Presence of God

Ytd after cell group meeting, I was waiting for XB to go home tgt since he was reaching the place soon on the same bus home. Then really begin to think about this thing, the Presence of God.
Yong Xiu spoke about so much about God waiting for us in the place which we usually pray or gather, just waiting for us to commune with Him.

How many times have we allowed God to wait for the whole night? Only to be disappointed that we did not talk to Him or fellowship with Him.

Or how many times did we get all pumped up and excited for Him and His Word, but only fizz out the moment we reach home?

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”
-Ps 27:7-8

This verse has became a cornerstone of my relationship with God. And it is on my sidebar. But decided that I shall post something about it. This verse came to me almost a year ago, around between June to Sept last year. I received this revelation when I was going through a really rough patch in ministry and in my life. Was very very discourage and didn't felt like seeking God that particular day. But I suddenly felt prompted to read Ps 27:8 and it was a wake-up call to me.

The verse says "Seek My Face", How do we seek smth that is not already there. When we are seeking God, it means that God is already there in the first place waiting for us to seek Him. He is not somewhere a billion miles away. He is even closer to us than our very breath, the Bible says. Another dimension of the verse came alive to me today.

God says Seek My face. It really means that God is always always facing us. Looking at us. Like a lover gazing at his loved one. Like a friend trying to catch our attention, trying to get our eye contact and then finally says, "Look at me." Amen. My God is a loving God!

=) Really pray that our lives will consist more and more of the intimate times with God. =)

The whole of Psalm 27 is just beautiful

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.

4 One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.
5 For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.

6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”
9 Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the LORD will take care of me.

11 Teach me Your way, O LORD,
And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.

14 Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!

Wait on the Lord, the Bible says.
And David repeats himself twice, Wait, I say, on the LORD.
That is his secret