HIS PRESENCE, OUR BLESSING
Memorise: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6
Read 2 Samuel 6:6-11; Bible in one year Joshua 16:1-19:16;
Job 37:1-20
There are many blessings in the presence of God. This
is the key to drawing multitudes to the Lord through His presence in your life.
When people notice that God is mightily present in your life, they will seek
Him through you. It is not about making noise; it is about the visible and
verifiable workings of God. Beginning from today, you will be a carrier of His
glory in Jesus’ Name.
The story in our Bible reading today shows us two
dimensions about what the presence of God can do among His people. It can bring
judgement or blessings. Uzzah touched the Ark with the motive of preventing it
from falling off the oxen, but the Lord struck him dead instantly because he
was not sanctified to do so,. Holiness is very important for accommodating the
presence of God in order to attract His blessings. We must understand that
toying with sin in the congregation of God’s people is asking for instant
judgement which no one can stand. When God is with you, you will begin to
experience supernatural promotion. As a slave, through the presence of God in
his life, Joseph become an overseer. Everything in the empire of Potipar was
put in his care. He took over the house; it was he who decided what the master
would eat. The presence of Good with him ensured his promotion, even in a
hostile environment. Psalm 75:6-7 says,
“For promotion cometh neither from the
east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth
down one, and setteth up another.”
In Genesis 39:20-23, when Joseph was thrown into
prison, the jailer made him the overseer of all other prisoners, because God
was with him. If God is with you, wherever you are, you will succeed. Romans
8:31 reminds us that if God is for us, who can be against us? This also means
that if God is against an individual, who can be for him? If the presence of
the Lord is with you, let the whole world come against you, they will fall down
flat before you. You will do mighty things, and people will want to know your
secret. The secret is that God is with you. If God is with you, you may be
selling water and yet be better off than someone working at the bank. The
moment the presence of God is with you, you will be able to say like David in
Psalm 23:4
“Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Key Point
The blessing that comes with God’s presence is worth
the price of consecration required to attract and keep it.
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