In God's Presence 5

"In the presence of God, if you lay it down:

God might take it from you

Sometimes, you aren’t ready to give something up, even if it is hurting someone else or killing you.  If you lay it down, you run the risk of having it taken away, like hay in a fire, because God is a consuming fire. 

Every time you go into the presence of God, you run the risk of having the hay and the stubble burnt up.  

Every time you go into the presence of God, He melts you and scrapes off the dross to leave behind refined silver and gold.  Are you OK with that?

In the presence of God, if you lay it down:

In the presence of God, God might take it from you

In the presence of God:

God might heal you

I say might, not because of a lack of faith, but out of a reverence for Almighty God, in whose hands we offer ourselves, without having to have God do everything the way we think it should be.   

You must get to the place where you trust God despite the outcome. 

You must also get to the place where you can trust God for your healing as well.  There is nothing spiritual about not wanting to be healed.  There is also nothing spiritual about denying the reality of your condition.  After all if no one was really sick or hurt they wouldn’t need a healer, would they?  God goes through life’s trials with us.  To deny the trials is to deny God His place of going through it with us. 

God might heal you, and you need to be ready to receive what God does for you.  But if God chooses not to heal you, you must receive this with trust also.  Are you OK with what God allows in your life?

In the presence of God:

In the presence of God, God might heal you

In the presence of God:

God might change you by changing the way you think

God could change the way you think about things.  The things that used to matter a great deal, might take a back seat to a new way of thinking. 

What you thought you had to have - God may take away the desire, the urge or the inclination.  

   In the presence of God, God might change you by changing the way you think." If you don't want to be changed, don't get into the presence of God."

    Excerpt from In God's Presence by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2016