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Dutch Sheets
I wanted to read this book because I am studying the presence of God in this book is all about that topic. Dutch Sheets lives in South Carolina and has a ministry of intercession and prayer for the nation of America.
Sheets begins by talking about the person of Jesus Christ, the one who we seek. I like how he elegantly describes Jesus. He moves next to think about God as the Seeker. We all have different ways of seeking God and different reasons. He reminds us that God seeks us to worship him no matter what we have done in the past.
He discusses how we need to be seekers of God, to search for Him. We have to want to be in His presence. He expounds on our relationship with Jesus, Jesus being our first and prioritized love. We must choose to be in God’s presence, to sit at His feet and enjoy His teaching, like Mary. This must become our normal activity. It’s okay to be busy, but not when Jesus is here. We need to turn off the distractions to maximize our time with Him.
He talks about the distractions we face and switches to talking about Martha in the Bible. Even in God’s presence, we can be distracted. Being busy as we serve Christ is not bad, but it is bad if it distracts us from His presence. I love the way he talks about not losing our wonder of Jesus.
When Sheets talks about the decision we have to make between doing things were sitting in His presence, we must realize there is a time for both. Sometimes we need to do works for God and other times we need to seek His presence and dwell with Him.
He explains what the Bible means by waiting on the Lord and gives examples from the words that are used in the Old Testament. Sheets says that once like you conclude have known the presence of the Lord, you don’t want anything else. He also gives some biblical places where God’s presence was really noticeable.
He talks about God’s presence as walking with Him. We could also see offering something so precious to Jesus as a way to be in His presence. He writes about the close relationship between friends. He calls the reader to perk up his ears to hear God’s voice.
We must learn to quiet our soul so we could hear the voice of God. We must give the Lord our undivided attention. The fear of the Lord not as being afraid of Him but as reverently listening to Him.
The author says that when we spend time with Jesus we must be changed. He explains the meaning of repentance. God reveals who we really are in His presence. He still loves us. He also talks about the look Jesus gives us and that we might think it is a look of judgment. But it is a look of love.
Sheets expounds on the meaning of the advantage of Christ leaving the disciples in John. He says we can experience His presence more intimately through the Holy Spirit. He says God’s presence is like looking upon His face. Sheets concludes the book by talking about the price of entering God’s presents. It could be inconvenient, take much time, and Require Something we cherish. But the pleasure of his company is worth it all.
Sheets weaves personal and biblical stories around the image of God’s presence and each of these short chapters, accompanied with a prayer and scripture references for for the prayer. I enjoyed each chapter to see how he would talk about God’s presence.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to go deeper in God’s presence to know Him more. You cannot go wrong in using this book to draw nearer to the heart of God.
