Date: Thursday, 21st November, 2024
Text: Psalm 42:1-2
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
When you love someone you would love to spend as much time as possible with such a fellow. you won’t mind travelling thousands of miles just to be with that person. Even if you have to spend much money in order to be with such a person you won’t see it as any barrier.
Jacob served his uncle Laban for seven years to get his daughter, Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her- Genesis 29:20.
David was a typical lover of God. He said, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1-2
He was the one that discovered that in the presence God is fullness of joy; and that at his right hand, pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11b
Mathematically speaking, we can safely conclude that time spent in God’s presence is directly proportional to the love of God. The more you love God the more time you want to spend in his presence; and the less you love God the less time you want to spend in his presence.
Many people claim to love God but their actions deny it. They find it difficult to spend quality time in God’s presence. They will come late to church and after spending thirty minutes, they are already bored and yawning. You see them looking at their wrist watches or playing with their phones.
When you find every other place interesting and God’s presence boring it shows you lack the Holy Spirit Of God and are rather filled with the spirit of worldliness. Such a person will be spiritually dry, not able to benefit from the joy, peace and pleasures available free of charge in the presence of his majesty.
Prophetic Nugget: May you be filled with the Holy Spirit so that you can enjoy the full package available free of charge in the presence of God in Jesus name.