Preacher, you are in Christ’s hand. Today, as you gather in His name, He has promised to walk among His people. The church is meant to be His lamp stand, shining into the darkness of this world. Whatever challenges you are facing, whatever infirmities you feel, whatever enemies you fight—just know that you are held by the nail-scarred hand of Omnipotence. None can pluck you out of His hand! Be faithful to proclaim the Word, for the Living Word will be faithful to you!
We know that the glorified Christ is omnipresent and therefore always in the church house, but what we need is the MANIFEST presence of the Lord—to experience Him in the house of God. In a sense, we may “shut the door” to His ministry—as the church at Laodecia did (cf. Rev.3:20). Let us pray for the glorious encounter with Jesus as we gather as His people. May we open the door of our hearts to Him. He has promised to come in! Consider the words of Stephen Olford for what happens when Jesus is “in the house.”
