Oh the peace we find within the presence of God; but how often do we find ourselves in the presence of God truly? We are taught that the triune God is universally present in our lives just as He is in every life that He's blessed onto this earth. Thus explains the teaching of His omnipresence. For us to be in His presence is always fact because it is in God's sovereign control and God's perfect character stemming down to his perfect omnipresence that He is everywhere. To change the outlook, to us; for Him to be in our presence seems to be rarely for many of us. Now we know why this is the result of a God so perfect in his universal presence to not appear present to those who live in mere flesh. It is because our flesh leads us to sin which is apart from God, drawing us away from being in communion with this triune God. Aside from that, there brings the distractions of worldliness on this earth as our imperfection becomes tempted to please our very selves in being a glutton of various humane passions. This is the word of God:
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world - the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions - is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
1 John 2:15-17 ESV
In saying so, we are to run from the world and towards God, to love Him and desire Him; which is away from the flesh. To 'seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness', therefore being more like him, and coming closer to an aligned character, an aligned will. When this is so, God will reveal to us His presence, and the reality of the Spirit's omnipresence would not only be a mere fact to us, but an understanding through experiences which verifies this truth. After reading in The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer of the universal presence of God, I longed for this presence to be made alive in my life, every second of my life - still being a enduring process, a surrendering process. And as I felt the moving of the Holy Spirit in my life each and everyday through experiences after experiences, I found rest. To be sure of truth in our perception of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies, and not only a self-deception of personal pride in our spirituality for what we feel that it is, there needs to be the neglect of feeling and the disciplining in obedience of the call to surrender ourselves in prayer to the triune God. We do not find ourselves in wholehearted surrender until we not only acknowledge, but know that our God is the giver and provider of life. And we don't truly understand that we have to solely depend on God as a servant to a master in plead until we are in prayer of not just some things, but all things of our inherited earthly life and soon established eternal life in the kingdom; from our classes, to each and every individual brother and sister in Christ to our lost companions to our parents to our teachers to our work to our churches, and so on. The list is endless. Just as commitment is devoted to lifting heavy weights progressively and consistently for the best result because it shows how desperately you trust in each weight you lift to contribute to the glorious end, we are to act the same to God.
And that's the cure! Our generation is in need of genuine wholehearted prayer, constantly bringing ourselves before God in his holy sanctuary handing to Him all things we have in our lives. Committing all things to him that is glimmering in the light of our plans in our lives in order to glorify Him in our own unique ways. All the present things that determine for us present actions that determine for us God's everlasting glory through our present potential actions. In committing to Him in prayer all these things, God will extend His mighty hand of grace to act according to our faithfulness and His sovereignty. But that isn't the only thing we have to commit to Him. This is the word of God:
"do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
He says that 'with thanksgiving'. What do we thank Him for? We thank Him for His grace upon each aspect of our lives of the past that He has already blessed us with. That is His grace - that given which we do not deserve. But what else is his grace, that given which we are not conscious of always, but every once in a while adore the glories of - His creation. His sun, His light that is so symbolic, His night, His moon, His lake, His grass, His birds, His clouds, His rain, and His gloomy days, the stars, the galaxies, our life, His grace.
As we recognize everything mentioned, light is being shed to God's outlook, to the dying of our flesh, to the taking over of the Holy Spirit. And as God moves within us, He is speaking loudly to us messages in the most clarity that has ever been heard. And as we allow the Holy Spirit to move in us and around us, there will be no more worries because we have full trust that God is in control. The peace of God will transcend and we will find our well needed rest in the all-encompassing voice of God no matter what the circumstances.
But unless you pray, you do not fully recognize that God is our sole giver. That which He deserves more than we consciously know.
