Living in His Presence

It may be true of most of us that we are pretty much at our ease in America in the present hour. There is food in the markets, Medical assistance is available. We have plenty of entertainment. For many of us there are opportunities to make more money than we actually need.
Our little ones bounce around the house playing with their toys. Our pet animals are well fed. We Christians are not ordinarily persecuted for our belief in the Lord Jesus, although that may be changing.
But I believe the Spirit is telling us in America to prepare ourselves for trouble. This means pressing closer to the Lord Jesus so He is more real to us and present with us than may have been true formerly.
I read somewhere that some of the English people, during Word War Two, carried a metal card in their pocket that had the Ninety-first Psalm engraved on it.
Not a bad idea!
Even better yet is the idea of looking up to the Lord Jesus right now. He is ready to bring us forward in a further step of redemption if we will be obedient.
Heretofore we may have learned about the Lord and worked for the Lord. Things are different now. He wants to draw closer to us. He wants to be in our thoughts, words, and actions to a far greater extent than ever before.
He wants us to say with Paul, "I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live. Yet not I but Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.