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July 20, 2008
DEPENDENT ON GOD'S PRESENCE
They that wait upon the Lord ... shall walk and not
faint.
Isaiah 40:31
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=isa+40:31&sr=1
There is no thrill in walking; it is the test of all the stable
qualities. To "walk and not faint" is the highest reach possible for
strength. The word "walk" is used in the Bible to express the
character - "John looking on Jesus as He walked, said, Behold the
Lamb of God!" There is never any thing abstract in the Bible, it is
always vivid and real. God does not say - Be spiritual, but - "Walk
before Me."
When we are in an unhealthy state physically or emotionally, we
always want thrills. In the physical domain this will lead to
counterfeiting the Holy Ghost; in the emotional life it leads to in
ordinate affection and the destruction of morality; and in the
spiritual domain if we insist on getting thrills, on mounting up with
wings, it will end in the destruction of spirituality.
The reality of God's presence is not dependent on any place, but only
dependent upon the determination to set the Lord always before us.
Our problems come when we refuse to bank on the reality of His
presence. The experience the Psalmist speaks of - "Therefore will we
not fear, though . . ." will be ours when once we are based on
Reality, not the consciousness of God's presence but the reality of
it - Why, He has been here all the time!
At critical moments it is necessary to ask guidance, but it ought to
be unnecessary to be saying always - "O Lord, direct me here, and
there." Of course He will! If our common-sense decisions are not His
order, He will press through them and check; then we must be quiet
and wait for the direction of His presence.
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