God’s Transforming Presence

Job 18; Psalms 114; Acts 27-28

“Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.”

Psalm 114:7, 8

God’s presence brings transformation. As Jacob called on the Lord, and wrestled with an angel, his name was changed to Israel. God changed Jacob’s heart, not just his name. God’s presence has softened rock hard hearts into rivers of living water before, and he will do it again. The Sinai journey of learning obedience and dependency on the Lord is traveled by every disciple of Christ. Walking with Jesus will change us. God’s desire is that our lives would be sourced in him. The hardness of pride, independence, and sin, can be transformed by God’s forgiveness and grace into a river of living water that is sourced in his Spirit’s presence within our lives. From rock to river, our God’s presence transforms.

“Lord Jesus, transform my hard heart into a river of living water, for your glory"