God's Call: The Lord's Presence

I'm sure you've heard the saying, whatever the Lord calls you to, He will bring you through it.  I've always thought that quote was referring to trials, and it may very well be, but for the context of today's post, Gods' Call:  The Lord's Presence, I believe it is referring to His presence in the very work He has called us to do.

Why Don't We Sense the Lord's Presence?

The LORD was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.   He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.…

Exodus 13:21-22

Whenever I've read these verses, I've always thought how comforting it must have been to know that the Lord was visibly with Israelites - a tangible evidence of His presence.  But yet when you read the accounts of the Israelites, you don't really get a sense that they were realizing the comfort of the Lord's presence.   Instead, they were fearful of their circumstances and complaining about them. - which that, in and of itself, seems shocking.

But is it really...

I have the Holy God living INSIDE OF ME!  Many times I can feel His presence. The times I can't... probably because I am succumbing to fear and/or grumbling...

The Lord did not create us to live independently from Him.  His desire is to be present with His people.  We are to live dependent on Christ and that's a wonderful thing!

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.  And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,  for

“‘In him we live and move and have our being’;

as even some of your own poets have said,

“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

Acts 17:24-28

You WILL Find the Lord's Presence in the Call

How much more is the Lord with us in our calling!

Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, 

not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, 

which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

2 Timothy 1:9

For we are his workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus for good works, 

which God prepared beforehand, 

that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10

The Lord prepared our calling before the worlds began!  Now that is important work!

But He never planned that we would walk in those works alone - without Him.  His plan was always to walk in our calling with us - every step of the way.

We will not be successful in our calling if we try to do it on our own.  

I am the vine; you are the branches. 

Whoever abides in me and I in him, 

he it is that bears much fruit, 

for apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:5

Those who make the glory of God their end, and the word of God their rule, the Spirit of God the guide of their affections, and the providence of God the guide of their affairs, may be sure that the Lord goes before them, though they cannot see it with their eyes: we must now live by faith. When Israel marched, this pillar went before, and pointed out the place of encampment, as Divine Wisdom saw fit. It sheltered by day from the heat, and gave light by night. The Bible is a light to our feet, a lantern to our paths, with which the Saviour's love has provided us. It testifies of Christ. It is to us like the pillar to the Israelites. Listen to that voice which cries, I am the Light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life, John 8:12. Jesus Christ alone, as shown in the Bible, and as the Holy Spirit, in answer to prayer, recommends him to the soul, is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, John 14:6.

Matthew Henry Concise Commentary

When we abide with the Lord, commune with Him every day and throughout our calling, the light of Christ will shine brightly and He will be glorified.

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