15th June 2021

Checking into God's Presence... "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand." Isaiah 64: 4-8 Are you able to trust God in expectation of the actual value of His grace? Would you be quick to judge Him due to the feeble sense posed by the challenges you are going through now? Do you know that behind what you consider as a frown gained from the simple providence of God, God too hides His smiling face to all? God sincere and imminent purposes ripen fast if only we believe in the power of His Might. The Bible records: "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him".  So let us wake up from our slumber if indeed we have been undermining Your grace of God. Do not allow our thoughts to revolve around an ordinary Christian's position that Apostle Paul describes in 1 Corinthian 3: 1-3. These states: "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? "But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand", make us clean from filthy rags that filled with all unrighteousness. As we call upon thy Name today, ensure we do not fade like leaves and remove us from iniquities that have taken us away like the wind. Stir up Your Spirit in us and take hold of our steps, and from now do not hide Thy face from us in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen  Http://testimony-times.blogspot.co.uk Just Checking into His Presence...