Pastor John,
Today Jesus and I spent the whole day together. It was one of those days where Jesus stayed with me and continued to teach me. I want to share one thing Jesus taught me today.
I put the 11/20/2016 meeting CD in as soon as I got into the car this morning. I was really enjoying the CD. Well, when brother Gary’s song, “I just had to raise my hands and praise the Lord” came on, I felt the Spirit fill the car. I listened to that song over and over. I felt so full. I felt flooded with thoughts of how beautiful the truth is. How much love God has shown to us, to lovingly pick each of us up and place us here, to learn and grow, just to get closer to Him!
As I pulled up to go to work, I did not want my time with Jesus to end. I felt him so strongly there with me that I couldn’t pull myself away. It was such a longing to stay with Jesus and to feel those feelings with him. I said, “Lord, I want to stay in this place with you forever!” This was what Jesus taught me when I said that.
There will be a day when we never have to leave that place with Jesus. We will never have to stop, never be interrupted or distracted from praising him. We will be saturated with those feelings eternally. An eternal fellowship with the Lord. This we feel now really is just a foretaste of what is to come. What a beautiful gift from the Lord!
Beth