There is an old hymn that has the words and title "Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place". But if you are anything like me you stumble around the word surely. Because we cannot see God, only the blessings of God interacting in our lives, sometimes its hard to proclaim that surely the presence of the Lord is here. Especially in those times when God is silent. Or seems absent. Or doesn't quite answer that prayer request the way that we hoped. It becomes really hard to declare surely.
And because of that, I sympathize with the Israelites. They hadn't experienced God or heard the word of God for three years. That's a long time! Instead of the childhood game of "Where's Waldo?" its become "Where's God?" and it is not a fun game to play.
But then again.... then again, maybe we do need to be playing that game of Where's God, every single day. Looking and proclaiming where God is present, even when God seems silent, so we can proclaim, loudly and boldly, Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place and keep our hearts and minds every worshipping our Holy God.
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