Wednesday, April 13, 2011

+DEV+ The Greatest Gift

Date: April 13, 2011 10:21 PM
Topic: +DEV+ The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift

"You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand" (Psalm 16:11).
Scripture Focus: Psalm 16

Prayer takes on a glow of glory when we realize we're not talking into a void but that we're actually talking to the Lord. Charles Spurgeon said that to really pray we must feel that "we are now doing something that is real; that we are about to address ourselves to God, whom we cannot see, but who is really present; who is as truly with us as though we were speaking to a friend."

The Lord's greatest gift is the joy of His presence. To be with Jesus, talking to Him face to face - it's the sweetest thing in life. There have been times of extreme grief when the Lord has allowed me to experience an almost unbearably intense sense of His presence. At other times it's not so overwhelming. But we can have confidence that He's always there. We don't go in and out of His presence like going in and out of a room. He is with us to the end of the age, like a place of refuge, and we can talk to Him all the time - about everything.

Insight: "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O LORD" (Psalm 89:15).

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