LIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD

Living in the presence of God is not a good way to live life

but it is “only way to live life.”

              

Ashish Gavit  (BD Final year)

Psalm 91

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. (Psa 91:1-2 NLT)

only in the shelter of the most high we will find rest.

Reason is so simple no traps, no disease, no fears, no calamities, no disaster will touch me. (Psalmist says in V. 2,5-7NLT)

Because He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection (Ps 91:4 NLT)

Thousands may die around u because of diseases, calamities, fears but He will save you.

No evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. (Ps 91:10 NLT)

For His angels will protect you.

HE will give you authority to crush lions and serpents under your feet because you Love your God, you trust in Him, You seek Him all the time so He will be on your side all the time.

¹⁵ When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. (Ps 91:15 NLT)

God will also reward them who live with Him and rewards are ‘Long life’ and ‘salvation. ‘

All those people who want rest, protection, safety and power to overcome evil must live in the presence of God.  

Just look at the flip side of it.

The more we go away from His presence we face more stress, fears, calamities and disasters in our life. We invite more tension, more stress, more problems which removes/decreases our peace, joy, love from our heart and mind. We pursue our own goals not God. Life becomes constant struggle to reach those goals at the expenses of our moral and ethical decay. We become self centered rather than God centered.

Do not waste 10 years of your life to understand such simple truth of life.

Struggle here with us as Christian is we think God will remove all our “PAIN” but bible do not support this view

I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. (Ps 91:15 NLT)

Paul says in Romans 5:3-4 NLT

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance.

 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.      

Paul in his letter to Rome rights about his suffering and he rejoices for it but we know that his suffering was from God. In the book of Acts God says “And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake." (Act 9:16 NLT)

Suffering has very important role to play in our life but it needs to come from God.

And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. (1Co 10:13 NLT)

Even Jesus was tempted by satan. Satan made trap for Jesus but he was not able to seize. 

Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished. (Psa 91:8 NLT) but here we see that wicked are those who refuse to live in the presence of God and hence God will bring all these problems in their life as a punishment for their refusal.

Psalmist talks about unnecessary suffering which is coming from our own refusal and from satan. Bible says 

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy……” (Joh 10:10 NRS)

This type of pain or suffering is not constructive but it is destructive.

I do not know which type of suffering comes from God and which is from satan. But I know for sure that God will never allow me to suffer unnecessary.

So ultimately we understand that in order to live life we need God and without Him there will be “no life” left in us. Living in the presence of God is not a good way to live life but it is “only way to live life.”