Presence and Power

“Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.”
Psalm 51:11 (NIV) 

Have you ever feared that you might become distant from God?

In Psalm 51:11, King David asks God not to remove him from His presence or take the Holy Spirit away from him. 

Maybe you have wondered if God will get fed up with you if you don’t get your act together. That is a heavy burden that God doesn’t want you to carry. 

And, that is not what King David meant when he prayed these words. He was not referring to losing his salvation or to having God forsake him forever. 

Rather, if you go back just one verse, you will see that David had just asked God to give him a pure heart. As he is praying these words, he wants to live a life of purity. After choosing a path of destruction, David wants to take the right path this time. It is with this desire that the King asks God for His continual presence in his life.

You need two things in order to experience the renewal God has for you: You need God’s presence and God’s power. King David understood this truth. That is what he asks for in verse 11…the continual presence and power of God in his life.

The amazing miracle for you today is that the Holy Spirit is God’s promised presence to you forever. In fact, Romans 8:38-39 promises that neither your past nor future–and not even death–can separate you from God’s love. 

The Bible also says that the Holy Spirit is God’s guaranteed presence in your life from the moment you trusted Him: “When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:13b-14 NIV)

Your life is not you living for God; it is God living through you. When you give your life to Jesus Christ you immediately get two things – you get the presence of God the Father in you, and the power of God the Spirit in you. 

Trusting God’s presence and power in your life is the key to true and lasting revival. Revival is knowing you are going to live a life of purity, not because of your performance, but because of God’s presence and the Spirit’s power within you.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I want to experience the true revival of Your presence and power within. Thank You for promising to never leave me, and to always fill my life with Your presence. Thank You for giving me purpose and renewal today. I praise You for it, my God. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.