Wednesday, February 11, 2015
I Am Always Before You - Beckoning You On - One ...
I AM ALWAYS BEFORE YOU - BECKONING YOU ON - ONE Step At A Time. Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, can separate you from My loving Presence.
I want you to live your life focused on My Presence in the present. Since you know I am always with you - leading ad encouraging you - you can live in that reality moment by moment. Your mind tends to leap over your present moment to the next task, ignoring the one that is before you and the One who is before you. During rare times when you are able to stay focused on Me, your work is infused with My Presence. It is no longer laborious but delightful: more like play than work.
Living in collaboration with Me can be a foretaste of heaven. It is wonderful, though not easy: It requires a level of spiritual and mental concentration that is extremely challenging. In the Psalms, David wrote about this collaborative way of living, declaring that he had set Me always before him. As a shepherd, he had plenty of time to seek My Face and enjoy My Presence. He discovered the beauty of days lived with Me always before him - and beside him. I am training you to live this way too. This endeavor requires more persistent effort than anything else you have attempted. Yet, rather than detracting from your other activities, it fills them with vibrant Life.
Whatever you do, do it for Me - with Me, through Me, in Me. Even menial tasks glow with the Joy of My Presence when you do them for Me. Ultimately, nothing will be able to separate you from Me, so this you-and-I-together venture can continue throughout eternity.
- Jesus
(Jesus Lives / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight: Romans 8:38-39; Psalm 16:8 and Colossians 3:23-24
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"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39 / New International Version)
ReplyDelete"I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken" (Psalm 16:8 / New International Version)
"And whatever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men . . .; for you serve the Lord Christ" (Colossians 3:23-24 / New King James Version)