Be Still and Sit a Moment in His Presence

Psalm 46: ¹⁰ Be still, and know that I am God

Jude 1: ²⁴ Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

²⁵ To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

There are times in this world that we might feel the world pressing in around us and we wonder if God even hears our cries.  There are those days when we look at our own lives with such guilt and disdain that we shudder to even think of coming into His presence; after all, why would He want to hear from someone like me.  I can say that over the years since I have accepted Christ, I have so often stood in both places; sometimes, believing that "Yes, I was saved because of the blood of Christ; but maybe I am not good enough to really be loved and all this pain, suffering and sorrow that enters my life is God’s punishment for my sin."    But, that is only one more means of Satan trying to steal your joy and by thus doing, steal your testimony.  So many false doctrines have sifted into the churches placing legalism in the forefront.   Those types of thoughts prevent you from just sitting a while with God, being very still and just knowing Him.  We run to hide (much like Adam) believing that we avoid His presence; yet, He is there.  When Christ died on the Cross, He cried out "It is finished."  Hebrews 10: "¹⁰ By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."   If it depended on me, if I could be able to work hard enough to present my works as worthy to stand in His presence; then why would Christ have suffered with such agony and humiliation taking on the full wrath of God, being beaten and dying on the cross as my substitute.  This I know, every valley I have ever walked in this lifetime has been there to draw me ever closer to the abounding joy that I have in God’s presence.  My hope stands firm in Christ, that he is able to present me faultless before God; not on my own merits, but on His blood that was shed for me.  Furthermore, He will finish His work in me; transforming me into His mirrored image; little by little, glory by glory.

2 Corinthians 3: "¹⁸ But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."  My part in all this?  Just to sit with Him a while each day and bask in the glory, beauty, love and joy that He is.  How could I not do that; after-all, he swept me off my feet and I have fallen completely and unashamedly in love with Jesus Christ, my King.

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