Floodgates 100_Issue1_2019_FINAL

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Last but not least, the Lord Jesus Himself
set an example for all of us to follow.
Being the Son of God, Jesus still needed to
be alone with God to pray. There are two
accounts of Jesus spending private time
with God. In Matthew 14:13a “When Jesus
heard what had happened, he withdrew by
boat privately to a solitary place.” And in
verse 23 “After He had dismissed them, he
went up on a mountainside by himself to
pray.”
How then do we pursue God’s presence?
By spending time with God daily in His
presence – praying, worshipping, singing
adoration and praises to the Lord. Our
adoration for God is from our heart and
not from our mind. We gaze upon the
infinite beauty of the Lord and drink from
His ever-flowing River of Life. We focus
on His presence and choose not to be
distracted by anything around us. We
surrender every part of our being to the
Lord – our sins, concerns, fears, anxieties,
burdens, frustrations, anger, etc. We just
bask in His presence and be awed by His
magnificent presence. Let the love of the
Lord overwhelm us and let us allow the
Holy Spirit to touch the inner parts of
our life as He reveals Himself to us in a
personal way.
We must never take for granted the
presence of God. Instead, we must revere
and respect His presence, for God is holy
and awesome.
There isn’t any specific time frame we need
to follow in order to feel God’s presence.
As long as our heart is genuine and hungry,
God Himself will show up! He will quench
your thirst. The more time we spend in
His presence, the more we know God and
feel His presence, and the more we will be
transformed into Christlikeness! Just like
what David says in Psalm 63:1-3, let us too
earnestly pursue the presence of God in our
lifetime!
“You, God, are my God;
earnestly I seek You;
I thirst for You,
my whole being longs
for You,
in a dry and parched
land where there is
no water.
I have seen You in the
sanctuary and beheld
Your power and glory.
Because Your love is
better than life,
my lips will glorify
You.”