Regularly in God’s Presence Pt 2

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.Genesis 5:22-24

After Adam had sinned and the fellowship with God had broken, God looked around for another man who would dwell in His presence and fellowship with Him. God found Enoch and the Word of God makes us understand that Enoch didn’t live long like those who had lived before him but because he walked with God and dwelt in the presence of God, he was not found (did not die). To dwell simply means this is the regular thing we usually do. When God took the children of Israel out of Egypt and they asked for bread, God said that they take only that which is sufficient for each day. God did so that they may rely on him each day and return to him each day.

Dwelling in God’s presence is always coming back to God, because He enjoys hearing our voice, he enjoys hearing our prayers, he enjoys having fellowship with us. Hence the reason why God took Enoch as a replacement for Adam to have a man that fellowships with him. Those who dwell in the presence of God are God pleaser, not men pleaser. Afterward God began to look out for that man who dwelt in His presence and found Noah. God used Noah because He was there with God always. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.Psalm 16:11 KJV. When Noah passed on, God looked for another man and found Abraham. Gen 12:1-3

Abraham began to walk with God, he began to be a God lover and he transferred this love to his family, His servants and children got to know his God. For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.Gen 18:19 KJV. God testified that he knows Abraham and that he would teach his children. So God opened up to his friend Abraham about his plans concerning Sodom and Gomorrah. As a friend of God dwelling in God’s presence He would share his secrets with us. And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord. Gen 18:22 KJV. Notice that when God began to talk to Abraham His friend, the angels turned away. Abraham communicated with God as a friend, and God related with him as a friend; listening to what he had to say. Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3:3, 7 KJV. 

Abraham left as a defeated friend and because he was a friend of God, the friendship compelled God to spare Lot who is the family of Lot. He couldn’t afford to offend his good friend who dwelt regularly in his presence. Abraham didn’t ask God to spare Lot, but God did it because of friendship.

God is calling us today to the glory of his presence. Moses was another man who dwelt in the presence of God. God called Moses Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.  Ex 3:10,12. The principles of God does not change. God loved the people of Israel and He wanted to commune with them. The bible makes us understand that God spoke with Moses face to face and mouth to mouth because he dwells in God’s presence. God was always talking to the children of Israel through Moses. In Psalm 103:7, we read how Moses was shown the ways of God and the children of Israel saw only His acts. Since Moses dwelt always in His presence he knew the ways of God.

Every time God gets upset, and He rarely does, when someone who dwells in his presence intervene He pays attention. Therefore when it was time for Jesus to raise Lazarus from the dead, He could only do it because He was always in the presence of God. In John 15:15 Jesus called the disciples his friend because they dwelt with him regularly.

God is always seeking for himself that person who would dwell in his presence. That person who would practice relationship with God and not religion. This way the works of the enemy will not be able to stand where we are. What God wants is that man who ignores his phone and all forms of distraction while we are in His presence.

Regularly in God’s Presence Pt 1

 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: Mark 3: 13-16 KJV

These was the last event that preceded the appointment of the 12 disciples. Jesus declared is clear intention for us as children of God  and for us as His called. Jesus called and they came unto him. Why did Jesus call them? He called them that they should serve him. The primary reason why Jesus called us is that He want us to be with him “That they should be with Him”. That He might send them forth to preach, to heal the sick and cast out devils.

Our first priority for been called to be disciples, workers, pastors, children of God is primarily that we may be with God in fellowship. What brings out God's glory anywhere is the level of our relationship with Him. This is why marriage as ordained by God (between a man and a woman) is for a means to have fellowship between the man and the woman. This is why we are seen as the bride of Christ, to have a fellowship and companionship with our partner who is Christ Jesus.  When God created man He did so that man may have fellowship with him. And God created a woman to fellowship with man, to talk and reason together with the man; for man to have a partner that walks the same path with him. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Isaiah 43:21 KJV. God wants you and I to come into his presence on a regular basis to praise him, fellowship with him, and meditate on his word. But the truth is we fail to understand this purpose from God.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?Yea…: Heb. Yea, because, etc. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.Genesis 3:1-3 Why would the devil chose to speak to Eve? Eve was not the one who received the instruction. The man was the one who was given the commandment. But the role of the woman is to fellowship with her man, she talks and expects that man listens. Adam (man) however who God created for fellowship finds it hard to understand the reason for fellowship. This is to talk and communicate with God and the people we have a relationship with.

We must understand that God created us to have fellowship with him. When we do these on a regular basis our life would have the significance we seek.  And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.1 John 1:3 KJV. We have no idea how much God longs for us to come into his presence. If we would only cultivate the habit to fellowship with Jesus, we would see the glory of God. The thing about Jesus is that He was/is an image of God’s presence. The typical daily schedule of Christ was to wake up in the early hours of the day to fellowship with God. He did same in the evening Luke 6:8-12. He wakes up early and sleeps late just so that He would be in the presence of God.

    1. Adam was the first man. God came down to fellowship with him daily. God would come down in His glory, but it is impossible for the glory of God to come down if there is no one to reflect that glory
    2. Is the presence of God your priority? The glory of God has to be brought down unlike the gift of healing. We must therefore find time to dwell in God’s presence at all times. This way anytime we seek God, He will honour us and minister.
    3. Be a regular in the presence of God and not a sometimes visitor. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 KJV