"My Presence will go with you,
and I will give you rest."
Exodus 33: 14
The name Immanuel means “God with us,”
for Jesus came uniquely to show us how
God lives among us. He came to show us
how God lives, thinks, feels, decides,
knows, and loves.
When we see Him, we see God.
We also see the One who alone
can bring us into God’s presence.
James
L. Snyder wrote, “Throughout the history of
humanity, there have been great discoveries. I am
not sure which one we could point to and say, ‘That
is the greatest discovery in the world.’ for the hungry
heart, there is but one discovery that satisfies it: the
discovery of the manifest, conscious presence
of
God.”
From the days of Adam and Eve, God has
longed
to be with His people, and He wants to be with us
forevermore. Where He is, there we will be forever.
If only we thought about this more!
The reality of God’s manifest, conscious
presence
strengthens us as we serve
Him each day. We can turn to Him at
any moment and speak to Him.
"If we live a life of
prayer,
God is present everywhere."
Oliver
Holden