray about it. We are to be more aware of sharing vital revelation to the right people who will protect and help you birth it out therefore discernment with wisdom is imperative to apply. Exactly a year later, the substance in the supernatural I was hoping for came alive and fulfilled its purpose. The Woman at the Well Conference was held on November 23, 2015, at Burns Auditorium in Finley Community Center. This was one of the many purposeful substances unveiled revealing itself beautifully as it always does. When God makes a promise, he honors his Word because he is a covenant God. Gradually, I’d grown fond of this amazing Samaritan woman. The path she chose to stride along is truly captivating. I was wrestling in my spirit as to why an amazing woman like her is imperative for me to gain good understanding. Each chapter in God’s Word are patterns leading to a principle, which we must apply for our lives. Every methodology I’d adapted was challenged to the point of erasing everything I’ve learned about this woman and submit yielding to the Spirit’s counseling. The principle had to be processed in my life before it can impact others. You cannot give what you do not have. He is not a God of confusion but God of order. I believe God wants to do greater things in the lives of our generation. These are the last days, where God is pouring out his Spirit on every flesh (Joel 2:28). God yearns to pour out himself in us, through us, for the world to his glory.

In past decades this woman at the well was known as an adulteress, a promiscuous woman who turned around and became a voice perpetuating kingdom order on earth. Assumed by many as a thirsty woman that her thirst was fiercely real nothing could satisfy until she met Jesus. She was desperately searching for life where Jesus, the everlasting life, was patiently waiting at the well. She was tenacious, go-getter, and trendsetter in a highly precarious state of hope until she met the Lord of her heart. But every understanding was satisfied not because John 4 needed to speak and work thoroughly to completion in my life. Not only talking about Jesus but following him being an example of Christ. This Samaritan woman was married five times. I can’t perceive to honor a man that is not my husband when I’ve never been married. But God as the love of my life and lover of my soul is relevant to understanding the importance of honoring an intimate relationship. Single people, it is imperative to be rooted and grounded in Christ, for he is the firm foundation we can put our trust. Recognizing one’s identity is powerful as a young being nowadays. Roles and identity are two different things. As the middle sibling trying to balance everything, I’ve learnt my lessons everything under the sun has a season. Embrace undivided attention enjoying being whole being as daughter, a sister not trying to be a savior in my family. Often, we define our roles in family, society, even ministry as identity, but those are false distinction of an individual. True identity is engraved within us by our Maker. For myself, I am a daughter of King Jesus, birthed from an unshakeable kingdom chosen in this generation to impute honoring order for freedom and cultivating greatness in us to the glory of God.

Friends, knowing our boundaries assists us to sharing love appropriately to people. Don’t lose yourself trying to please everyone. Single people, no person can complete you. We are fully complete in Christ. In him we find the identity of our worth. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority (Colossians 2:10, NLT). A strong-minded being can do anything their heart desires when work ethics is applied. Faith without works is dead. Countless times we’ve taken salvation carelessly undermining grace. King Jesus is not a fool to be mocked. Friends, God is calling you to come out of your bondage and fears. Put all our trust in this eternal God for with him nothing is impossible. Jesus rescued me through these victorious women, Samaritan woman at the well, Rebekah, while the widow of Zarephath gave me an opportunity to experience Jesus personally as the master of my life. It’s truly amazing how Jesus came patiently waiting to rescue me in my own chaotic dysfunctional world.

Who is the woman at the well? Why was this woman at the well appealing to me? What makes her most significant to Jesus that he had to patiently wait for her? These were some of the questions provoked me to reflect for myself to understand, to recognize this Samaritan woman at the well. The way she moved, felt, her thoughts, and intentions. A quest to discover the mysterious connection about this single individual was birthed. For a few minutes, I’d daydream of being in her shoes spontaneously conversing with the Savior of the world. What is the principle she wanted to impart educating me? What are her patterns? What is the principle I’m supposed to receive, understand, and apply daily for life? Studying to observe this Samaritan woman was crucially important for me to discover where in the Old Testament is the foreshadow of John 4 Samaritan woman. We ought to understand the Old Testament is the foreshadow of the New testament. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God (John 1:1). Truly exhilarating to read and study the Word. Yield to the Holy Spirit as we immerse into his voice.

Firstly, we need to zoom closer to the people that were tied to this ancestral well on John 4. God works in patterns. The well belonged to Jacob, the son of Isaac, who is Abraham and Sarah’s grandson. The Creator of heaven and earth is a generational God. God-loyal people, living honest lives, make it much easier for their children (Proverbs 20:7, MSG). Live a life of integrity. Some choices we make may seemed insignificant, but it affects generations. Pointing to the ancestral importance of the well, this Samaritan woman had come after Rachel who married Jacob whom he loved. But before Rachel, Rebekah came out to draw water from the well (Genesis 24). There she met Eliezer by the well, the eldest servant of Abraham who was sent to find Isaac a bride. Eliezer guided Rebekah to the promise, and she became the wife of Isaac, the promised son of Abraham. These victorious women at the well (Rebekah, Rachel, and Samaritan woman) had a significant principle they lived by. Friends, all these women were single beings before they encountered the everlasting well. If you’re not yet married, single to the core, cheers to us. Their patterns helped me to fully embrace what I’d been intentionally distancing myself. That is, understanding order and honoring the heart of God in my life. Knowing God in an intimate relationship helps us to serve him better and cultivate faith to every peripheral retrospect situation life presents. Everything God created has order. Order is imperative to God. When we embrace order, we honor the weight of glory upon us.

