Emmanuel

I'm not sure if everyone in the world would say that , at sometime in their lives, they felt like there was someone or something watching them. And i'm not talking about surveillance cameras. But i think many people have. I know i have, as a child, felt like i was being watched, and it was not uncomfortable or freaky in any way, but rather kind of comforting. And that was before i believed in God, or at least before i came to know Him personally.

Of all the situations and implements of pain you could endure, i think abject loneliness must be the most horrifying to the soul. It's been said that hell is more clearly defined by it's state of being separated from your Creator, than it is the fiery torment. Without other people to interact with, and if you're found in a place of total silence forever...you're driven insane. I've contemplated just for a second the feeling of floating up in outer space if you could do it very long and still breathe...where you're left alone out there and no one knows where, no sound...no light...with no hope of being found ever. It's chilling isn't it?

When you're a child and alone, you're afraid. You instinctively desire to have your mother nearby, even as a small infant, you have no concept yet of the of what danger even is because you're left alone, you just feel afraid. We're created with that need for contact. For connection. For love. But somewhere along the way we find a way to be self sufficient. We learn to take care of ourselves and can handle being alone at times. Yet for how long?

The truth is we're like that by design. The Creator has installed within us a need for companionship. And the wonderful thing is He did so just so that He could have the pleasure of being there for us and being that comforting presence. But how do we connect with God?...How do we know where to find Him? We've been conditioned by the unGodly world we live in, to do without Him. To live as though He isn't there. God instead of being that comforting presence we can warm up to at any time , and a friend always at out disposal, has been relegated to a religious figure and distant supreme being we worship at a church one day a week. We think maybe if we make a sacrifice of time to Him at least that one day, He will be appeased and we can have a clear conscience. We can only hope that by offering up that Sunday morning at His altar, He will be pacified so that we can get on with our lives and live them as we please. Ironically, God actually does desire human sacrifice. A LIVING sacrifice...but not alive only until we're thrown into the fire as a gift to a bloodthirsty God. When the Bible says we should "present ourselves a living sacrifice holy and acceptable which is our reasonable service", that means each and every day we live...the rest of our lives we're to live,no longer for ourselves, but for Him. That's a kind of slavery that rewards you richly and frees
you from another slave-state you didn't know you were in. Everyone is a slave to one of 2 masters but sadly most people have chosen the wrong one. Unlike all other masters, God is one who requires service only so that He can make you more free, and more content in life, happier and filled with His love and joy. All other slave masters want only service for themselves. God doesn't need service, He has only OUR best interest in mind.

God said "come near to ME, and I will come near you". We must make the move to approach Him, because He has already shown His love towards us and did everything necessary to make us acceptable in His sight. Now He only wants our full attention. Our commitment and our hearts. Being a good church attendee or religious isn't what He wants. We can come near to Him in prayer anytime anywhere, and the more often we approach Him, the better we will get to know Him as He desires us to.

So if you sense an other-worldly presence some day, one that actually comforts you and doesn't scare you, it could be your Creator inviting you to get better acquainted with Him. If you're already walking with Christ, He is Emmanuel that is with us. He walked and talked with Adam in the garden in the cool of the day, and He longs to have that kind of relationship restored to us. "Emmanuel" (or Immanuel) means "God with us", or "with us is God" in Isaiah 7:14 speaking of the Messiah to come. It describes a personable God who is powerful and above all, yet having the feature of uniting Earthly man with All-mighty God. God beside us, next to us. One of us. Through Jesus Christ we can experience closeness with our Creator. One of my favorite Bible verses is Revelation 21:3 which says "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be WITH them, and be their God." It conveys God's desire to be with us and it moves me. If you are still on the outside looking in, "COME!" God calls you. Taste and see that the Lord is good. He is extending His most heart felt invitation to you...knocking on your very heart's door. He wants to have a relationship with you. And you don't even have to be perfect , or get clean enough first. He accepts you as you are. Come. Read the gospel of John and see for yourself what this Jesus stuff is all about.


Ihr, die ihr diesen Blog lesen aus Deutschland. Ich fühle mich geehrt. Seine meiner bescheidenen Vergnügen in der Lage sein, diese Gedanken für Sie Aktien von hier in den USA Bitte zögern Sie nicht unten kommentieren oder um etwas bitten, was die Bibel sagt, oder was ich stütze meine Meinungen zu, würde ich lieben, von Ihnen zu hören und reagiert sofort. Gott segne Sie.

Вы, кто читает этот блог из России. Для меня большая честь. Ее мое скромное удовольствие, чтобы иметь возможность поделиться этими мыслями с вами отсюда в США Пожалуйста, не стесняйтесь комментировать на дне или спросить что-нибудь о том, что Библия говорит, или то, что я основываю свое мнение, я хотел бы услышать от вас, и ответить сразу. Да благословит вас Бог.