When you spend time in God’s presence. Can people tell? Do people look at you and ask “Have you been soaking in God’s presence?” or perhaps “Have you been in prayer?” When Moses came down from the mountain people knew where he was and whom he was with. His face would be glowing with such intensity that it would cause people to look away.

Can you imagine for a minute a generation of people that would sit in God’s presence and that as a result people would look and say: where have you been? You look different. Can you take me there? When people look at you, when people bump into you, what do they see? What do they do? What do they think? Do they avoid you?

When a person has spent time at a beach soaking in the sun you can tell just by looking at them. Is this not true? By their appearance you can tell without a shadow of a doubt that they have been away in a place of peace, in place of relaxation in a place of where they have released their burdens and return renewed and filled with strength. I believe its time for us to soak in God’s presence. I believe its time to pursue God with reckless abandonment and cause others to do the same, not by our words but by our lifestyle. We need to be the people that God can count on to do what He does, to say what He says, and to go where He would lead us.

This weekend I was speaking in a conference in Kansas and many young people approached me and asked how they could also be on fire for the Lord and I said, “spend time with Him and allow His Love to burn you so deep inside that your body would be tanned by His love”. It’s time to sit and soak in God’s glorious and powerful presence.

When was the last time you sat and soaked in God’s presence? Seek out the parishes in your neighborhood that have Soaking Stations (Perpetual Adoration) and sit and soak.

Soaking has many benefits, including stress relief, alleviation of sleeping problems, and lower blood pressure. Immersing yourself in warm water calms internal organs and the endocrine system by stimulating nerves on the spinal cord. This is what happens when you soak in water, just imagine what can happen when you soak in His presence. If that does not make you want to visit your nearest Soaking Station, then I do not know what will.

Take time today to sit and soak, life can be hard at times and comes at us full speed ahead. We do not have the capacity to stop, change or evade life but God has the power to do what we cannot. Feeling overwhelmed? Feeling stressed? Feeling tired? Feeling sick? You need to sit and soak! I guarantee that with repeated sessions you will see a change in your body, mind, heart and soul. Believe it!

Please visit www.therealpresence.org/states/new_york.htm and find your nearest “Soaking Station”