If you really want to hear a Word from God. If you really want to find God’s comfort and strength. You need to learn how to get into the Presence of God.
Here is a great scripture that gives a simple four step process.
Psalm 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Four Steps into the Presence of God:
Step 1- Thanksgiving (Towdah) Offer the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving through song. (For the blood of Jesus) Just take some time and thank Jesus for His sacrifice for you. Because without His sacrifice of His blood and His life, our sins could not be forgiven.
Step 2- Praise (Tehillah) Songs of praise (demanded by qualities or deeds or attributes of God) This is when you just take time to begin to Praise Jesus for “who”He is. Not necessarily for what He has done, but for simply who He is.
Step 3- Be Thankful (Yadah) To profess thanksgiving with hands extended. Just lift up your hands as a sign of surrender and profess your love for God. Profess your trust in His love, wisdom, goodness and mercy. Make this a sweet fragrance to God.
Step 4- Bless His name. (Barak) To praise, adore and bless God on bended knee. God blesses us when we reverently kneel before Him and honor Him on bended knee. This is when you kneel before God in Holy Reverence and wait for Him to speak to you. In the original Hebrew language this is actually likened to kneeling before a dying mother or father in reverence and honor and listening to them speak a final blessing over you.
The word of the day is “The Presence of God.”
As you kneel before God in reverence, in the Presence of God, get ready for Him to speak His blessing, favor, direction over your life.
Enjoy His Presence.