Shekinah

"We're still paddling on the edge of the ocean with the possibilities of grace." - Leonard Ravenhill

Please forgive me I'm not a very good writer but I try :)

I was just thinking back when I was 16 and I had my first encounter with the God in my room. Back then I prayed a tiny bit over my anxieties asking God for help before it all escalated. For some reason the Glory of God filled my room after a prophecy was spoken to me -- it was about drugs before I did any and a deep walk, which is written in My Testimony. I'm honestly not sure why God showed me His Glory that day, maybe to realize how much better He is in the days to come. I do know that day has left an impression on me all these years.

That was 8 years ago and even after I turned away from that experience to find a new fix in drugs and all kinds of fleshly pleasures, all of those worldly pleasures still never come close to that one encounter with God in my room. It's easy to fall away when we don't get in the refreshing presence of the Lord, even as amazing as He is we can do some pretty stupid things even after knowing the truth and backsliding.

If I am brutally honest. I can picture myself sitting outside on a sunny day, fully blown in love with my dream girl and high on life to the point I swear the sunshine was singing to me and I'm on top of the world.. And if I really assessed that and compared that to the one day I experienced the manifested Shekinah like Glory of God, I would say that it was nothing and the best days of my life combined would be a nightmare in comparison to Gods Presence on that day. It makes love between two people seem like a lawn sprinkler compared to Niagra Falls.

This was literally out of this world and from above and divine in nature. I don't understand how anything could be that awesome, I can't even think of any way to explain it. I would expect very few people to have a clue about this Glory but if they do I can only assume they are on fire for the Lord Jesus. The presence of the Lord is more awesome than anything I've ever known. I can't think of any other way to describe it but it felt like a living river with life in every wave moving through the air, if that makes any sense.

The Glory of God is indescribable alone in worship sometimes, but I've never experienced His Presence on that level again. I couldn't fall asleep just thinking about this and I don't talk about stuff like this much because I sound like I'm out of my mind. It's like trying to talk about rocket science to a toddler, I'm the toddler and I don't even know what I'm trying to tell myself!