Beach or Mountains? I’m Thrilled Wherever I Pitch My Tent

Daily writing promptBeach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why?View all responses

In my heart I’ve pitched a tent “outside the camp” of the crowd of confusing and troubling thoughts that constantly try to harass me. There I “inquire of the Lord” and carefully notice the thoughts of conviction, wisdom, and peace that He deposits in my mind and heart.

As I am yielded and still, the cloud of His glorious presence fills my soul. I hear His “still, small voice” speaking to me “friend to friend.” Worship and adoration, like rivers of living water, flow out of my innermost being. There’s a “tent of meeting” with God inside of every human being inviting us to humbly open up and continually surrender our heart to His presence and reality.

When people personally and consistently experience God’s presence, power, and sacrificial love, they will persistently pursue more information about Him. However, when they are only given information about God, they will have little or no desire to actively, personally, and passionately pursue His presence, power, and sacrificial love.

The Bible can guide you to your inner tent of meeting. It is a collection of life-changing testimonies that are designed to touch and heal the human heart. It’s not a textbook of religious data to research and dissect with human analysis. When I read the Bible with an open heart, its convincing testimonies of the presence and reality of the living God thrill my soul and invite me to continually encounter Him.

Your mind can absorb and file data about Jesus, but only your heart can truly know Him. No amount of info about Jesus can impact your life like an intense inner relationship with Him can. Fully open up and surrender your heart to Christ and to His community of Spirit-led people. Let Him call you friend 24/7/365.

Begin to experience “encounter Christianity” — continuous close encounters with the risen Jesus. Then you’ll soon discover that inner demonstrations of God’s presence and sacrificial love are much more powerful than just hearing religious information about Him.

To let your heart
Live in and walk
Through the Bible.
All the day long
Far surpasses
Simply hearing
A weekly talk.

(See Exodus 33:7-11.)

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