Sep. 12, 2014
MOVING TOWARDS GOD’S PRESENCE WITH ALL YOUR HEART!!
Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Ex 33:13-14 (NKJV)
My friends, today, it becomes all about seeking the presence of God, because in his PRESENCE the weak becomes strong and we can only know the power that He holds in being in His PRESENCE when we truly see how deep our weakness goes and the power of His strength that begins to take control when we seek our Savior daily.
In addition, Jeremiah tells us “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jer. 29:13 (ESV) And what if we do seek God with all of our heart and we still don’t get a response. Friends, at times it will seem the hardest part Is waiting In the middle of the storm.
If we could just feel His arms around us as His presence penetrates every fiber of our being and at that moment we realize that even the waiting is okay because their is even peace that comes In waiting when our wait becomes all about being in the presence of Christ.
A story I’ve told before becomes appropriate as I look at our savior and what being in the PRESENCE of the Good Shepherd 
means to everyone whose “citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;” Plil. 3:20 (ASV)
A certain medieval pastor announced he would be preaching next week instead of a morning service it would be right before sundown and the topic would be “The Love of God.” Electricity was not invented so everyone knew the church would be dark but no questions were asked.
When the next Sabbath came and the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the church windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the pastor lighted a candle and carried it to the backdrop of the sanctuary which depicted the scene at Calvary.
First, he illumined the crown of thorns on His head, next, His two wounded hands and feet, then the mark of the spear wound in his side. In the hush that fell, he blew out the candle and left the church. There was nothing else to say. That my friends is what we must seek each and every day.
Because once it becomes all about Calvary the wait is worth it if that is what God is asking us to do, because in the turmoil of our world today, the father of confusion has taken this controversy to a whole new level because he knows his days are numbered.
So God is preparing us for what lies ahead and where the god of this world will try and take us. Consistent with this, Christ does not want us to be like the five foolish virgins without enough oil to finish our journey so He needs us to “Be strong and courageous.
[And] not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord our God [will be with us] in every situation and circumstances of 
our life as long as our desire is to never leave his presence. Joshua 1:9 (PSV) Oh what a friend we have in Jesus, if we believe in the transforming power of God’s Spirit.
In addition, we also need to ask with a sincere and contrite heart, and then God’s Spirit will take us right to the throne room where Christ is now mediating on our behalf and as He holds us in his bosom while at the same time He will tell the Father this is your child this is who you sent me to die for on Calvary.
And at that moment it becomes personal, because its all about me and the changes that occurs in my life for being in His presence because in “His presence [He] makes known to [His Children] the path of life; in [His] presence there is fullness of joy; [and] at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Ps. 16:11 (ESV)
So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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