Have you limited the Lord’s presence to heaven or your own particular denomination or belief system? This limiting would be a significant error because God’s presence fills all space. No corner on this earth is so obscure or a place so dark that evil can hide itself from Him. He is at the side of every creature, keeping them healthy and active. And is man not of more value than all these? For He has made us in His image and likeness?
The LORD saw Nathanael under the fig tree as plainly as he would have seen him in the Temple. He saw Adam and Eve when they sought to conceal themselves among the trees of Eden. God saw Abraham, who was about to strike down with his knife and bury it in his own son’s heart; God stopped him. He saw Hagar in the wilderness when she kissed her son Ishmael and then laid him down to die. When the lad moaned aloud in his agony from thirst, the LORD opened Hagar’s eyes; she saw a well of water.
God saw Elijah in the lonely cave and startled him with the question, “Why are you here, Elijah? He saw Peter asleep in the inner dungeon and Paul when being tossed about in the darkness of a roaring sea off the coast of Malta. It was then the LORD saw their plight and visited them both.
And for the faithful, God’s Holy Spirit will be with us always. When at war, a General in the army needs to be in direct communication with his men who are fighting on the front lines of the battle, and so is the Lord Jesus with us in our battles each day.
A man has tens of thousands of nerves in his body. Each nerve reports whatever it feels directly to the brain. Because the brain is in intimate union with its body, it immediately responds to whatever danger is present.
And so is the Lord Jesus Christ in us, and we in him: in him do we live, move, and have our being. All believers sleep under his shadow; we eat and drink before him; we draw our breath from his hand; and our thoughts no less than our acts are naked and open before him.
And keeping these things in mind, shall we not fear the Lord and rejoice before him with trembling? For His banner of love and protection is over all of His own.
The LORD saw Nathanael under the fig tree as plainly as he would have seen him in the Temple. He saw Adam and Eve when they sought to conceal themselves among the trees of Eden. God saw Abraham, who was about to strike down with his knife and bury it in his own son’s heart; God stopped him. He saw Hagar in the wilderness when she kissed her son Ishmael and then laid him down to die. When the lad moaned aloud in his agony from thirst, the LORD opened Hagar’s eyes; she saw a well of water.
God saw Elijah in the lonely cave and startled him with the question, “Why are you here, Elijah? He saw Peter asleep in the inner dungeon and Paul when being tossed about in the darkness of a roaring sea off the coast of Malta. It was then the LORD saw their plight and visited them both.
And for the faithful, God’s Holy Spirit will be with us always. When at war, a General in the army needs to be in direct communication with his men who are fighting on the front lines of the battle, and so is the Lord Jesus with us in our battles each day.
A man has tens of thousands of nerves in his body. Each nerve reports whatever it feels directly to the brain. Because the brain is in intimate union with its body, it immediately responds to whatever danger is present.
And so is the Lord Jesus Christ in us, and we in him: in him do we live, move, and have our being. All believers sleep under his shadow; we eat and drink before him; we draw our breath from his hand; and our thoughts no less than our acts are naked and open before him.
And keeping these things in mind, shall we not fear the Lord and rejoice before him with trembling? For His banner of love and protection is over all of His own.
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