"Sincerely, Let Him"

"Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me." (Psalms 51:11) Part of what is required to let God work, is to need God's presence in our lives; what it should have been like to have God leading that mass of people in the wilderness, yet they still provoked Him with their unbelief; which really was not a matter of not believing in God, how could they deny that; but it was more about believing that God loved them, and that He was there for them; instead they insisted that God brought them out of Egypt to kill them in the wilderness, because there was not enough graves in Egypt. First and foremost, we must understand that sin separates us from having fellowship with God; it's not a matter of God not wanting to fellowship with us, because He wants nothing more than that we would take the time, and have the desire to fellowship with Him; it's a matter of holiness and approachability, because we cannot approach God in sin, for He is Holy. That is what is so wonderful about the gospel message, in that God provided His Son to make us holy, as He is Holy, that we could enter into fellowship with Him; it's not just about eternal life, but an abundant life right now, one that is filled with God's presence and that demonstrates His power by the mighty acts that He does each and every day in our lives. Did you know that their shoes did not wear out? It is little things like that which go unnoticed day in and day out; the big things can't be overlooked, but the little things get taken for granted. Not that the Holy Spirit is a little thing, but He is taken for granted probably more than any other thing in our lives, because He is always there, but so seldom do we listen or care what He might think. David was quite aware of how much he had grieved the Holy Spirit, and it was something that he was quite aware that he needed in his life, as he had witnessed Saul's life when God had removed His Spirit from him. When we pray for God to pour His Spirit into our lives, we must be aware of what God's Spirit within us is for, in that He is there to guide our lives... "For he that entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." (Hebrews 4:10-13)