Title: The Power of Being in His Presence
Text:
Psalm 139:7-8 (ESV)
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
Observation:
I woke up this morning with the presence of God on my mind. However, the seed for this thought was something I read last night.
Exodus 33:14 (ESV)
And he said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
There is nothing that can exceed the presence of God in our life; there is no peace that is more comforting and no joy more uplifting than the presence of God.
Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
There are a lot of twists and turns in life; trees don't grow to the sky. We are sometimes up, and sometimes down, but God is good all the time. Think about this quote.
Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and Esther and Ruth is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in all these strange turns. God is not just showing up after the trouble and cleaning it up. He is plotting the course and managing the troubles with far-reaching purposes for our good and for the glory of Jesus Christ."
― John Piper, A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God
I am so thankful for the abiding presence of God in the lives of His people; that you are God on the mountain and in the valley.
Psalm 31:19-20 (ESV)
19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind! 20 In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I hunger and thirst for the peace and the joy that comes from living in Your presence. Father, I am so glad that you are God, and I am not; you are the vine, and your people are the branches. Father, draw us nearer to you is my plea. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
John 15:5 (ESV)
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
4 But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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