Reader Question: How Can I Experience God’s Presence in Daily Life?

Charis writes:

I got a copy of your book, The Presence (TJ Case Series #1), from a friend last Sunday, and it has upset my week.

I am a Christian, have been for nearly 20 years; pastor’s wife right now. Your description of TJ’s relationship with the Lord is almost too true to believe. So easy. Is it really that easy to stay in experience the Presence on a daily basis? I want that.

I think that most of my life has been like Jeremy. And, as Reverend Wilkins said, it takes a strong man to follow the quieter voice of the Lord. I do not possess that kind of strength. But I do know that I want the Presence, quiet or otherwise, every day.

Dear Charis,

There are certain times when I read responses from readers, and feel as though my responsibility as a believer and writer have been met, at least in this person’s heart.

Jeremy does indeed represent for me and many others the disciple’s heart, where things are far from clear, but there is a true conviction that service and support, harmony and strength-giving, are essential elements to coming closer to the divine will.

I personally feel that those who do not hear the divine voice are in fact the stronger, just as the Scriptures tell us, for they follow through faith alone. It can be an arid walk, the path rough, the going sometimes in utter dark save for the heart’s lone candle illuminating just that one next step.

And yet by following His lead, and remaining true in the depths of hardship and yearning, I believe the servant becomes the true recipient of the kingdom. I truly do believe.