Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence. But once we are grounded on the truth of the reality of God’s presence, not just a simple awareness of it, but an understanding of the reality of it. Then suddenly we realize, “He has been here all the time!” At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it should be unnecessary to be constantly saying, “Oh, Lord, direct me in this, and in that.” Of course He will, and in fact, He is doing it already! If our everyday decisions are not according to His will, He will press through them, bringing restraint to our spirit. Oswald Chambers
Then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.
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David says: "We all spend a ton of time looking back saying, "God took care of this or that", we get a "warm fuzzy", but go right back to running our own lives, "tipping our hat" to God but not truly determined to get into alignment with Him, and seek to stay there.
The message above is that the opportunity for living, Real-Time, in a relationship with JC is ours for the taking, but we have to decide to make that our highest priority, then act on that decision.
Today, before we barrel ahead at our routines, pause and ask, "Ok Lord, what do You want Me to do about this or that.....what do you want me to learn here.....how do I get your best for me today even though I really don't feel like it"?
"Show me Lord, I will stop and wait on You, I'm listening"!
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