Thought for the day

"Do you want to go into the very presence of God?
1 You will have to be prepared to be changed.
2 You will have to abandon your pre-conceived idea of what you will receive from God.
3 You will have to accept what God gives to you.
4 You will have to accept what God tells you when you are there.

Let's look at each of these prerequisites to understanding and experiencing the presence of God the way that God designed us to receive from Him.

1. You will have to be prepared to be changed.

Some people think they are communing with God, but there is no evidence that they are being changed. They think they have been in the inner chamber, the holy of holies, but when they come out there's no Shekinah glory, no brokenness, no proof written across their face. There is no evidence of having been with God; no word from God, no direction, no promise, no power. My God, if you are not changed - you haven't been there."

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010