I Am Nearer Than You Dare ....

I AM NEARER THAN YOU DARE Believe, closer than the air you breathe.  If My children could only imagine My Presence, they would never feel lonely again.

Dear Jesus,  We deeply desire to experience Your Presence more consistently.  When we are aware of Your nearness, we feel peaceful and content.  It is awesome that You are even closer than the air we breathe.  Usually, we are not conscious of being enveloped in air, because it is invisible and consistently available to us.  Similarly, Your unseen Presence is a constant in our lives, but we often fail to recognize You.  That leaves us vulnerable to loneliness. 

Beloved, it's good that you are the connection between loneliness and lack of awareness.  This is an ago old problem.  When the patriarch Jacob was in a barren place - far from his family - he was quite conscious of his isolation.  However, I poured out My Presence upon him, in the form of a glorious dream.  When Jacob awoke, he responded, "Surely the Lord is in this place and I was not aware of it" (Genesis 28:16).

It is possible to feel isolated even when you are with other people, because of the privacy of your thoughts and unspoken needs.  The only thing that can adequately fill the gaps of isolation is awareness of My abiding Presence.  Not only am I constantly with you, but I am also within you:  in the inner recesses of your heart and mind.  My knowledge of you is picture perfect, and it is framed in unconditional Love.

Let feelings of loneliness remind you of your need to seek My Face.  Come to Me with your ever-so human emptiness and My divine Presence will fill you with Life to the full.

- Jesus

(Dear Jesus / Sarah Young)

Scripture Insight:  Psalm 41:12; Psalm 145:17-18 and John 10:10