Written by Wayne Jacobsen, a contemporary pastor and writer
God’s presence “feels like” different things to different people, and even different ways in different circumstances. I don’t want to describe it as a feeling, because it goes way beyond that. At its heart, it is a simple knowing that something greater than us is making His presence known in the room. That can be accompanied by supernatural events, a simple inner knowing, or the affirmation of what a number of people are sensing at the same moment…For us at that hospital bed it was a powerful sense of connection with Him and each other. It added a lightness to the room that was more spiritually seen than physically seen. It manifested itself in the lightness of heart and trust that we all sensed afterward, very different from when we went in. But it doesn’t always look like that, which is why I hesitate to define it. I find people recognize Him less when they are burdened down by expectations of what it should look like. Then we are looking for manifestations, rather than simply seeking Him. For many people it isn’t so much that God isn’t making Himself known, it’s that they haven’t yet tuned to His frequency to recognize His voice or His fingerprints in the simple realities around them. I think most of God’s supernatural working appears to be incredibly natural as it unfolds.
Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. [Psalm 51:11]
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