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John Bevere - Discover the Secret to Experiencing God's Presence


John Bevere - Discover the Secret to Experiencing God's Presence
TOPICS: The Awe of Go

It’s the big statement of the chapter: you will never find God’s presence in an atmosphere where He is not held with the utmost respect. Okay, you just completed chapter 4, and I want to go in-depth about God’s tangible presence. Now, let me make this statement: it’s the big statement of the chapter. You will never find God’s presence in an atmosphere where He is not held with the utmost respect. You know, in Leviticus 10:1, God says, «By those who come near Me, I must be regarded as holy, and before all the people, I must be glorified.» I want you to listen to the words «must». God is saying that in order to come into His presence—whether it’s privately or publicly—we have to hold Him with the utmost holy fear, reverence, and awe.

Now, you’re probably wondering, «Wait a minute, I thought God said He would never leave me nor forsake me; His presence is everywhere.» That is absolutely true; there is the omnipresence of God. That is the presence where David said in Psalm 139, «Lord, where can I flee from Your presence? If I go to the highest mountain, You’re there; if I make my bed in the lowest valley, You’re there.» That is the presence of God that says, «I will never leave you nor forsake you.» However, in John chapter 14, Jesus talks about another aspect of God’s presence, which is His manifest presence. Jesus says, «To him who has My words and obeys them, I will manifest Myself to him.»

Now, the word «manifest» means to bring from the unseen into the realm of the seen, the unheard into the realm of the heard, the unknown into the realm of the known. It is when God reveals Himself to your senses; you can sense Him with your five physical senses. That is a real aspect of Christianity; that is the presence of God that will manifest when we walk in holy awe. There are people who say, «I don’t ever feel God’s presence; I don’t ever experience it in church or when I’m praying.» Well, I want you to check: are you approaching Him with that holy awe? God says if you do, then He will manifest Himself to us. Not only must we approach Him with holy awe, but we need to walk in obedience to what He has revealed to us.

So it is so important that we live in the manifest presence of God. That is what Moses said would separate us from all the people on the earth: the manifest presence of God. This is what the Apostle Paul wrote about when he said in 2 Corinthians chapter 6, «As God has said, I will dwell in them and walk among them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.» He’s talking about a dwelling, not a visiting presence—a dwelling presence. This is so important. Jesus said, «When two of you are gathered together in My name, there I am in the midst of them.» Hey, that’s not His everywhere presence; that’s not His omnipresence— that’s His presence that He says, «I’ll manifest Myself when I have believers coming together in My name.» Again, remember this: this is the presence that Moses said would separate us from all the other people on the face of the earth.