Bill Johnson - Hosting the Presence
How is it possible to host the presence of a person so profoundly that they can take articles of clothing away from you, lay them on a diseased or tormented person, and see them well? It’s not hocus-pocus; it's not some conjuring up of a belief system that we have to sweat hard to maintain. It’s the fact that he is the greatest reality there is, and he saturates every part of anything we yield to him.
Even in Paul's labor, making one-tenth of the Spirit of God-saturated clothing, they could take the apron; they could take the sweat. I look at that and say, God, obviously there’s more. I look at the story of Peter on his way to pray, and apparently, people found themselves getting well when they were near him. We don’t know how it came about, but people knew that if they could just get to where his shadow was, they would be healed. There’s no substance to a shadow; it's proximity to a person. The bottom line is your shadow will always release whatever overshadows you. It’s the fact that we give place to a person.