Presence of God

2 Corinthians 13:14, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.” (NKJV)

Is it possible that we can become so consumed by the presence of darkness that we fail to recognize and appreciate the presence and power of the Light? The True Light reminds us of the presence of God on a daily basis. God is not limited to a Sunday or Wednesday encounter; He is present at all times with all power to intervene in our lives. I am thankful that I can depend on the revelatory presence of the Triune God that makes Himself known through His activity in my daily life. 

I found an illustration that I read over six (6) years ago. I had filed it away and I had forgotten its location but during a time of sermon preparation the Spirit brought it to my attention. It spoke to my heart again just as it did in 2011. The words are just as true if not more true today then they were at that point in my spiritual journey. These are the days that we must choose to press in and press on when it comes to the Kingdom of God. We must refuse to settle for less when we know that God has more for us. We must break the chains of "spiritual contentment" and hunger for a deeper and stronger relationship with God. We desire the best things of life but choose to settle for the "lesser things" when it comes to the Kingdom of God. I am determined to change that narrative through the power of the Word of God and through the presence of the Holy Spirit.

"When electricity became available in remote rural areas, one woman went to great trouble and expense to have electricity installed in her home. A few months after the wiring was installed and the power was turned on; the power company noticed that the home didn’t use very much power. Fearing that there was a problem they sent a meter reader to check on the matter. The meter reader saw that the power was indeed working properly and then asked the woman, “Do you use your electricity?” The woman replied, “Of course we do. We turn it on every night to see to light our lamps and then we turn it off.”

Doesn’t that just sound ridiculous? Having all of the power that you need and the ability to tap it all of the time but only using it just enough “get by.” We would never do anything like this at all because it just wouldn’t make sense. However, we do this exact same thing a great deal when we apply the same reasoning to the power and presence of God.

We go out of our way to go to church and to worship but have little relationship with God through the week. We go through difficulties day after day and only when we come to the end of our strength do we ask for God’s help. We have the power of God at our disposal all of the time but yet we attempt to get by on our own strength everyday. We are a lot more like the woman who wouldn’t use her electricity than we would like to admit.

We need to experience the presence of God to experience His power. Just like electricity, when we remove the presence of God from our lives; we also remove the power." (Author Unknown)