For some reason we feel like we need to feel God when we don't feel the need to see him, Why? Why can we not get past this? because we do not trust God. Our relationship with him is not strong enough. We look at feeling God and think that there lies our goal; To do good and earn that, but it is an unachievable event. You may say "what do you mean? It not unachievable! I have experienced it.", yes maybe so, but not because you earned it.
This mind set makes us feel like poor Christians when we don't feel the presence of God for a while, but in reality we do not need that. We know when we are doing wrong and right. We do not need God encounters to act as a spiritual report card for us. We know how to live lives pleasing to God.
The funny thing is that if we did trust God the way we should we would feel Gods presence, but because we don't feel his presence we don't trust him. We have got it backwards! It all comes down to trusting the lord and living lives we know are pleasing to him. It's not easy, but it is simple.
