HIS PRESENCE NEVER LEAVES YOU!

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¹⁶ You should know that you yourselves are God’s temple. God’s Spirit lives in you. – 1 Corinthians 3:16 ERV

As a believer in Jesus Christ, you are a child of God. God’s Spirit is in you, yes you! Believe it and live like it; the Fruit of the Spirit will develop and flourish in your life as you maintain fellowship with the Holy Spirit in you and live from the inside out following His leading.

God’s presence is with you and in you, God’s presence is wherever you are child of God. Don’t fall into the enemy’s trap of wasting time calling, praying, cringing, fasting and groveling for God’s presence to come. There is a better way – believe His Word over and above all else. Hasn’t He promised to be with you always? Hasn’t He already promised to never leave you nor forsake you? His Word is trustworthy, our feelings, emotions and senses fluctuate all over the place but God’s Word is forever settled in Heaven.

For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5c NKJV

And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age – Matthew 28:20b ESV

You see beloved, as a child of God you have become His dwelling place, so for you to be asking God for His presence is actually an expression of unbelief on your part. You have elevated your feelings, your emotions, your human reasoning above God’s very Word. Please stop that right this minute! He is with you and in you, you are one with Him in spirit. Spend time with Him in prayer and in the Word; just hangout with Him already! Be conscious of His presence at all times, especially when you don’t “feel” or “sense” it.

¹¹ You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. – Psalms 16:11 NIV

You can have joy in your life for the Word of God declares that in the presence of the Lord there is fullness of joy, not to mention guidance, direction and yes, unending, eternal pleasures. The pleasures of sin are but for a short while and pale terribly when compared to the eternal pleasures the Father has for you to enjoy.

And as if that’s not enough, the Lord Himself rejoices over us and does so with singing. Picture that for a minute, your Heavenly Father, the Almighty Himself, the Creator of all things, enjoys you so much to the point of singing over you! Oh, how He loves us. If we only got a glimpse of the revelation of His love for us, we’d never again give in to the enemy’s accusations or allow ourselves to wallow in self pity. God is your Daddy and He loves you eternally and unconditionally.

¹⁷ The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.” – Zephaniah 3:17 NIV

It gets even better, as your Father sings and rejoices over you, you are being energized, strengthened and refreshed for His joy is our strength. This has all been made possible by Jesus' perfect sacrifice of Himself for us on the cross; by His death and resurrection, He has reconciled us to the Father. The Father loves us so much that He sent His own begotten Son to reconcile us to Himself and make us His very own habitation.

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Now that we are reconciled to Him by faith in Christ, the Father has every reason to be eternally joyful over us and that to us means we have an endless supply of strength available to us forever. We have every reason to rejoice in Him, our circumstances notwithstanding. We know that He works everything out according to His will and purpose; He’s now at work in us, through us and for us. So we can keep on rejoicing in Him even in the face of adversity, knowing this: God by His Spirit is in us and with us at all times and His purposes are being accomplished in us for His glory.

His presence is in you and with you today and always – believe it!