THE SHEKINAH GLORY
The Presence of the Lord would fill the holy of holies.
I decided to share with you the message God has been imparting to me by way of the Holy Spirit. For the last 60 days or so each time I enter into my prayer closet and spend time in his presence the Lord seems to be much more intense and I feel a huge part of his presence. It is Fierce, yet peaceful; Intense, yet welcoming. As I pray my words are often in my prayer language because his presence is so powerful my physical body/mind cannot find the words to praise him. I have wondered why this last few times in his presence have been so different, it has been in those times that the Holy Spirit has whispered it is his Shekinah Glory. At first it caught me off guard and I kind of thought maybe that word just sounded neat so I decided to label God's presence with it, ( I of course know that i didn't make up the word, but I mean it is
catchy so maybe I just thought oh Shekinah sounds really profound so I'll label this intensity of God Shekinah Glory). I do want you all to know that I know I am not that brilliant or that special that God would give me something he hasn't already given all of us in his word.
But the second time the Holy Spirit said it again I knew I was witnessing some of God's most profound gifts. I began to ask, "Why God, would you show this to me now." He responded almost immediately, "Because my people who are called by my name are weak and becoming weary in their well doing. Because this is part of the gift I want to bestow on my people." I don't know if this ever happens to you, but rarely does God just answer me right then. Usually he lets me think it over and come back at least twice before he really shows me the insight I am looking for.
I asked him why then don't we see it more often or hear about it. His response was so simple....... "Because my people are not willing to wait for it. They do not seek to find ME, they only seek to find my blessing."
God desires an intimate relationship, not the quick prayers we give him driving down road or before we rest our heads at night! He wants to sit with us and share his heart, to mold us and form us into his image ( from a spiritual standpoint).
This is not a made up ideology of who God is or what he wants to impart and his presence with us did not end when the Bible was completed.
It wasn't until I had thought over what he had shared several days later that I realized that this is something that makes God sad. He really wants us to know how much he has for us and not because someone else enlightens us but because we spend time with him and he shows us!
To study more Review the story of Moses and the Temple. (See Exodus 40:35, "Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud rested [shakhan] upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle." See also e.g. Genesis 9:27, 14:13, Psalms 37:3, Jeremiah 33:16), as well as the weekly Shabbat blessing recited in the Temple in Jerusalem
The Presence of the Lord would fill the holy of holies.
I decided to share with you the message God has been imparting to me by way of the Holy Spirit. For the last 60 days or so each time I enter into my prayer closet and spend time in his presence the Lord seems to be much more intense and I feel a huge part of his presence. It is Fierce, yet peaceful; Intense, yet welcoming. As I pray my words are often in my prayer language because his presence is so powerful my physical body/mind cannot find the words to praise him. I have wondered why this last few times in his presence have been so different, it has been in those times that the Holy Spirit has whispered it is his Shekinah Glory. At first it caught me off guard and I kind of thought maybe that word just sounded neat so I decided to label God's presence with it, ( I of course know that i didn't make up the word, but I mean it is
catchy so maybe I just thought oh Shekinah sounds really profound so I'll label this intensity of God Shekinah Glory). I do want you all to know that I know I am not that brilliant or that special that God would give me something he hasn't already given all of us in his word.
But the second time the Holy Spirit said it again I knew I was witnessing some of God's most profound gifts. I began to ask, "Why God, would you show this to me now." He responded almost immediately, "Because my people who are called by my name are weak and becoming weary in their well doing. Because this is part of the gift I want to bestow on my people." I don't know if this ever happens to you, but rarely does God just answer me right then. Usually he lets me think it over and come back at least twice before he really shows me the insight I am looking for.
I asked him why then don't we see it more often or hear about it. His response was so simple....... "Because my people are not willing to wait for it. They do not seek to find ME, they only seek to find my blessing."
God desires an intimate relationship, not the quick prayers we give him driving down road or before we rest our heads at night! He wants to sit with us and share his heart, to mold us and form us into his image ( from a spiritual standpoint).
This is not a made up ideology of who God is or what he wants to impart and his presence with us did not end when the Bible was completed.
It wasn't until I had thought over what he had shared several days later that I realized that this is something that makes God sad. He really wants us to know how much he has for us and not because someone else enlightens us but because we spend time with him and he shows us!
To study more Review the story of Moses and the Temple. (See Exodus 40:35, "Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud rested [shakhan] upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle." See also e.g. Genesis 9:27, 14:13, Psalms 37:3, Jeremiah 33:16), as well as the weekly Shabbat blessing recited in the Temple in Jerusalem
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