Let's get real simple about experiencing God

Many people don’t realize that what’s written in the Bible didn’t come from people sitting around imagining God. Every word came from someone’s real, personal encounter with Him. The authors weren’t describing ideas. They were describing what they witnessed in the real presence of God. So, let’s get real simple about experiencing God.

God is meant to be experienced! Not just understood. Not just agreed with intellectually. He invites us into something far deeper: a spiritual and even physical experience of His presence.

When David wrote the Psalms, he wasn’t singing about how he felt about God from a distance. He was writing about what he actually experienced in the presence of the Almighty. His words came from real moments where God’s reality became David’s reality. Those experiences aren’t just for the few like David; they’re for all of us too.

Consider the how the bible describes eternal life.

“This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” - John 17:3

The Bible uses the word “know” in a way that goes far beyond information. In Scripture, when it says a husband knew his wife, it was referring to an intimate, complete connection — of mind, body, soul, and spirit. This knowing isn’t about collecting facts about God. It’s about a deep, intimate experience — to truly encounter Him with all that you are: your thoughts, emotions, body, and spirit.

And here’s the beautiful part: God isn’t withholding Himself from you. He longs for you to experience Him. But He never forces Himself on anyone. Love doesn’t work that way. He waits for your desire to meet His.

Look through the entire Bible; every single example is about someone who experienced God’s real, tangible presence. Over and over again, He tells us:

“You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” - Jeremiah 29:13

That’s a promise from a God who wants to be found.

When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, He said,

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.” - Matthew 6:10

This wasn’t just poetic language. It was a divine invitation. God’s will is that His presence, the same presence that fills Heaven, would be experienced here on earth.

In Heaven, no one questions whether God is real. His presence is undeniable, overwhelming, constant. Jesus told us to bring that reality here. That means our lives should reflect a growing awareness and experience of God’s presence — not someday after death, but now.

When His presence becomes real to you, you’ll begin to notice that it’s not distant. It’s a living connection that is Present, Personal, and Profound.

God meets you where you are right now. Not someday, not only in some moments, but right now. His presence is present. He wants to reveal Himself in your now — in your exhaustion, confusion, joy, boredom, and even your doubt.

God’s relationship with you is not a group message. It’s a one-on-one, personal conversation. Your experience with God will never be a copy of someone else’s. The same God who spoke to Moses through a burning bush may speak to you through a whisper, a vision, or a miracle only you need. He knows how to reach your heart in ways that no one else can. He understands your personality, your struggles, your hopes — and He speaks your language.

When God shows up, things change. The presence of God doesn’t leave anyone the same. It breaks addictions, heals wounds, restores purpose, and redefines identity. That’s why even one true experience with Him becomes unforgettable — it marks you.

Think about Isaiah’s vision: he saw the Lord high and lifted up, and he cried out, “Woe is me! I am undone” (Isaiah 6:5). The experience changed the entire course of his life. That’s what a profound encounter does — it undoes you in the best way possible and rebuilds you into who you were created to be.

God desires to give us encounters today. He’s not a memory from the past — He’s a living God longing to be experienced.

So run to Him. Desire Him. Don’t stop until you experience Him for yourself.

Join Jesus in His desire for you — a present, personal, profound encounter with the Living God.

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