“Just a Sip” from my Bible reading during “Coffee with the Lord” today… May EVERY ASPECT of this benediction to 2 Corinthians be fulfilled in your life!!!… “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!” (2 Corinthians 13:14)
Thinking about a special place – a sacred place – a place where the presence and power of God can be sensed and responded to. A place that is quiet enough to hear Him whisper. A place where He can make Himself real and I can be vulnerable.
Sometimes the place is solitary – just me and Him. At other times the powerful sense of His presence is felt among other believers (Matthew 18:20). I’ve been powerfully aware of His presence enjoying nature’s grandeur – but also in the stress of an emergency. During prayer and praise – but also simply walking down a street. In a chair early in the morning with my Bible – but also in a house of worship with other Christians.
His presence… It’s powerful, it’s profound, and in this crazy world we live in it’s really all I need! How about you?
All of this flooded my mind as I read the following words this morning during my daily time of “coffee with the Lord” …
“How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord;
My heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
At Your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever singing Your praise!
“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!”
(From Psalm 84 ESV)
A “Sip” dealing with key leadership principles… Apostle Paul had it right on the subject of “authority” and its purpose: “The authority, which the Lord gave me for building you up and not for tearing you down!” (Two times in 2 Corinthians 10:8 and 13:10)
Coffee With The Lord 