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Encountering God Through Faith

Having consistent and transformational encounters with God while on earth is meant to be foundational to the Christian life. Our God has not left us. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, we’ve been filled with the very Spirit of God who longs to reveal to us daily the nearness and love of our heavenly Father. We are never alone. There is nowhere we can flee from the presence of our God. May this week be filled with transformational encounters with the living God as we learn what it is to seek the face of the one who has formed us, knows us, and loves us unconditionally.

By faith, we come into the throne room of God and have an authentic, transformational encounter with our Creator. By faith, we accept the gift of eternal salvation. By faith, we believe we will one day live in heaven with our Father, and by faith, we seek the fullness of the relationship available to us on earth.

The Lord longs to reward you for seeking him with an abundance of his presence. You can have consistent, transformational encounters with God, but to seek God, you must take him at his word. You must believe that he will reward you out of his good pleasure when you come to him with faith.

Faith is simply a response to God’s promises and faithfulness. We can have faith because our God has proven himself wholly faithful. When he says in Revelation 3:20,

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me,”

he is making a foundational promise to you.

The Lord knocks on the door of your heart and longs to meet with you. He is asking you to have the faith to make space in your life, open your heart to him as an act of trust, and meet with him. His presence is fully available to you here. The power of Jesus’ sacrifice tore the veil separating us from God’s presence.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:22

I pray your heart will be filled with the assurance that comes from faith in response to God’s faithfulness. I pray you will passionately pursue consistent encounters with your loving heavenly Father. I pray today your faith will be rewarded with the powerful presence of the living God, and I pray your life will be changed because of how loving and near your Father is to you.

Prayer

1. Meditate on the importance of drawing near to God in faith.

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. Hebrews 11:6

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. Matthew 21:22

2. Come before the throne of your God in faith that he will shepherd you into an encounter with his love.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”Hebrews 10:22

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20

3. Rest in the presence of your heavenly Father. Allow his love to lay a foundation of grace, joy, peace, and purpose in your heart.

“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13