In Your Presence

To Be In Your Presence by Noel Richards is such a classic staple worship song… I  (Hannah) love taking bits of the song & incorporating or in our soaking sessions… “To be in your presence not rushing away… to cherish each moment.. here I will stay…” This sums up the essence of our vision as In The Wait. I can hear the theological arguments of some folk who may say… “we are always in God’s presence” etc etc… Yes I agree! BUT when we turn our ‘spiritual eyes’ (imagination eyes / the eyes of our heart) towards Jesus & still ourselves… we find a deeper sense of His Presence. 

I’ve practiced this since beau g encouraged to do so by an amazing youth leader ‘Malcome Morgan’ when I was 11 years old - waiting in prayer until something shifts in me - my heart is moved, I sometimes have an overwhelming sense of God’s love, sometimes the atmosphere feels ‘thick’ with His peace… or electric with some kind of Heavenly joy & excitement… Sometimes I need to just believe that He’s close and it takes longer for something to shift in my heart and mind… other times, it’s almost instant… What a gift we have as human beings - to access something of the presence of the Creator of the whole world through the person of Jesus Christ! I say this often, but when I sense his presence (along with millions of Jesus followers around the world & through the ages…) I feel most ‘at home’, most ‘held’ most ‘understood, loved cherished, peaceful’.  He meets me in my pain, my confusion, my questions.. and I know - beyond a shadow of a doubt, that His desire to have my full attention & let me know how much I’m cherished is even greater than my desire to connect with Him. Wow. What a beautiful mysterious and awesome truth! 

We’d love to hear your experiences too - or if you haven’t yet experienced this… give it a go - ask Jesus to reveal himself to you.