Practice the Presence of God? -- Practice His Love For You

We have another active basis for the assurance, recorded for us in the apostle John's first epistle:

"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)

The "if" in this verse is not subject to debate for the believer, for we are all "children of light" in God (cf 1 Thessalonians 5:5). Therefore, the blood of Jesus cleanses us NOW from all sin, every sin that you are thinking now, or may commit in the future, as well as all past sins. What a glorious promise, to know that we are forever righteous, never to be lost!

Right away, our Lord and Savior, who lives in us (cf Galatians 4:19; Colossians 1:27) is actively working in us and for us! He is more than present, He is active and accountable within us!

And He loves us! For ever promise and glorious legacy of the Son is also ours:

"God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

"Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit." (1 John 4: 12-13)

A little further down, John writes:

"God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." (1 John 4:16)

This active love is ever working in us and around us. The problem for believers is that when we do not feel, or we begin to doubt whether God is with us or not, we then start to panic and start doing things to coax back a sense of His presence in our lives.

Jesus calms us not to live in doubt:

"And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind." (Luke 12: 29)

Paul tells us what it is really all about for the believer:

" For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.  (Romans 14: 17)

The indwelling, overpower element of the Holy Spirit is all important. All our other needs will be added unto us (Matthew 6: 33). For every believer, we must stop identifying with our feelings and start identifying with the truth of God's love in us:

"And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." (Romans 5: 5)

and

"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." (1 John 4: 16)

Speak forth, praise, and declare with thanksgiving the love that God is and has for you!