Our
experience of God’s presence is not more real when we “feel” something –
goosebumps and the like – and less real when we feel nothing, or at least it
shouldn’t be. Our experience of God’s presence should be based on our oneness
with the Godhead. Saints, our union in the Godhead is a constantly abiding
reality. We are in Christ, Christ is in God, and Christ is in us… so God is
likewise in us. And, we are the temple, the Holies of holies, of the Godhead,
the place where God’s Spirit dwells: As God has said: “I will dwell in them And
walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Our union
with God is all of His doing and nothing of our doing, an act of amazing grace,
imparting divine life into vessels wrought with imperfection, so that His Life
might become our life, “for in Him we live
and move and have our being.” Our life is “In Him”,
nowhere else… but In Him. So… whether we “feel” anything or not is of little
consequence and even less importance. The lack of feelings cannot in the least
inhibit the amazing reality of our ever present God who states emphatically in
His word: “Fear not for I AM with you … “I will never leave you nor
forsake you.” Never? Never!
Nothing can hinder, restrain, or prevent God’s presence from overshadowing His
saints.
Endnote:
Feelings are, for the most part, what we do to our self when we acknowledge God’s
presence, and the emotional circumstances surrounding the experience play a significant
role, such as during worship or prayer. An overreliance on feelings as an indicator
of God’s presence can erode our faith in God’s ever abiding presence, a bad
thing! Our experience of God’s presence should be our knowledge of His word
mixed with our faith in its undeniability: God is always present with us…
Period! When feeling come we should embrace them as icing on God’s cake –
unexpected but appreciated -- never forgetting God’s cake is awesome plain… without
icing.
“THE
LORD IS MY HELPER; I WILL NOT FEAR”
(Jn.
14:11,20; 1 Cor. 3:16-17, 6:19-20; 2 Cor. 6; 16; acts 17:28; Is. 41:10; Heb.
13:5-6)
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