Walking in the Presence of God Part 2

Walking away from His Presence,

Let's ponder this for a moment.

So you're in a room, you're talking (maybe not), and you're aware of the other's presence. You KNOW, that the other is there.

Then the other person leaves, says nothing, but makes an exit.

Even if there are other people in the room, you know when the other person leaves, merely by their presence not being there, a sensing, intuition, call what you will.

(It's interesting that we all have a unique presence that we bring when we enter a room, setting, place, gathering. God's is the same. It's unique)

In that setting, I often feel like that is me. Exiting the room from His Presence. I don't announce it, declare it, but walk away, slowly, a drifting you might call it.

Are you a drifter? Do you drift away from His Presence?

I have an image of Jesus following me around, as I drift, keeping my steps firm, "though I may stumble, I will not fall"... ""If I go up to the heavens you are there or to the grave, you are there"..."I can never get away from your presence"

A question that comes to mind is at what point do I recognise I am now not in His Presence? That can mean many things, granted. For instance, when you're in the tangible presence of God, worshipping, with that mixture of fear, joy and peace all blended into one... and then you walk out of church and the atmosphere has changed. I am not talking about that scenario, in that you have not walked out on God, you've just left church and it's time to go home.

What I am referring to is a drifting in my day to day walk. It's probably why Jesus calls out to the Church of Ephesus to come back to their first love.... (Rev 2) They'd drifted from Him, not from doing the right thing, but the source of why they were doing it.

Looking at this from Satan's view, to covertly numb and dull the awareness that you are drifting away from God's Presence, is a great strategy.

To that end, His Presence can be located at any time, anywhere. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you... because "I am with you always to the very end of ages"