EXPERIENCE THE CONTINUOUS PRESENCE OF GOD - PART 1

EXPERIENCE THE CONTINUOUS PRESENCE OF GOD
Scripture: Exodus 13:21
Experience the Continuous Presence of God - Part 1

In this series of quiet time we will study how to experience the presence of God continuously. Beloved, experiencing the continuous presence of God can be your reality. 

"And THE LORD WENT BEFORE THEM BY DAY in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and BY NIGHT in a pillar of fire, to give them light; TO GO BY DAY AND NIGHT: "
Exodus 13:21

The presence of God is something that seemed to come and go.  Indeed, the people who experienced the presence of God did not seem to experience His presence continuously, but intermittently. However, some people seemed to have experienced God’s presence continuously.  One of the people who walked with God and therefore experienced God’s presence continuously was Enoch.

Enoch and the Continuous Presence

"And Enoch WALKED WITH GOD after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch WALKED WITH GOD: and he was not; for god took him."
Genesis 5:22-24

To continually dwell in the presence of God is not easy.  Most of us experience the presence of God intermittently.  The reward for staying continually in the presence of God was that Enoch transitioned from this life into the next without seeing death.  To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.  As soon as a believer dies, he is instantly present with the Lord. 

If the presence of God is continuous on your life, dying will not be difficult.  It will be a transition from one level of the presence of God to another.  If, for instance, a Korean travels to an African country and lives amongst Koreans, eats Korean food, visits Korean restaurants and has only Korean friends, travelling back to Korea will not be such a drastic experience because even in Africa, he virtually lived in the presence of Koreans.

This  is what it is like to transition from the presence of God on earth to the presence of God in heaven.  As you walk in the presence of God on earth, you experience heavenly things continuously whilst on earth.  Indeed, you are experiencing heaven on earth. To go to heaven will be the smallest transition ever.

Credit: Excerpt from
The Anointing and The Presence
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

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  1. Beryl4 July 2022 at 06:22

    Wow! May I experience the presence of God continually and not intermittently. Heaven on earth can be reality for me too. Lord draw me closer and closer to You

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