{"id":27896,"date":"2018-02-20T09:55:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=27896"},"modified":"2026-09-25T05:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:05:08","slug":"jesus-magnify-presence-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/jesus-magnify-presence-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Jesus Magnify His Presence Above His Word?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jesus-calling-stack-of-books-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13659\" style=\"width:362px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/39-warren-b-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren B. Smith<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIn <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>, \u201cJesus\u201d promotes the experience of his presence above God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Psalm 138:2 tells us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for <em>thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.<\/em> (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because God has magnified His Word above His name, this lets us know we will never experience <em>His<\/em> presence in any way that is not totally consistent with the truth of His Word. Thus, we can know that <em>any<\/em> presence that comes calling and claims the name of \u201cJesus\u201d as its own but does not line up <em>in<\/em> <em>every way<\/em> with God\u2019s Word is not the presence of God. God will never put His name or experiencing His presence above His Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The true Jesus Christ tells us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Matthew 24:35)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is always present with us\u2014a presence that will never be magnified above His Word. If we choose to put experiencing God\u2019s presence above His Word, we are leaving ourselves open and vulnerable to the visits of a counterfeit presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the \u201cJesus\u201d of <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>, experiencing His presence is everything. This is his invitation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open yourself to My loving Presence, so that I may fill you with My fullness. I want you to experience<em> how wide and long and high and deep is My Love for you, so that you can know My Love that surpasses knowledge.<\/em> This vast ocean of Love cannot be measured or explained, but it can be experienced.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Taste and see that I am good.<\/em> This command contains an invitation to experience My living Presence. It also contains a promise. The more you experience Me, the more convinced you become of My goodness.2<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not surprising that a counterfeit presence will emphasize its own presence<em> above<\/em> the Word of God because the Word of God is where we find the truth of God. And this false Christ uses Psalm 34:8 which says, \u201cO taste and see that the LORD is good,\u201d to make the case for \u201ctasting\u201d his <em>presence.<\/em> But as we see in Psalm 119:103-104, we are to \u201ctaste\u201d the <em>Word of God<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How sweet are <em>thy words unto my taste!<\/em> yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, we are told in the next verse of this Psalm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is <em>God\u2019s Word<\/em> that is the light of our path\u2014a light in which we can clearly see that a presence is counterfeit. It is for good reason that God will never put His name or experiencing His presence above the light of His Word. But in <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>, \u201cJesus\u201d goes out of his way to promote the experience of his presence\u2014an experience that lets the \u201cLight\u201d of his presence \u201csoak into you\u201d as a substitute for the revealing light of God\u2019s Word:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Word is a lamp to your feet; <em>My Presence<\/em> is a Light for your path.3 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let <em>the Light of My Presence<\/em> soak into you, as you focus your thoughts on Me. Thus I equip you to face whatever the day brings.4 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is in the revealing light of God\u2019s Word that the true Jesus Christ warns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. (Luke 11:35)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the \u201cJesus\u201d that comes calling as an \u201cabiding Presence\u201d wants to \u201csoak\u201d you with the light that is dark. And he says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My abiding Presence is the best road map available<\/em>.5 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Begin each day anticipating problems, asking Me to equip you for whatever difficulties you will encounter. <em>The best equipping is My living Presence.<\/em>6 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You need the certainty of My loving Presence in order to weather the storms of life. During times of severe testing, <em>even the best theology can fail you<\/em> if it isn\u2019t accompanied by <em>experiential knowledge of Me<\/em>.7 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Scripture tells us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As mentioned, the word \u201cPresence\u201d is found more than 365 times in Jesus Calling. And in both <em>God Calling<\/em> [the occultic book that inspired Sarah Young to write <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>] and <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>, \u201cJesus\u201d states that experiencing his presence will unlock secret teachings, new revelations, and future things to come. The \u201cJesus\u201d of <em>God Calling<\/em> states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For you, My children, I will unlock the <em>secret<\/em> treasures hidden from so many.8 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You must ponder on these truths I give you. They are not surface facts, but the<em> secrets<\/em> of My Kingdom, the hidden pearls of rare price.9 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the \u201cJesus\u201d of <em>Jesus Calling<\/em> states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, I will lead you along fresh trails of adventure, <em>revealing to you things you did not know.<\/em> Stay in communication with Me. Follow My guiding Presence.10 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you follow Me, I lead you along paths of <em>newness:<\/em> ways you have never imagined.11 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah Young wanted \u201cmore\u201d than what was communicated in God\u2019s Word\u2014and \u201cmore\u201d is exactly what she got. It would seem that \u201ca word from God\u201d became more important than the Word of God. This yearning for \u201cmore\u201d is what helped open her up to experiencing a presence that is only too glad to give her its new revelations and <em>new<\/em> truths. She writes in <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following year, I began to wonder if I, too, could receive messages during my times of communing with God. I had been writing in prayer journals for years, but that was one-way communication: I did all the talking.<em> I knew that God communicated with me through the Bible, but I yearned for more.<\/em> Increasingly, I wanted to hear what God had to say to me personally on a given day. I decided to listen to God with pen in hand, writing down whatever I believed He was saying.12 (emphasis added)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presence that came calling on Sarah Young is extending an invitation to the readers of <em>Jesus Calling<\/em> to experience his presence as well\u2014an invitation that is depicted in the book cover\u2019s <em>inviting hand<\/em>. Keep in mind that another invitation is also taking place. If we choose to sit \u201cwith pen in hand\u201d waiting to hear \u201cmore\u201d than God\u2019s inspired Holy Word, we, too, have an<em> inviting hand<\/em>. But what presence are we actually inviting into our lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If one becomes dependent on a subjective presence rather than the objective Holy Bible, deception is inevitable. That is why it is crucial to compare what is taught by anyone or anything to the revealing light of God\u2019s Word. <em>Test the spirits<\/em> of any presence that may appear in your devotions and quiet times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Endnotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Sarah Young, <em>Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence<\/em> (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2004), p. 234.<br \/>\n2. Ibid., p. 187.<br \/>\n3. Ibid., p. 233.<br \/>\n4. Ibid., p. 3.<br \/>\n5. Ibid., p. 13.<br \/>\n6. Ibid., p.135.<br \/>\n7. Ibid,. p. 352.<br \/>\n8. Two Listeners; Edited by A. J. Russell, <em>God Calling<\/em> (Grand Rapids, MI: A Spire Book published by Jove Publications Inc., for Fleming H. Revell, 2005), p. 43.<br \/>\n9. Ibid., p. 21.<br \/>\n10. Sarah Young, <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>, op. cit., p. 314.<br \/>\n11. Ibid., p. 189.<br \/>\n12. Sarah Young, <em>Jesus Calling<\/em>, op. cit., pp. XI-XII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(This has been an extract of Warren B. Smith&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/home\/695-another-jesus-calling-expanded-2nd-edition.html\"><em>&#8220;Another Jesus&#8221; Calling<\/em><\/a>, 2nd ed.)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Warren B. 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