Presence of God

The Kingdom Celebration in Cleveland, TN was a wonderful meeting that was permeated by the unction and anointing of the Holy Spirit. Each of us who attended the meeting were brought under the teaching presence of the Spirit. It is such a blessing to understand that God is interested in our spiritual development. We can celebrate the fact that God has forgiven us and adopted us into His family. We can celebrate the fact the God has provided for our healing in His atoning death on the cross. We can celebrate the fact the Christ overcame satan so that we can walk in the strength of that victory. We can celebrate the fact that Christ has made it possible for us to bring our hurts, injuries, challenges and stress of this present life. I believe those facts and I share those facts with local churches all across this nation. But God reminded me of a far more powerful principle (at least in my opinion) over the past few days. What if I just desired HIS PRESENCE? What if I came to public worship opportunities just desiring to be in His presence? What if I just "looked" for Him rather than looking for things (blessings)? Have we become more interested in His provision than we are concerned about being in His presence? Now, I fully believe that God desires to meet our need (Biblical principle and promise) but I also believe that God desires to fellowship with us and out of this fellowship He desires to build relationship. What if the modern day church just hungered and thirsted for His presence? What if the modern day church re-discovered the joy of just being in His presence? What if the modern day church re-discovered the joy of just worshiping Him and recognizing the sacredness of His presence? The Spirit used Pastor John A. Stone (Keith St. Ministries) to remind me of the "sacredness" of the presence of God. We must allow the Spirit to teach our hearts to reverence the presence of God among us. We must rebuke the "casual" approach that this culture desires to place in our thought process when it comes to the presence of God. I can testify that my life was challenged over the course of the past few days and my view of the presence of God has been altered for the remainder of my days. I refuse to return to the thoughts of yesterday; God has birthed a fresh desire and passion for the presence of God. Will you ask Him to do the same in you today? Take a fresh look at the presence of God and recognize the sacredness that is connected with His presence.