How much are you willing to pay for a new fancy cell-phone, high-speed internet, cable, or a new car?

How much are you willing to pay for a new fancy cell-phone, high-speed internet, cable, a new car, etc? Are you willing to spend a little more even if it hurts just a little bit because you are getting something you really want? Well, let me ask you another question: Are you willing to pay whatever the price and obey God’s voice at all costs even if it hurts a little or even a lot? Are you willing to take that chance? If you’re not serious about seeking God then you aren’t going to find Him.

If you are not serious about seeking God, if you are uncomfortable with strange and unusual manifestations, if you are uncomfortable with being thrown off your bandwagon of your comfortable lifestyle consumed by materialism and traditions, then you need to go someplace else. Doing things your way are no good for you. We have lived our lives our way long enough. In order for you to really experience God’s presence you must pay the price of letting go and letting God do it His way.

You should want Him at any cost and not let that sacredness be taken for granted. God is calling us to carry His presence into battle. He wants us to dwell with Him intimately in communion, but we first must go to him with dead flesh. His revival is based on His glory and presence. Nothing we can do can reach the world. God’s glory must flow within the four walls that we are standing.

Looks don’t matter. We can pretend all we want and nothing real will happen because we do not have the power to accomplish anything without the glory of God present. The church has been “playing church” for way too long. There are church buildings all over the world, but no matter how fancy the lawn, the auditorium or the programs are, God is really not welcomed there because the dignity and respectability among men are more important than the moving and the presence of God. Did you know that there are times when God’s glory has moved out of its rightful place because of the sin and indifference of man? That makes me want to vomit. Seriously, we are responsible for the unmoving of God so many times and then we complain that God is not moving and is absent from our lives when we are the ones to blame! Sickening! In order for us to see God’s best we must remember that we must be willing to sacrifice what we think is good and acceptable. When we are willing to do that, God’s visitation can then become real. God wants ALL the glory, not a little, some or most, but ALL the glory in the church. He wants His glory to be on display for the whole world to see!

We need to be ready for Him to come suddenly and without warning, regardless of how that changes our plans. Oh wait, that could make a church service run late, perhaps all through the night? But, you have to go home and watch football and have a feast waiting at home! Or maybe you need to go grocery shopping or you were planning on seeing a movie or visiting a friend or family member. Really!? Are these things really more important than what the presence of God has planned? Why are we so hesitant at handling God’s manifested presence? God only comes by invitation, that means displayed hunger! This is what it comes down to: Do you really want Him to come? Are you willing to pay whatever the cost in chasing God’s presence?