Recently, I have been trying to be in active partnership with Jesus throughout my day. I know He is with me, but actually doing this has been a challenge. Can you relate?
In response to my requests for His help, He replied:
“Believe I am here, believe in My constant presence! For you see My precious child, in My presence is life, in My presence is peace, in My presence is joy, in My presence is everything you have been hoping for. My presence is the foundation and the strength of your life.
See Me, see My presence in all you do. Look for My presence; it will guide your every move. My presence is more than just a revelation of Me, it is all that I am made available to you.
I chose you to walk with Me, to be with Me, to rest in Me, to live in Me through My presence. This is the source of your peace, your every need met and fulfilled. Live this way, sleep, rest, play, work, minister, pray, heal, deliver, all by My presence releasing My life to you. It is this straightforward – believe I am here, and live in My presence!
Don’t think of this as weakness, but rather as great strength. For to humbly recognize that apart from Me you can do no good thing is what I desire and seek for you. My presence manifested by My Spirit, who will teach you all things, is My way of life for you.
It is in My presence that you will bring My kingdom. This is my calling on your life. You can’t do this on your own, but WE can. Follow me, for in My presence you can go anywhere and do anything that I need for My kingdom.
I know this sounds so big and you feel so small. I know you long for this, yet you feel so ill-equipped, unprepared and inadequate. You are!
But in my strength you are unstoppable. For see, when I am at your side, you have all the resources of heaven. All of Me is here for you. Not for your benefit, but for Me to show myself great through you. In your own strength you are adequate, but why be adequate when you can be great? Not great to receive honor or accolades, but great in ability to reveal Me and my love.
It really is this easy – believe and act like you believe that I am here, and consciously live in My presence.”
What to do next
I know Jesus is with me, so I have been trying to repeatedly pause, look for Him, consciously invite Him into what I am doing, and believe that He is actually here at my side. If you feel that you, too, are not fully engaged with the Lord throughout your day, be encouraged and try this simple approach to living daily in His presence: Throughout your day, turn your thoughts to Him, acknowledge His presence, ask for His help, just thank Him, or talk to Him. Let me know how it goes.
Believing is foundational to everything we do. If I didn’t believe you would meet me for lunch, I wouldn’t show up. If I didn’t believe I would get paid for my work, I would do something else with my time.
God is always with us and He is speaking, but if we don’t believe this, we will miss out on what He is saying. I don’t want to miss any more of Him and His direction.
You’ve got it Craig!
Faith is believing in something we can not see, every time I think of Him he is present.
Our faith becomes tangable when we acknowledge His presence.
What an amazing helper.
I agree Ken, what a great way to live with Him at our side.