Feb 05

The Presence of God

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  It seems that over the last few weeks the Lord has been speaking to many peoples lives in a more open way. I have the opportunity to call people who come to visit Cornerstone, and many of those will tell me that they feel the presence of God operating in the services, God speaking to them and encouraging them.  In fact just yesterday I spoke with a person who was with us for thefirst time this past Sunday and they just went on and said what a great experience it was for them.  Sometimes we need to step back and take a look at all that God is doing and give Him thanks and like men and women of God of old to invite Him to come and have even more access into our lives. This past week in each one of our times of gathering together on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday in both services, the Lord's presence was very real and very present.  What this means in my mind is two important things.  First that we are beginning to open up our hearts and allow Him to move. Remember that the Lord wants to move in us in greater ways than we can ever imagine and that His willingness is always there, but our willingness must also be present.  The Lord will not force us to follow, or force us to welcome His presence, but when we do we are blessed by all that God can bring into us and through us.  Secondly, this means that we need to press in even deeper.  There are forces that are at work that are not of God and would try to get our thoughts focused on lesser things.  Jesus spoke to a church in the book of Revelation chapter 3 where He said, Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.  Look at the Lord's openness to sit down with those who will open the door. How wonderful it will be to open the door fully to the Lord and allow Him to speak in greater and growing ways.  Please pray with me that we would put all other things aside and open the door to all that the Lord is calling us to.  It starts with an individual decision and continues into every person in our church as we say yes to the presence of God among us.