It’s one of God’s deepest desires to be in the midst of humans.

Let’s say, for example, you receive the power to create new species of animals and plants, and you end up creating a great many of them. Among all these creations, you also create a new species of ants — tiny, fragile, utterly beneath you in every way. In all honesty, in the midst of all your other amazing creations, would you ever imagine becoming an ant and living among ants, giving up your nature as a human to do it? No human in their right mind would do that. Yet to God, we are smaller and lower than ants are to us — and this is exactly what He has done for humans.

Throughout the Old Testament, we often see God repeating His promises and good desires for the human race, and then saying, “I will be in the midst of them.” He continues this until the book of Revelation, and if there were more books recorded beyond Revelation, I believe the Lord would still continue to say, “I will dwell in the midst of them.”

• Zechariah 2:10–11 — “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord… and many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee.”
• Revelation 21:3 — “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”

Through the Holy Spirit, He fulfils this desire to live in the midst of man — in man’s spirit, through the Holy Spirit.

In response to this great, lavish love that God shows the human race, the greatest thing we can do in return is to long for Him and His presence more than anything else He can give us.

A person who longs for the presence of God more than anything else has found the greatest thing one can ever find — the deepest desire of God over us, humans.

Whether this is the first time you are hearing this or the millionth time, why don’t you start seeking the presence of God?

David says, “One thing I long for” (Psalm 27:4) — not to be God’s king forever, not to be used by God to continue defeating enemies forever, not even winning souls for God. While all these I’ve mentioned are important, David’s cry is to be in Your presence.

Psalm 27:4: “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.”

Moses was in a situation where, just a few chapters earlier, his own people had almost stoned him over their thirst in the wilderness (Exodus 17:4). Yet in such a time of crisis and pressure, on the top of the mountain, Moses prayed, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here” (Exodus 33:15). If answered, this prayer would cost Moses his life — death by the hand of his own people — but Moses was so desperate for God’s presence over God’s promise that he prayed, “Do not lead us up if Your presence does not go with me.” Meaning: “I am ready to die in this wilderness in Your presence, rather than enter the Promised Land without Your presence.” 

Would you say this to your Lord and Saviour? It’s easy to say words, but can you mean it? Can your heart cry one more time, “Lord, if not Your presence, do not move me from here, because I value Your presence more than Your promise. I value Your presence more than Your provision. I value You more than Your blessing.”

Come, Holy Spirit, fall on me, and now help me say,

Dear Lord,
Help me come back to the heart of worship — where it is ALL about YOU, Jesus.
Yes, I need miracles, breakthroughs, the Promised Land, but I need Your Presence more than all of these. Lead me not forward if Your presence does not go from here.
Help me seek You more than anything I can ever receive from You. Help me, Lord.
Holy Spirit, I surrender and yield my body, soul, and spirit to You — lead me to the centre of God’s heart.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

Blessed July 2026!

You may want to worship the Lord with this song: The Heart of Worship – by Matt Redman