God Watches

Jeremiah 23:23-24 Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? 24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. #Bible

Which do you think, God is close to you or far away?
The sinner believes God to be either far off not paying attention, or God doesn't exist at all. In turn the sinner is free to do whatever they please without consequence.
In this section of scripture the prophets were lying to the people claiming God speaks to them through dreams and such. Which makes what the say unquestionable.
God is is saying, hey I'm right here I see what your doing. Don't you know I'm everywhere all the time? I'm even in your dreams, and what your prophesying to these people is not from Me, you are lying.
We Christians need to understand that when we sin, God is the first eyewitness to our sin. God knows it all even to the depths of our hearts. God is also the first person we go to, through Jesus our Lord for repentance and forgiveness.
As Christians, we need to take seriously the gifts of ministry God has given us, especially in prophesying God's message and His Word, and I would say with fear and trembling. God doesn't miss anything, and He will guard His Word and His Will being done. It's a blessing to know that God watches over us all the time.

Residence

John 14:21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. #Bible

Here is the the heart of our relationship with our Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
First we must possess the commandments of Jesus the Christ. These we receive by way of the Holy Spirit at our salvation as promised by Jesus. The commandments of Jesus have been written upon our hearts, and the Holy Spirit is with us revealing them, and helping us to understand.
As we understand and experience the Commandments of Jesus, we see the tremendous benefits they create in our lives. Our natural reaction is to be thankful, and our love for Jesus grows as He blesses us with His commandments.
So the Love of Jesus is expressed through His commandments, and we express our love to Jesus through our obedience to His commandments, and the Father God Loves us because we love Jesus.
The thought that Jesus will manifest Himself to us is brain staggering, at the realization that not only the Holy Spirit, but Jesus, and even our Father God will manifest themselves to us, and still, will even take up residence with us? My mind is blown away.
Our Triune God is with us, we are Their Residence! How cool is that, thank You Jesus.

Joh 14:23 LEB Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and will take up residence with him.

Near God

Psalm 73:28 But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. #Bible

I've been far from God, left to myself, doing what I please, thinking I knew what was best for me. I pursued what I thought I wanted, what would benefit me, and like a house of cards in time it all came crumbling down on top of me.
I was left completely alone wondering why I was born, why I was even alive. The story of my life was the dash between the day I was born and the day I die. In a few years nobody would know I even existed. What was the point?
And you know, I was right. That is life away from God. That is the best I can have in this world away from knowing Jesus the Christ.
Whether you have all the money and fame, or you are just one living one moment at a time scratching to get by, paycheck to paycheck. That's the best it will get, sooner than later we will be left wanting. Wanting something so bad that we can't see straight, anything that will satisfy the emptiness inside.
Away from God is emptiness, nothing exists, it is empty and void. The only good to be had, the only good that lasts, is with God, everything else fails.
When I came near to God, when I declared to God He is my Lord, I began a journey to understand. I began to see my life with God is real, and it is lasting. I now have a reason for why I exist, what I am here for. It's simple, its to serve the only True and Living God Jehovah. I found my wealth is in my family of God, my wife and the children my God has blessed me with.
But most of all its in my relationship with my Lord God.
Life is wonderful with God. Before was just imaginings compared to my life with Jesus. Then there is my God the Holy Spirit, my companion through this treacherous life. He gives me Peace from on High, God's Peace, filling that emptiness to overflowing. I Love God.

Your Word

Psalm 119:11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. #Bible

As in the days of the Psalmist, so it is today. We must store up the Word of God within our hearts, minds, our being, our very consciousness.
We need to consider the Word of God the very food of our spirits, nourishing our eternal spirit's. I believe God our Holy Spirit's main consideration after saving us from our sins, is to cause us to hunger for and feed us His Eternal Word, which is found on every page of the Holy Bible.
The Word of God is our front line of defence against our human nature, our flesh, which is prone to sin.
With the Holy Spirit's sustaining guidance in God's Word we will endure to the finish line, to Jesus with His open arms welcoming us into Heaven. Amen.