Connection Church of Arlington Texas

Did you know that God has called you to be a watchman? Each of us have the responsibility of watching over our lives and homes to protect us from harm. In the old testament especially the cities were guarded by watchmen on the walls. They would give warning if danger approached and would put the people on alert. When Nehemiah was busy seeing that the city of Jerusalem was being rebuilt after it’s destruction, there were those who sought to destroy the rebuilding that was being done, so there was a “guard posted” both day and night.

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Many of you have read the popular book of Tommy Tenny’s called “The God Chasers.” He also had one entitled “The God Catchers.” Both were very successful writings and were a very good read. The title reminded me of King David’s undertaking in bringing back the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem after being seized by the Philistines. David could not rest until God’s presence, in form of the ark of the covenant, was was returned to it’s rightful place. He chased down the ark and brought it home.

On the same turn, if we are to have the presence of God in our lives today …we must be willing to go after it … like David did! We may have to leave everything else behind in order to go after and possess His presence. It will depend on how much His presence means to us. But once we have captured God’s presence and his undivided attention … what then? 

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