Thought for Today
The Visitations of God
“Thou hast granted me life and favour,
and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit”
Job 10:12
Nothing less than the presence of God can preserve, restore and refresh the soul of His Own. The heart of the true child of God was made for His presence. The focus of life is to live in Him and to have His life holding us in the firm grip of grace and glory.
“Whom have I in heaven but thee?
and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee”
Psalm 73:25
The longing and pursuit of life is summed up in knowing Him. The Pearl of Great Price incites a singularity of purpose (Matthew 13:45-46). In His beauty the desire for other things is dissipated and drained of force and power within the human heart. Life becomes a journey consumed in the one great love, the one great quest and the one boundless pursuit of knowing Him.
Religion with all of its rituals, precepts and demands fail man’s inherent need… the visitations of God Himself! It is by His Presence we are preserved, refreshed and made right. He is our salvation, He is our strength and in Him alone are we kept clean from this present world.
“Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:
the upright shall dwell in thy presence”
Psalm 140:13
Brian Troxel