Growing up as the only girl, somehow discerning purpose for my existence was going to be something greater than what I’d assumed to be. Simply knowing I was destined for doing something superb as serving people was an undoubtedly spiritual agreement I’d gotten hold firm before school. With my parents continuously affirming me how precious I was to them benefited developing growth to having great respectable friendship especially with guys. God had been the ultimate inspirational writer of this adventurous story, yet ignorance paved more room for personal better judgment. Those blinded focus results gave hope, and if you would grant me permission letting each alphabet in this writings express the battling real long struggles of my character. At the time when children were attending preschool and kindergarten, my father would take my brother and I with him to evangelize parts of Fiji Islands mainly our Western division. We’d literally be in different towns every weekend meeting new faces introduced to family whom were once strangers. Few times my little brother would tag along with us, but mostly it would be father-and-daughter time.

Purpose unveiled itself under a pomegranate tree when I was twelve at my first summer youth camp. At seventeen, God gave me a job opportunity impossible to refuse, which had cultivated his beauty being as a runway model. Never in my imagination I’d want to be in the entertainment business. Later on in life, I’d learned saying never is not a good term to apply in our every day. I have had been a tomboy growing up, low-key sport fanatic, and still enjoy the outdoors. Picture this, visiting the agency every Wednesday after school to build portfolio as calmness of unmasking makeup didn’t settle long till they stirred creativity to memorize a comedic short script for a minute then immediately role play it on the very spot. Child, try mimicking a mid-aged woman suffering from cellulite while looking at herself in the mirror was not as easy as I’d thought even though our photographer was holding onto himself from laughing out loud. Evidently acting in life was not going to settle well with me. Not even a month into building my portfolio, I had the first gig being a runway model for an elite designer for his spring wedding show. I had a blast participating to three more of his fashion shows. Most girls make plans and dream about their wedding dress growing up, but I was those few rare breeds thinking of vibrant colorful prints than ever putting on sparkly elegant white dresses. Somehow, this girl got nudged onto the runway wearing brilliant sparkly wedding gowns with no idea what they were until it fitted my body. But God orchestrates divine opportunities to shun our mouth to teach lessons when we least expect it.

Looking back I applaud God for his marvelous plans for knowing my whole story. I am forever grateful to my parents who pushed the envelope for me to exploring new adventurous things in life and not be restricted to religious mind-sets. I’d protest how vague and superficial entertainment business was but never imagined one day I’d work as a runway model for few elite designers who’ve positively impacted thus vastly contributed to my personal development. Four years later, I divinely encountered a young courageous woman who had a heart to point me toward purpose. Today, my heart still goes out to this mighty young woman, for she’s an amazing wife and overall she is my Jonathan. Friends, don’t ever forget your Jonathan and fervently pray for their lives. Couple of days later getting my first job, I still recall that small dose of a mother’s love I felt in an early morning when mother turned fifty. I woke up around five in the morning jogged to the farmer’s market to get fresh flowers then returned home to surprise her with breakfast before she woke up. It took me almost two weeks to literally recover from cloud nine back to ground level experiencing a slight tiny dose of a mother’s amazing love. To all the mothers, your presence is greatly appreciated and I’m enamored by your impeccable strength.

Friends, the unknown is scary, but God is sovereign. Nature fascinates me. Tidal waves are truly captivating just like beauty is dangerous and powerful. Respect beauty and it will protectively honor you. On the other hand, nature is breathtakingly beautiful, don’t you agree? Because I do. Beneath every tidal wave in life lies undefining beauty with unspeakable strength. Have you ever been unintentionally wrapped by a wave? You may not see its beauty, but it is there, just waiting for you to embrace its intensity. God is sovereign in our lives. Don’t fight against His will. Embrace each adventurous ride and remember to have fun, for all shall be well.

Often times I’d pondered being present in the conversation between Jesus with the Samaritan woman. If she ever became an author, that wouldn’t astound me a bit. Her life is an open book. The way she thought, you can see the transparency of her perspective on life. She’s not only a well-rounded woman with substance, for she knew what she needed. With that said, hello she had five husbands.

Most people didn’t know I had severe stuttering from birth till twelve years old. The glory goes to God who perfectly planned my life. From extreme stuttering to acts of interrupting random conversations amongst people, which was undoubtedly bad manners and disrespectful, later on I developed disciplining my hearing contrast words utilized to uproot and improve on balance respecting conversations with people. The tongue is a small member, yet like a small fire it can set ablaze a forest. We can tame wild animals, but no man can tame the tongue with kind words. Wisdom is pure, peaceful, and gentle. Heavens knew I needed wisdom to soothe my soul. God speaks to us through our daily routines. It is our responsibilities to discern and acknowledge truth speaking in us. It amazes me how God speaks to us with special gifting by revelation through activities like making your coffee before work, middle of brushing your teeth, commuting to places, right before you fall asleep, eating, during workouts, but in my case it’s mostly during household chore cleaning and listening to lectures. If you luckily catch a glimpse of me cleaning the house next time, don’t mind me, just make your way into the kitchen for a bite.

Oftentimes we need to tune out or even shut down the voice of the world to hear God’s distinctive voice clearly. It’s imperative to keep the Lord before our eyes to strengthen us in accomplishing the assignments he has for us in every season. In the process of completing this book, there were moments I had to shun down social