The Living God part 3
God is a living God... because He lives in us! He is a loving God... because He loves through us! In Him we live, and move, and have our being. In us He lives, and moves, and has His being! I always find it funny when people say, "God works in mysterious ways." Because I believe God works through people. And I'm not saying He can't miraculously heal somebody, or different things like that. I try not to ever put any limits on God. But I'm saying He seems to miraculously heal people by the laying on of hands. Or by the effective prayer of a righteous man, which availeth much. I'm saying the biggest miracle God could do... is you. And the only sensible thing for you to do, is receive it and release it. Live in Him by letting Him live in you. And here's the thing about life: It's 24/7/365. Every second of every minute of every hour of every day. Living never stops. Not even with physical death. I mean, what part of "everlasting" don't we understand? God IS the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But He's not the God of the dead. So that means even though Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob physically died, they are still alive! In Him! And that means that we were crucified with Christ yet we live! The old man died and passed away. And the New Man sprang forth to walk in newness of life. Not Adam life--the life of the living dead--but Resurrection Life. Jesus life. An abundant life of love. What else but love would make life abundant? But here's my point for today: Life never stops. There aren't times when God is present, and then other times when He's absent. There's a line in a movie that drives me crazy. One guy says, "Go with God." And the other guy says, "God's gonna sit this one out." NO!!!! God doesn't sit anything out. He promised to never leave us nor forsake us. He's always present. And, yes, I understand that sometimes we hide from His presence, just like Adam and Eve did when they thought God was mad at them. I understand that sometimes we close ourselves off to the reality that is God living in us. But that doesn't mean He STOPS living in us. How could the God who literally is life ever stop living in us? Let me say it this way: According to Revelation 21:3, "I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: “Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They’re his people, he’s their God." Get it? On the cross God moved into the neighborhood. Into YOU. And He's never moving out. And, as a preacher once said, "Property value just went up!" Because the old passed away. And the new came forth. Because DEATH passed away and LIFE came forth! Abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life! You know, the gift of God. Knowing the living God and One whom He sent. Knowing God as your Father and knowing yourself as His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased! That's eternal life. That life-long relationship of love between Father and Son!