“When Faith has eyes to see, there is a smiling presence of God.”

-A.W. Tozer

I have been thinking about that phrase a lot today. Just trying to fathom the incredible fact that when we have the faith to see what God is doing in our lives, and in the lives of others, there is a rejoicing Savior smiling on us. I have often wondered what makes God smile? Then it hit me…. the better question is, what doesn’t make God smile?

The fact of the matter is that he rejoices over you and I everyday. I wonder how many times we forget that? I know I do all the time, I forget that he is smiling on me when I am slamming my head into a wall trying to figure him out. He is smiling on me when I love people, when I get frustrated, when I breathe in, and when I exhale. He smiles on me because I am His child, and so are you. I think so often we get caught up in what we are doing “for God” that we think will “make God smile on us,” that we totally neglect the invisible presence of our loving, and powerful Father.

See, so many times I know I get into this ministry rut. Where I think that I am hitting it on all cylinders, when I am rebuking things, and tearing down “strongholds.” In reality though, I am trying to scale a metal wall without any tools, without any help. God is sitting there smiling at me saying ” are you ready to listen to me? are you ready to just BE with me? ” Instead, I continue to jump and beat on this wall thinking that I am reaching for the stars.

We, all want to grow up so fast that when we actually think we have, we get this pride. This pride that says ” God I’m a grown-up now…” Who are we to tell God, the timeless, all glorious Creator of the universe, that we are “grown-up”? You see what I am getting at? We blindfold our faith…. take away its eyes. But still God smiles on us. As if we were a toddler with a t-shirt stuck over our heads, unable to see. He knows what is going on, and he smiles because our naivety is cute to Him. My point is, we are all toddlers. We are all stubborn. We all have listening problems sometimes, but still God smiles on you.

Take some time to stop what you are doing. Take a breath, and just BE with your Daddy. You don’t have to build towers, or accomplish great feats to be loved by the Father. He smiles on you at all times. At your highs, and at your low’s. He smiles on your success, and when you have to ask Him for help.

Do you understand? Stop worrying about what you can do to make Him smile. When you do that you hide yourself from His light. It is there already stinging on you but you sit there blindfolded…. take off the Blindfold.

Live knowing how much he smiles on you… there is freedom there.