Do you
agree that we need more of God in our lives, our families, our communities, our
nations, and our world today? Why?
So we
can live in fellowship with Him.
So we
can live holy lives, like Him.
So we
can do His work in the earth.
So
healing can come.
So life
can thrive.
So good
prevails.
When
you remain in fellowship with the Lord, allowing the closeness of your time in
prayer together to linger throughout the day, then this prolonged nearness will
continue to strengthen His presence within you, and insight from your conversations
will build from day to day.
You
will know Him more as He and His truths are revealed to you, like a river that
flows and gains momentum. A beautiful tapestry of the knowledge of the Lord
unfolds in front of your eyes as the Holy Spirit weaves threads of revelation
together, revealing a picture worth a thousand words.
You’ll
experience a greater depth of life from His Spirit. And your awareness of His
presence will remain with you on a more consistent basis. Not only will you
know Him, but He will know you as you allow Him to fully pierce your heart with
His gaze. Believe me, you want Him to know you (Matthew 7:23).
It’s
continual fellowship with Him that our hearts long for.
Not a
chance, brief, or infrequent encounter with the Almighty, but a marriage.
The
sweet fellowship of His presence brings joy to your relationship with Him.
To
believe in Him is to be-live. To be living in Him, with Him always.
To
belong to Him is to be-long. To be longing for His presence with us
continually.
Have
you ever stirred a jar of natural peanut butter, the kind without added
ingredients?
It’s
hard, tough, and needs to be softened through prolonged and consistent stirring.
If you
don’t stir it, it will become hard and dry.
If you
only stir it occasionally you miss out on the effect of the natural oil being
constantly available, continually mixed in to create a smooth, sweet substance.
Through
regular stirring it will always maintain a soft consistency.
It will
always be ready.
Such is
a pure heart—a God-owned heart.
His
eyes search for those He can shows Himself strong to, those whose hearts are
completely His (2 Chronicles 16:9). Those who keep His oil spread throughout
their heart consistently. Those who enjoy coming regularly to taste and see
that He is good.
His
strength, His support, His power comes to these hearts.
If you
have His presence, you have His power.
His
presence IS His power.
If you need
His power, you need His presence first.
He does
it this way to protect us from becoming power-hungry thieves who try and steal
His glory.
Seriously.
Such is the nature of man without God.
We must
grow to long for His presence to be always with us.
Only
then can we handle the level of power He desires to give us without it
destroying us.
And
when the power of the Lord is present, He heals (Luke 5:17).
And
much healing is needed today.
