PSALM 91:1-2 - ENCOUNTER(Presence)
Psalm 91:1(ESV) 1 - He who dwells in the shelter of the most high will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. As I read this I thought of my roommate. Before we started living together my knowledge of her was just enough for me to decide to live with her. But after she moved in my knowledge of her grew rapidly. Her moving in made it possibly for us to constantly be in each others presence, which led us to discovering different parts of ourselves that we could have only known with being in each others presence. And so when I think of dwelling in the shelter of the most high, I think of it like that of my roommate. For me to grow in my knowledge of God. for me to know how to better communicate with God, for me to get closer to God, for me to think, be, act, and love like God, I have to know him and that depth of knowledge of him can only come with me constantly dwelling in his presence. In this psalm David goes on to boast about what he can now say of God after dwelling in his shelte...