Isaiah 41:10 (AMP)
10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do
not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I
will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of
rightness and justice.
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All week, The Lord reminded me through these
songs, that He, The Eternal, Almighty, Omnipresent One, was with me:
- Here Now (Madness) – Hillsong United
- You Are Here – The Outsiders
- He is Here – Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Mass Choir
- Already Here – Brian Courtney Wilson
- God is Here – Martha Munizzi
- Tu Estas Aqui – Jesus Adrian Romero featuring Marcela Gandara
Then my heart rejoiced and was encouraged as
I read Scriptures regarding His Presence:
And the Lord said, My Presence
shall go with you, and I will give you rest.
Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary.
Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His
face and to be in His presence
continually!
You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your
right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
For You make him to be blessed and a blessing forever;
You make him exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence.
Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing
love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days
the house of the Lord [and His presence]
shall be my dwelling place.
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire
for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the
Lord [in His presence] all the
days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet
attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate,
consider, and inquire in His temple.
You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart
says to You, Your face (Your presence),
Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the
authority of Your Word].
In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them
secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell
in Your house and Your presence;
they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly
think of that]!
Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently and
worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may
tabernacle and abide in our land.
Surely the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall give thanks to
Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence (before Your very face).
In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of
His presence saved them; in His
love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of old.
You have made known to me the ways of life; You will
enrapture me [diffusing my soul with joy] with and in Your presence.
So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and
return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that
times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with
fresh air) may come from the presence
of the Lord;
And the presence
of the Lord was with them with power, so that a great number [learned] to
believe (to adhere to and trust in and rely on the Lord) and turned and
surrendered themselves to Him.
But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once
hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God—[that
wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our
glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence].
For we are not, like so many, [like hucksters making a trade
of] peddling God’s Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message];
but like [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and
sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very]
sight and presence of
God.
We have renounced disgraceful ways (secret thoughts,
feelings, desires and underhandedness, the methods and arts that men hide
through shame); we refuse to deal craftily (to practice trickery and cunning)
or to adulterate or handle dishonestly the Word of God, but we state the
truth openly (clearly and candidly). And so we commend ourselves in the sight and
presence of God to every man’s
conscience.
Assured that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise us up
also with Jesus and bring us [along] with you into His presence.
Have you been supposing [all this time] that we have been
defending ourselves and apologizing to you? [It is] in the sight and
the [very] presence of God [and
as one] in Christ (the Messiah) that we have been speaking, dearly beloved, and
all in order to build you up [spiritually].
The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the love of God and the presence
and fellowship (the communion and sharing together, and participation)
in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (so be it).
But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love,
joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness,
goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together
harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in
the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].
[That you may really come] to know [practically, through
experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere
knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being]
unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly
filled and flooded with God Himself]!
Yet now has [Christ, the Messiah] reconciled [you to God] in
the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you holy and faultless
and irreproachable in His [the Father’s] presence.
Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will
exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant].
By this we shall come to know (perceive, recognize, and
understand) that we are of the Truth, and can reassure (quiet, conciliate, and
pacify) our hearts in His presence,
We know [absolutely] that anyone born of God does not
[deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, but the One Who was
begotten of God carefully watches over and protects him [Christ’s divine
presence within him preserves
him against the evil], and the wicked one does not lay hold (get a grip) on him
or touch [him].
Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or
slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and
faultless) before the presence
of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable,
ecstatic delight]—
For this reason they are [now] before the [very] throne of
God and serve Him day and night in His sanctuary (temple); and He Who is
sitting upon the throne will protect and spread His tabernacle over and
shelter them with His presence.
Thank You, Lord, for Your love, and for Your faithfulness to Your Word to never leave me nor forsake me!
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
... and my journey with Him continues ...
