Activating God's Presence

The days of vanity are with us. The evidence of this is our indulgence in things that are of no spiritual value. We are drifting away from substance so quickly that we need divine intervention to prevent us from spiritual disaster. When you listen to many church leaders speak you will know immediately that vanity has seized the soul of the Church. Churches boast in the sizes of their auditoriums. Their leaders gloat over the crowds that congregate in the churches Sunday after Sunday. Every minister wants to be on television. Ministers are trying frantically to draw a following after themselves. Denominationalism and institutionalism have cast a shadow of vainglory on churches that were once on Holy Ghost fire. Denominations have become human domains and the question of who has the biggest number of church branches is the ego that tickles a lot of ministers. We are so used to the way our institutions run that we don't see the need for God to direct us anymore.Our spiritual state is reminiscent of the state of affairs in Jeremiah's day. He captured the picture very clearly in two verses of scripture.Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man  glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness,  judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 9:23 ,24