“We want to go with you; for I have heard that God is with you “(Zechariah 8:23)
The Prophet Zechariah writes: “Many people and many nations will come to seek the Lord … and they will say to them,” We want to go with you; for I have heard that God is with you “(vv. 22-23). When people see God working in your life, they will be attracted to you. That’s what happened to a cook who cooked dishes, named Nicholas Herman. Unhappy with his life, he always worried whether he is saved or not. Then one day, while studying a tree, he was struck by the truth in Psalm 1: 3: the secret of spiritual growth is found in rooting and grounding in God. So he decided to transform his life into an experiment of what he called the “ordinary, silent and mysterious conversation of the soul with God.” Today the world knows better than Brother Lawrence, the name they gave him friends. You may have heard of him and his writings. Although he spent his anonymous life in the kitchen of a monastery, the way he interacted with God made people around the world yearn to know God as he knew him. His friends said that “he found God everywhere, both while repairing the slippers and as he prayed with the assembly.” After he died, they conceived a book consisting of his letters and conversations, titled ” The Practice of the Presence of God “. It’s one of the most widely read books in the world over the last four centuries. The Lord Jesus said, “After I am exalted from the earth, I will draw all men to Me” (John 12:32). The more you cultivate the presence of God in your life, the more others will be attracted to Him. So make God visible in you!