“GOD IS ALL AROUND YOU, hovering over you even as you seek HIS Face. GOD is nearer than you dare believe, closer than the air you breathe. If GOD’S children could only recognize HIS Presence, they would never feel lonely again. The LORD knows every thought before you think it, every word before you speak it. GOD’S Presence impinges on your innermost being. Can you see the absurdity of trying to hide anything from GOD? You can easily deceive other people, and even yourself; but GOD reads you like an open, large-print book. Deep within themselves, most people have some awareness of The LORD’S imminent Presence. Many people run from The LORD and vehemently deny HIS existence, because GOD’S closeness terrifies them. But GOD’S own children have nothing to fear, for The LORD, Jesus Christ has cleansed them by HIS blood and clothed them in HIS righteousness. Be blessed by The LORD’S intimate nearness. Since GOD lives in you, let GOD also live through you, shining The LORD’S Light into the darkness.” para-phrased – “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. PSALM 139 : 1 – 4
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. EPHESIANS 2 : 13
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 CORINTHIANS 5 : 21
Prayer: Lord help me to recognize your presence with me and in me and for me this week. Thank you for the incredible sacrifice Jesus made by dying on the cross for me so I am now right with God for eternity. Never separated again. Thank you, thank you Jesus. In your name I pray. Amen.
