05/25/2018
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HIS PRESENCE! I AM ALWAYS BEFORE YOU, beckoning you on - one step at a
time. Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, can
separate you from My loving Presence. I want you to live your life
focused on My Presence in the present. Since you know I am always with
you - leading and encouraging you - you can live in that reality moment
by moment. Your mind tends to leap over the present moment to the next
task, ignoring the one that is before you and the One who is before
you. During rare times when you are able to stay focused on Me, your
work is infused with My Presence. It is no longer laborious but
delightful: more like play than work.
Living in collaboration with Me can be a foretaste of heaven. It is
wonderful, though not easy: it requires a level of spiritual and mental
concentration that is extremely challenging. In the Psalms, David
wrote about this collaborative way of living, declaring that he had set
Me always before him. As a shepherd, he had plenty of time to seek My
Face and enjoy My Presence. He discovered the beauty of days lived with
Me always before him - and beside him. I am training you to live this
way too. This endeavor requires more persistent effort than anything
else you have attempted. Yet, rather than detracting from your other
activities, it fills them with vibrant Life.
"And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ." Colossians 3:23-24 NKJV
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