Be so blessed and encouraged with this spiritually, practical word from Oswald Chambers this morning. 
July 20th.
DEPENDENT ON GOD’S PRESENCE
“They that wait upon the Lord . . . shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
There is no thrill in walking; it is the test of all the stable qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest reach possible for strength. The word “walk” is used in the Bible to express the character – “John looking on Jesus as He walked, said, Behold the Lamb of God!” There is never any thing abstract in the Bible, it is always vivid and real. God does not say – Be spiritual, but – “Walk before Me.”
When we are in an unhealthy state physically or emotionally, we always want thrills. In the physical domain this will lead to counterfeiting the Holy Ghost; in the emotional life it leads to inordinate affection and the destruction of morality; and in the spiritual domain if we insist on getting thrills, on mounting up with wings, it will end in the destruction of spirituality.
The reality of God’s presence is not dependent on any place, but only dependent upon the determination to set the Lord always before us. Our problems come when we refuse to bank on the reality of His presence. The experience the Psalmist speaks of,-
Psalm 46:2
“Therefore we will not fear…”
will be ours when once we are based on Reality, not the consciousness of God’s presence but the reality of it – Why, He has been here all the time!
At critical moments it is necessary to ask guidance, but it ought to be unnecessary to be saying always – “O Lord, direct me here, and there.” Of course He will! If our common-sense decisions are not His order, He will press through them and check; then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.
(Green italics mine)
Excellent!! Thank you dear sister for posting this uplifting and encouraging post that cuts to the chase. It seems oftentimes we ‘over-complicate’ this journey we’re on by over-thinking & over-reacting. It really isn’t rocket science now is it! I love the hi-lighted words in green…how very true.
In Christ,
Lyn
Amen precious sister!!
Concerning His presence in our lives, it would seem this would be a matter of unbelief. He has said, “I will never leave you…”, do we take Him at His word? Do we have faith to believe that statement?
This relates very much to the video link you sent to me earlier today about faith. If we want stronger faith we need only to get to know the object of our faith. Your quotes in green state this too. Like the Major said, “The more confident you are in the object of your faith, the less concious you are of the faith you are exercising in that object.” To get to that point where it is as natural as breathing to trust Him!
Hi Lyn
All glory to our Lord that you were uplifted and encouraged
You are quite correct, we can tend to over-complicate things. It takes heeding the call to just sit quietly and wait upon Him to show us what it is that He requires from us, then to simply obey Him.
Bless you sis!
Diane
Amen!!!! Getting to: “To get to that point where it is as natural as breathing to trust Him!” as you so beautifully put, comes only by obedience in each and every situation as He brings them to us, and mostly through us losing something of ourselves to gain it. You then begin to ‘live in’ Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” The more you surrender to Him as you walk, the more this verse comes alive to you and the more we see how foolish and arrogant we are not to trust Him. Period! As I heard again recently, “faith has feet” and it does not mean being involved in a ministry, but being actively involved in your relationship with the Lord as He leads and reveals Himself and you respond, surrender, submit and obey thereby getting to know Him more each moment as this all takes place. What a joy unspeakable and full of glory!!!