Saint’s, we are a habitation of
God, a walking... talking... breathing temple of the God who chooses to indwell
the hearts of His children. The Holy Spirit of God Himself, a comforter identical
to Jesus, lives within our bodies of flesh, manifesting the Christ-Life within.
Christ is within us and we are within Him, baptized into His body, and Christ
is in the Father and the Father is in Him... He and God are one, so... we are
in God. Picture a glass filled with water then submerged into the ocean. We are
the glass... God is the ocean... we are filled and surrounded by God. We don’t
need a visitation from God... He is here. We don’t need the Holy Spirit to
come... He is here. We don’t need to seek God’s presence... He is ever present.
“For in Him we live and move and have our being.” We exist saturated by and
surrounded with the presence of God.
In Psalm 139 David ponders the
impossibility of separation from God’s omnipresence... wonders at His
omniscience... marvels at His omnipotence. Our God is everywhere, knows
everything, and has infinite power. Remember the old Invisible Man movies,
where the Invisible Man puts clothes on to be seen. It’s just that way with
God. He is always present with us and sometimes clothes Himself with our
feelings so we can “see” Him. Feelings are a product of our emotions... but
God’s abiding presence is an indisputable fact for the born-again,
Spirit-filled saint of God. Seeking God’s presence is Old Covenant, but in the
New and Better Covenant we acknowledge God’s abiding presence: Whether we feel
anything or not... He is with and in us! We should be comforted we are filled
and surrounded by such a God. We should be star-struck with awe and wonder that
our God chooses to dwell in us. We should rejoice that we are never ever
alone... never ever forsaken. The enemy wants to rob us of the peace and joy of
dwelling in the presence of God, But God’s presence is our inheritance... our
birthright, and we must claim it to walk in it. We should proclaim... by faith,
we walk in the abiding presence of God... for we do. God is with us... always
with us!
GOD’S PRESENCE IS OUR INHERITANCE...
OUR BIRTHRIGHT...
(1 Cor. 7:19-20; 2 Cor. 6:16;
Acts 17:28; Jn. 14:10-11, 20, 23; Jn. 15:4-5; Jn. 17:21, 23; 1 Jn. 4:13, 15; Ps.
139; Eph. 1:13; 4:6; Gal. 2:20; Col. 3:3-4)
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