The Presence of God

There’s nothing like the presence of God! Being close to God creates the peace and stability your heart and mind need. So many believers struggle to find peace. Stuck, still leaning on supplements for anxiety or vices to numb pain, when we have the source of life and joy.

Philippians 4:6-7 New International Version
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

As this verse reminds us, we can bring every situation to Jesus. When we try to carry all of life's pressures and pains, we get overwhelmed because we’re not built that way. God calls us into a partnership and a parent-child relationship in which we lean on Him for ultimate provision and protection. He is the foundation and the source.

Borrowing Heaven’s Nervous System

There’s a psychological reality that has been observed: a couple or a child can borrow each other's nervous systems. In the sense that if you’re overwhelmed, you go to your husband, and his calm nervous system can calm you down, and the same thing with your kids feeding off your emotional levels. Well, in the same way, when we go to the Presence of God in Worship, prayer, and reading the Word, we get to engage with and receive Heaven’s peace for our anxiety. We get to trade our confusion for His clarity. We get our weakness for His Strength.

Take time each day to be in the presence of God, and play Worship music in your home and car as often as you can. Be close to God and watch how peace comes and how joy begins to fill your life!