Making a Connection

We can profess devotion to God all our lives and never really attempt to enter His presence. But that failure excludes us from all the benefits we imagine we have attained. The Almighty Righteous God sits above and beyond our powers to see Him. Yet His heart has always been open to those who strain with all they have to approach Him. A simple-hearted child prays to Jesus, their familiar Friend. And in their innocence, He is right there with them. We must get to the point that every prayer, every song, and every thought is made with His presence in mind. Pray that the one thing we get good at is placing ourselves in His presence. Seek connection and engage with the Lord all through our day!

Dear Lord, You are the Master-Builder. Make our faith big enough to enter Your presence. Let there be a conscience awareness of You here and now. Wash over us with the realization of Your limitless immensity. Thrill us with Your immediate nearness until it leaves us undone. Then, when we have trembled before Your throne, instill within us a hunger to return. Let it be our mission today, every day, to make it back into Your presence. Then let us seek to remain with You always. We pray in Jesus´ name. Amen

Exodus 33:14 ESV / And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Psalm 139:7 ESV / Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?

Genesis 3:8 ESV / And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

James 4:8 ESV / Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 10:19 ESV / Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Ephesians 3:12 ESV / In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

Ephesians 2:18 ESV / For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Romans 5:2 ESV / Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.