“Who shall go up into the mountain of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His Holy Place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted himself up to falsehood or to what is false, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.” Ps. 24:3-5.
Are you a miracle chaser or a God chaser? King David knew there had to be more to knowing God; he sensed there was a dimension in God he has not attained that he needed to press into. David knew that there was something of the Lord he hadn’t obtained, and he would not rest until he found it. He said, in short, there is a beauty, a glory, an excitement about the Lord I haven’t yet seen in my life. I want to know what it’s like to have uninterrupted communion with my God. I want my life to be a living enigma. Only that will see me through the rest of my days. He wanted the face of God is His beauty and glory. In answering the cry of David’s heart to have intimacy with him, God said, Seek ye my face. David’s response was, “Lord, when you said, Seek my face, my heart leapt in response. My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” Ps. 27:8.
In answering as he did, the Lord revealed to David that he could satisfy his longings by reflecting God in his own life. He was instructing David, learn from more. Search my Word and pray for understanding through the Spirit, so you can be like me. I want your life to reflect my beauty to the world. This was not merely a call to prayer; David had already been praying seven times a day. In fact, David’s prayers are what created this passion in him to know the Lord. No, this call from God was to hunger for a lifestyle that totally reflects who God is.
Are you a true pursuer of God’s divine presence? This is a question I have recently asked myself. What does it mean to “pursue” God’s divine presence as opposed to just “observing” it? I used to think that these two were basically the same. However, I believe that it’s possible we can notice God’s presence without necessarily carrying it. It takes pursuing of His presence to become the carrier of His active presence. His presence is everywhere, but His active presence is reserved only for pursuers. When you are a carrier of God’s divine presence, people can feel His love in and through you as an individual. In general you will find it easier to love people when you carry God’s presence because God is love. And you don’t have to be in a worship service or a church event for people to notice it! Even if they don’t acknowledge it as God, they will still acknowledge the fact that something is different about you.
FURTHER READING:
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple” Ps. 27:4.
“But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Lk. 10:42.
DECLARATION:
Dear Abba Father, I declare that the transformational power of God is working things out in my life. It is changing me from who I was without God in the world and transforming me into who God created me to be. Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world, the overcoming seed dwells in me. I gain dominion over every work of the devil. I prevail by superior intelligence. Nothing within and around me is permitted to fail, I operate by the supernatural nature of the father, I will not fail in Jesus name, amen.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Isa. 37:1-38.
Isa. 38:1-22.
Isa. 39:1-8.
Isa. 40:1-31.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY:
“Whether You Think You Can Or You Think You Can’t, You’re Right. What You Dwell On Determines Your Reality.”
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