There is something to be said about the presence of God in our lives. It is suppose to make us different. The presence of God in our lives is supposed to make us secure in our faith. It helps us through the days we have ahead. It helps us in days of tragedy and in days of joy. His presence makes us worship him and see his beauty. I hope you enjoyed the 60 minutes you spent tonight in the presence of your family. You need to make sure you treasure those moments.
Today for over an hour I was able to be present with my oldest son in a basketball practice. I am the lucky guy who gets to coach his team. I was able to set back and see my son and his buddies show me how fast they grow up. It seems like just yesterday they were walking and running with the ball as they went down the floor. It was only a few years ago, they could barely even dribble. It wasn't long ago they could not even set a pick much less understand a full court press. I stood there today in absolute amazement at how fast time has passed.
I was proud of how my son played today. I was glad I was present for the moment to see him growing up.
Earlier in the day for over an hour I sat in my office and thought about the presence of God in one of my coworkers life. It seems like only yesterday we were all sitting around telling funny stories and just hanging out like normal. A few months ago his medical issues had progressed to a point of utter amazement. No one could tell him what was wrong. No one could tell him any answers. I saw a man literally hanging on to life day by day. Not knowing any answers or not being able to find out what was causing his issues. He has been out of the office for sometime now and his presence is missed by several people. I don't know how many times today someone came by to see if we had any updates on his status. It was amazing to me to se so many people feel the lack of presence by a person in our office. You don't really know what you have until its gone. Right now, my friend, is in ICU with an uphill battle to fight. I do know one thing. I asked him about the presence of God in his life and he told me everything was good.
I just wonder if we all asked ourselves the same question, what would the answer be? I wonder if we can really say the presence of God in our lives is real?
In the bible, Jesus tells a story of a young man who asks what it takes to have the presence of God in his life? Jesus tells him to sell everything he has and give it to the poor and then come follow Him. The rich young man walked away because he had great wealth.
What is it going to take for us to feel the presence of God in our life?
Challenge
Take the time to write a letter to each person in your house. Tell them why you love them. Tell them what you are proud of them for. Tell them how important they are to you. Tell them God loves them.
This may be difficult and hard, but that is kind of the point.
On Tuesday of this week, I walked into the house immediately after the kids got home. My oldest daughter walked up and handed me a note. The note read as follows....
Dear dad,
I love you. You are a good dad. Thank you for all the things you do for me. I thing I should do sumthing for you. I love you so so much.
Love,
Faith
A little girl in her class was upset as they worked on Christmas presents because her mother is dead and her dad is no longer in the home. She was missing her daddy and Faith thought about me and wrote me a note. She handed it to me and I was proud to read what she had wrote. Now it's my turn to write her a note and tell her how I feel.
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