psalm 116.8-11 (tev), the LORD stopped my tears and kept me from defeat. so i walk in the presence of the LORD. i kept on believing, even when i said, “i'm completely crushed” and even when i was afraid and said, “no one can be trusted.”
the presence of GOD not only cheers me up when i'm lonely and calms me down when i'm worried and helps me out when i'm tempted but it sees me through when i'm discouraged. that's what GOD's presence can do to your life. but you have to tune in.
now the key to tuning in, to keep on keeping on, to overcoming discouragement, is the phrase i walk in the presence of the LORD. how do you do that? GOD is present all around us but most people are totally unaware of it. how do you walk in the presence of the LORD?
well there are some secrets to practicing the presence of GOD, and the first one is to invite JESUS into your life if you haven't done that already.
GOD is around you, GOD is by you, and HE wants to be in you. HE wants to put HIS SPIRIT inside of you so you can handle the stress.
whenever you get under stress and you feel all of this pressure coming in on you, you must have an equal amount of pressure from the inside enabling you to cope.
whenever people get under pressure, they always begin to fill themselves with something to equalize the stress: food, alcohol, drugs... they put something on the inside to equalize the pressure on the outside.
yet the bible says real clearly, don't get drunk with wine, but be filled with the SPIRIT. instead of being filled with spirits, be filled with the SPIRIT. as you are filled with GOD's presence in your life it equalizes the pressure on the outside and you can cope. you can handle stuff. it doesn't cave you in.
the starting point is to invite JESUS CHRIST into your life. the bible says that what JESUS has done for us on the cross has made possible for us to come in the presence of GOD with freedom and confidence. ephesians 3.12.
just a thought from the front porch…
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