So often we ask for God's presence to fall. We so easily look for places that are described as being filled with God's spirit. Is it God's Presence and Spirit we are really looking for? Or is it just another emotional encounter, one that temporarily soothes the anxieties and troubles of the day. Emotional encounters are easy to find and quick Band-Aids to wounded souls that really need the Presence of God to saturate their very being.

The Presence of God is not only proactive and interactive but also reactive. So depending upon what you seek, God moves according to the desires of your heart. The Holy Spirit, your paraclete, will take into consideration your level of maturity, your desires, your needs, your condition and even your cultural background. You see God knows not only what we need; but also exactly how much we are able to take at any given time.

Recently I read a sign that stated, "Long term exposure may result in nausea, dizziness, or fainting." Most would immediately think that's not how God works. But to know God and to truly spend time in his Presence is to except his omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent status. God can do whatever he desires in order to accomplish his purposes. So this month as we are discussing preparation and change we need to consider the ultimate vision of God for our lives. When we do so, we must move into the presence of God. There we learn to accept that depending upon one's condition; God will act or react in ways to move whatever hinders His will from going forth.

As we prepare on the outside, God's spirit is working on the inside to bring us closer to accepting the character of Christ being omnipresent in our daily lives. In order for that to occur – we like Christ must spend time in God's Presence. Long-term exposure is needed. But understand God's presence will have a different reaction according to each individual's need. Not only the need, but the depth of God's presence is different depending upon one's faith level. How much do you trust him? The answer to this question will be essential to your reaction and your ability to accept the various levels of God's presence. Long-term exposure takes you deeper into the presence of God until you become spiritually airborne. The weight of God's presence will carry you into a spiritual realm where your spirit will take flight. Your experience will be similar to what is termed as having an out of body experience. Your spirit becomes the overriding factor, not your physical being. But before you can reach that level several reactions may occur that you may not be familiar with. Or you may not associate the reaction with the presence of God.

For example if I enter into God's presence and there is something that needs to be removed from my spirit, I may experience nausea. The presence of God can also cause dizziness as he moves us from one degree of grace to another. My equilibrium is thrown off as God moves me from one spiritual altitude to another. Remember as the soul prospers, so doth the natural man. [3 John 1:2] So as God moves in the spiritual realm there must be a change in the natural matter. There may even be fainting, as I am no longer in control God can do surgery. For when my mind is no longer in control, my spirit allows God to remove hindrances or implant spiritual graces. These are tools needed for spiritual survival. God may need to strip us of our natural mind frame in order to speak to our spirits. At times in our awake moments, we may not allow God to accomplish this due to fear or a misunderstanding of God's perfect will for our lives.

Being in God's presence may cause joy and a spirit of laughter as God strengthens the inner man with the joy of the Lord; which is our strength [Neh. 8:10]. A quiet meditational spirit may cover those in the presence of God as he pours a fresh anointing and renews them for the journey. One may run, jump and shout as an explosion of praise, for God has given or confirmed a word that can't be articulated and we must dance as David danced. And David danced before the Lord with all his might [II Sam. 6:14]. For some, we must wait for God's timing. As others jump, run, and pray we may feel numb or not engaged in the present encounter. But stay connected. God also moves in quiet stillness. Just because you cannot feel him does not mean God is not there. Imagine Christ sitting next to you. Imagine His presence overshadowing every part of your being; holding you in the shadow of his almighty arms. Why? Because what you need most is His safety and protection.

You see change must not only be a planting of ministries and a changing of services. We must be prepared and changed to do ministry from the inside out beginning with us. Being saturated in the presence of God creates direction, understanding and a change in our souls and spirits. Thus the character of Christ is formed in us. Otherwise scriptures like, [Matt. 11:12], the kingdom suffereth violence and the violent taketh by force; can be used to manifest in ways that begin to disrupt, disturb, and destroy what God intends to change and build. So before preparing to take the kingdom by force one must spend time in God's presence. As we do so, we are prepared, transformed and made into agents of change. Agents that understand, God's will is sometimes uncomfortable, unfathomable to the human mind and beyond the plans that man has constructed. So if he interrupts [I Thess. 5:19] your organizational structure for one that ministers to the Master's Ultimate Creation, know there is purpose. The saturation of God's presence is preparation for God's purpose.

Be Saturated in God's Presence and SOAR!!!!