Isaiah 40:31 tells us "but those who hope (or wait as another version put it) in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." This was the verse from my devotions, My Upmost for His Highest, this morning. I have to include some of Oswald Chambers thoughts also. " Having the reality of God's presence is not dependant on our being in a paticular circumstance or place, but is only dependant on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence. ..... At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it is unnecessary to be constantly saying " Oh, Lord direct me in this, and in that." Of course he will, and in fact, He is doing it already! If our everyday decisions are not according to His will, He will press through them, bringing restraint to our spirit. Then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.
God has really been really working on the thought of "walking with God". I always thought is was neat how "Abraham walked with God". Or how "God walked through the Garden of Eden looking for Adam and Eve to fellowship with them. I thought how cool is that to be fellowshiping with Gods presence.
You know what? That is available to Us! We have the ability to walk with God and fellowship in his presence! The only thing stopping this is.........US! If we truely want this for our lives, all we have to do is put aside our agenda, and be quiet and wait for God's direction. Sometimes the reason we cannot hear God, is because he can't get a word in edgewise!
As you can tell this is someting I have become very passionate about. God has really been talking to me about this. I used to think that I needed to get a really great position, or win the lottery, so that I was financially indepedant so that I could serve God. As a very good friend has said many times "God doesn't need our money, if he wants money he can just print more". What God wants is Us completely broken and relying on him for all our needs. We also must learn the difference between needs and wants.