Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Abiding Presence


"No good thing will He withhold from them who walk uprightly." (Psalm 84:11)


My presence within you is your richest treasure. It is one that moth and rust cannot destroy, nor thieves break in and steal. It will become dearer to you as you relinquish outer joys. Your inner joy is as a plant that unnurtured fades. Your inner joy is nurtured by your awareness of and gratitude for My abiding presence. Be not allured by the fascinations of the world. They are but to perish. They are transitory. Even those which are not evil are still of no bebefit to your spirit.

It is the Word of God and the Spirit of God that feed the soul of a man. It is his inner worship and outer witness that strengthens him in faith. To fail to worship is to become a perpetual disappointment to the heart of Christ. It is to ignore the sacrifice of Calvary. It is to live and die ungrateful for His mercy and love. Worship is the only appropriate gift sinful man can give to a Holy God. It is the only fitting expression of the ransomed soul. Nothing can bring greater satisfaction to the heart of God except to teach another soul to do likewise.

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has imagined the things that I have prepared for those who love Me.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)

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