Just today evening, somebody asked me about hell and if I believe that God really tortures people in hell. I wanted to give a very nice and satisfactory explanation to that question, when it suddenly struck me that God does not dwell down there in hell. In other words, what makes hell, HELL is the fact that God is not available there!! And what makes heaven, HEAVEN is the fact that God lives up there in heaven!
I am in this place where I do enjoy my walk with God, I enjoy living in and for God! But I am coming to this surprising reality of how congested, meaningless and torturous my life will be without the personal presence of God every single minute of my life! Yes, it is official I need GOD! I really really need him!
I don’t know if you will take this sign of dependence on God as a good thing or bad. But for me it turns out to be such a relief because, I am no more in control of my life. Since I am depending on Him, He dictates my life. I am not any more in anxiety of what tomorrow holds, just because I know God has already scheduled my tomorrow well in advance in His huge diary of events to occur in my life.
In my personal relationship with God, I am as dependent as a small child holds on to his father’s hand in a crowded place. And be so confident that even when I leave His hand, He still has his eyes on me, that the moment I lift up my hand for help, i just know for sure that he will be there to embrace me and to draw me up into him.
Needing God is the only never ending need of my life! I will just need Him for all eternity long! The day we start to experience pain in our hearts for being out of the presence of God for even a minute, that day we will just start to realize the extent of pain Jesus endured on the cross!! He is the only one who is worthy of entering and remaining in the Father’s presence, yet he was cut off from His Father’s presence, so that we who are not worthy can walk in there and receive the embrace of the Father.
May I invite you to come back to your Loving Father today? Would you place your trust in Jesus today to wash away your past and lead you into your future? I pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to brood over your life!
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Very true prji..the fact that the presence of God makes Heaven HEAVEN and absence of God makes Hell HELLL….is wat we need to consider in our daily life
If we say our workplace is Hell or ur School/College is Hell, Ur Family is like Hell, Ur church is like Hell, ……..well u r not condemning the place…but u r indicating that in Ur life and Ur situation u consider that God is not there……..
Father…if you dont go before me…dont send me…..cos I know that the life I have without you is HELL
Amen!! That should be our prayer always!!
Good article Priji. Your writing style is changing. Praise God for helping us. Keep going. Love.
Thank you so much for being the the inspiration!!
Bro Priji, a true and nice man of God, whom I have not yet met. However, I have spoken to him and know that he is led by the Holy Spirit, I am eager to meet him…
I am also eager to meet you bro!! Thanks for the Comment!!
Thats what a christians prayer and life should be….very well written!
God bless u!
Thank you Princy! Exactly, a christian should desire to always lean on Christ and his grace! Bless you too…