For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.
—Luke 17: 21
Many years ago, I was intently seeking the Lord to experience more of Him. I tried everything I knew to do, but nothing seemed to work. Finally, one day the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “You’re not finding Me because you are searching for Me on the outside, as if what you are doing will make you experience Me. I want you to stop focusing on things that are on the outside and instead ask Me to give you revelation of the fact that I am already in you.” From the moment I received that revelation, a fresh power came into my life, and I have never been the same.
So many of us aren’t experiencing God’s power and presence because we are only looking for Him in the world outside us. Father God does speak to us through supernatural signs in the material world, just as He spoke to Moses in a burning bush.1 But that’s not primarily where we will experience Him. He foundationally speaks to us from within.
Beloved one, if we are primarily relying on circumstances and signs in the outer world to guide us, we will be deceived. The enemy can manipulate the natural world too.2 To experience the unfathomable depths of God, we must focus on being led by the inner witness of the Holy Spirit and embrace the truth that Jesus is already inside us!
Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider, Entering His Presence (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2023), Used by permission.
