Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Presence

Gen 3:8
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Psa 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
Psa 95:2
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Act 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Jud 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

"In thy presence is fullness of joy."

I'm tired, I'm confused, I'm angry, and I just want to disappear for while. If these words sound familiar it's probably because they are the staple of our diet or at least of many of the people around us. But one thing is for certain, they don't come from being in the presence of the Lord.

We need to stop running. WE need to stop hiding like Adam and Eve. Redemption is ours, we don't have to hid in the garden. Now is the time to run into the presence of the Lord, our right through the grace of God and the price paid at Calvary. You see Adam and Eve were acutely aware of their separation from God, but we through Christ are no longer subject to that separation.

So RUN! Run to the place where there is fullness of JOY. David says to run into the Lord's presence with singing and shouts of joy. This is a far cry from Adam. But David's profession should be our postion. The presence of the Lord is refreshing! The presence of the Lord is our hiding place.

But you've sinned, you've made mistakes, you don't feel like running anywhere. I'm telling you right now to shut up! If you've sinned repent, if you've made mistakes, learn from them, and if you don't feel like running anywhere, start walking and the closer you get to Him, the faster you will move.

The Lord is full of grace, and His love endures forever. So stop listening to what you think he is, stop building the walls in your mind. Take him at his word. If he says you can run into his presence, run!!! That there is joy to be had, grab it!!!And that he will keep you there, so stop trying so hard to leave.

God's call is one of repentance, and the reward is His presence. So just trust what his word says. Because living in his presence and all the promises abiding therein sure sound alot better than all the fear and doubt keeping you in the bushes hiding. Stop trusting your own ideas and cling to what he says. He says to come into his presence with thanksgiving so do it!!! and he will take care of the rest.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i ran across your blog and thought i'd let you know that i was blessed by reading some of your thoughts and the Word. it's refreshing to see someone posting the Truth.

in His presence is everything we need for life. it's all about the relationship we have...knowing him, being known, and making him known.