His Presence

Psalm 5:3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice, in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.


Psalm 63:1 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.


Sometimes I don't feel God's presence. But the reason is not because He has gone away. It is always because I have stopped focusing on Him. After particularly busy days I can feel dry, frustrated or weary. Then, I realize that He has stopped being my Center, and I run to Him in prayer. And He is there. 


Just the other day, this happened to me (again!).  I had a very busy couple of days, and did not put Him first. There were situations in my life that were becoming very frustrating. Late at night, I prayed, "LORD!  I feel so frustrated about "X", and sat down to really focus on Him. I prayed a frustrated prayer, opened a small devotional book, and read the entry for the day. The devotional gave a scripture reference, so I turned in my Bible to the scripture reference, and there it was -- my nugget from God! Through the scriptures I shared above, God was telling me, again, "My child, you are distracted from me. I need your eyes on me!"  We are not perfect and God knows that. We will get distracted and frustrated -- but He is right there, waiting for us to turn our focus back to Him. 


Connect with Him in the morning. Touch base with Him throughout your day.  Ask Him, thank Him, talk with Him. Purposefully carve out meaningful, quiet, focused time with Him. He is always so faithful.  


Dear Heavenly Father, when I am distracted from You, I feel dry and weary. But when I turn to You, thankfully, I find my peace -- once again. Thank You that You are always faithful, always present.  I pray my eyes are always turned to You.  Amen.