Living in His Presence

Exodus 3 gives the account of Moses and the burning bush. In verse 13, Moses ask " Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shell say unto them, The God of your fathers have sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them" 

God answers in verse 14 stating "...I AM THAT I AM...I AM hath sent me unto you" 

Living in the Spirit Study Bible notes "I AM THAT I AM is a He brew phrase that indicates action.  "God was in effect saying to Moses, I wish to be known as the God who is present and active" (pg 98) 

Wow. God revealed Himself as THE God who is present and active in our lives. Which means that He is always with us. Which means that as His children, as His descendants and as heirs to His throne His presence is always with us. It means He is always working, always guiding, always leading. God promises in scripture after scripture that He will never leave us or forsake us. So what does all this mean?

It means we need not be in church to worship God. He is always with us. 

It means He is forever our protection, provider, friend, strength, compass and so much more. 

It means that when I feel lost and all alone, He is right there with me. 

It means that God's active power and His comforting presence is forever with us.

So friends I encourage you to live in His presence. Fear not and hold on to all the promises He has made to you in His word. Live in Victory. Live in Peace. Live in Faith. Live in Love. Live in Christ. Hope in our God never disappoints. 

I am grateful to serve a God who has my back, who promises to always be by my side.

 

Something out of Nothing

I am a Christian. An unashamed believer of Jesus Christ. To some it means that I am a hypocrite. To others it means that my life is now being dictated by a church. To others it means that I am 'Holier than thou'.   To some it means that I'm limited to church work. To some it means that my gifts and talents will be wasted because no one will see them. To some its just a phase.

But let me tell you who I am. I am a young woman who believes in Jesus Christ, that He died so that I can have eternal life and so that I can  have His Joy, Peace and Freedom. (John 3:16) I am His child. I belong to Him. He supplies all my needs (Phil. 4:19) and my wants. (Ps 23:1).

Jesus is the driver of my ship, meaning my relationship with Him dictates the decisions I make and how I live my life. (Prov. 3:5-6) I cannot become righteous aside from God (Is. 64:6). This simply means that I cannot live the life of a Christian without Jesus. It is Jesus who knows what the right thing to do is always and I must follow His leading. Sometimes I may choose to do my own thing and in the end I must deal with the consequences. But it is in times and moments like these that Jesus reveals Himself to us. That He is patient, kind, offers us grace and mercy and that He is love. (2 Chor. 12: 7-9) Yes, Jesus is LOVE! (1 Chor. 13).

Jesus knows exactly what His purpose for my life is. (Jer. 29:11) It is His plans for me and not anyone else's
plan for my life that will prevail.

Friends I tell you the truth, I have seen the difference that Jesus can make. I have seen the change He can bring to lives. I have experienced first hand His lovingkindness, His favour, His love and I know that where I am now is where He would have me to be.

The road is not easy, because the enemy will find ways to undermined your relationship with God. The devil uses the subtleties of this earth to draw us away from Jesus.

Understand that my relationship with Jesus is just that my relationship. Your relationship with Him will be different. Friends I urge you today, if you do not know Him, talk to Him right now. He is ever present and He will hear you. All He asks is that you confess your sins and believe in Him and He will do the rest.

For those of you who feel like you are a failures. Like Jesus has given up on you. I remind you that His grace is sufficient. We are nothing without Jesus. We cannot make ourselves righteous. We cannot make ourselves pure. We must have faith in the Most High God and watch Him do it. He's done it before and He will do it again.

Jessica Reedy sings

You've changed my whole life,
You've made my wrongs right
And for the rest of my life,
I'll never know why,
You made something out of nothing. 

I thank God that out of my nothing, He created something.

God Bless You!

Happy New Year

I was never one for New Years Resolutions. They were always promises I made to myself that I never kept up with. They sounded good to do at the time but when the year got into full swing I forgot all about those resolutions. So this year I make no resolutions.

Instead I decide to choose. I choose to:

Love more, Judge less
Smile more, Frown less
Listen more, Talk less
Put my faith in God and not in men
Stop trying to please everyone
Be who God has called me to be
Be a better friend, sister, daughter and leader

The list could go on and on.

But most importantly to be added to this list is that I choose to LIVE. It sounds so strange. The question rolling around in your head is probably 'Aren't you living now?'

My response would be yes and no. When we allow religion to dictate the way we live our lives as opposed to our relationship with God we aren't living. When the rules, regulations and traditions of an organisation dictate how we live that's not living. We live in the freedom of our relationship with Jesus. When He dictates how we live then we are living.

I encourage you today friends to allow Jesus to dictate your life. Follow is leading. At the end of it all it is He that holds your world in His hands. It is God who sees your future. Follow Him with you everything.

I pray that this year we keep focused. That we allow God to be the driver of our vehicle. That we follow His direction and leading. That we avail ourselves to be led by His Spirit and His Spirit only.

Man will fail us but God will never fail.

God has great things in store of us. Lets prepare ourselves to receive them.

God Bless you all. See you soon!

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