Lord, Your Presence

Friday, August 26

Lord, Your Presence

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 1Corinthians 6:19

No matter the sport, you will never find the coach hiding in the locker room. A coach is a source of encouragement and inspiration for the team by preparing and guiding the players to win. The presence of a strong leader has a powerful effect. How much greater is the impact of the awesome power of the presence of God!

There is a deep spiritual hunger in all of our hearts that can only be satisfied by the presence of God himself. The ark of the covenant was the place of presence. The fact that the ark was the place of the Lord’s presence among His people brought great assurance to the people of God.

Here is such a mind-blowing idea about the God of the Bible that we must pause for a moment. The eternal God who is not constrained by the existence of time, the infinite God who is not bound by the constraints of space, the transcendent God who dwells above and beyond all time and space. This God is not bound by anything, but He bound Himself to this box. He is above all creational constraints, but He bound Himself to be with His people to assure them of His presence.

Thankfully we are no longer constraint to God in a box. God is holy, is with us everywhere, and we cannot take his presence for granted. It is only through the cross and resurrection of Jesus that a way into his presence and the gift of the Holy Spirit living within you is made possible. Now you can know the power of his presence.

The promise to the new-covenant believer is that the Lord is near to us by the power of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in us (1 Cor. 6:19). Just as God accompanied Israel when they wandered in a wilderness, so, too, He is with us today.