HIS
PRESENCE IS EVERYTHING (Exodus 33:12-18)
The story is told of a little girl that had cerebral palsy and was
unable to move. The parents knew the report of the doctors but they chose to
fill her room with presence of God by playing messages of faith continuously.
One day they heard noise in her room and when they got there she has gotten up
and to the amazement of all she said “By His stripes I am healed.” You are what
you hear and believe.
CONTEMPLATION
The first
time most of us encountered God the passion and satisfaction of our souls was
just to be in the presence of God. But today some of us have become too
sophisticated to crave for more of God.
“I know of
places where the people started with a strong
Hunger and
total dependence on the Lord, but after a few successes
they became
too confident and began to trust in their
wisdom,
methods, gifts, and skills. They suddenly felt they
knew what
to do, when to do it, and how to do it. As long as
they were
still getting results here and there, they failed to see
the need to passionately seek God.” FFPW p100-101.
If you celebrate the gift of God over the presence of God you are
probably more concern about glamour and the recognition of men than in the
glory of God. Do not exchange your gold for brass. They do not have the same
value.
PRACTICAL ISSUES
There are worship houses and
individuals that started out in the spirit but are now in the flesh because
they wanted to be acceptable, sophisticated and politically correct. They have
left their first love.
Whatever experience you seek after be careful not to miss the presence
of the Lord.
- REV. IGHO Y.
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