Absent and Present

DEVOTION

COLOSSIANS

ABSENT & PRESENT

Col 2:4-5
5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
NIV


It seems strange to be able to be away yet be with another person at the same time, a sort of time travel, if you will, a science fiction plot of sorts, and yet here is actually what is happening.

Within the realms of the physical, persons may well be separated from each other by miles of distance, such as from Fairborn Ohio to Beavercreek Ohio to Dunlap Illinois, or Kankakee Illinois or to any other place. These two persons unable to stand face to face, to feel the embrace of the other, to extend the hand of fellowship to the other, yet in quite a different realm they are present with each other. Within the spirit world, the supernatural world of God, these two persons are eternally joined and present with each other. As each person steps into the spiritual presents of God almighty thru prayer, there stands the other.

To each of you whom I love, know that as you knee before the Lord each day, I will be present with you also, that with spiritual hands placed upon you I will be seeking our lord to anoint you with power from on high, and that I will be rejoicing because of your faith in our Lord, demonstrating a powerful belief in the reality of the Kingdom of God. Likewise, I will enjoy your presence as I bow before the Lord God almighty and trust you will be seeking his anointing upon me and that you are delighted in my faith.