The Touch of God

 God is love. He wants to touch you with his love. His touch is gentle. He does not want to hurt you. He wants to touch every part of you with his love.

God touches your spirit and your soul, your thoughts, and your feelings, but not only that. He also wants to touch your body. His touch is a healing touch. His love is a comforting love.

About 50 years ago there was a stirring of the Spirit of God among all kinds of people. Traditional Catholics and Protestants experienced the touch of God. Many drug addicts and hippies had amazing experiences and became followers of Jesus. I believe we are about to see something even bigger very soon.

At that time I was a young man and a newly converted Christian. We loved to sing this song.

God’s not dead, He is alive. God’s not dead, He is alive. God’s not dead, He is alive. 

I feel him all over me.
I can feel Him in my hands
I can feel Him in my feet
I can feel Him in the Church
I can feel Him in the street
I can feel him in the air.
I feel him everywhere.

It was literally true. We really did feel the Spirit of God in our bodies and all around us. 

I am now 74, and I still often feel the presence and the touch of God, but the glory has faded a little. I want a refreshing. I believe it is coming.

Many conservative Christians are nervous about dramatic or emotional experiences of God.

There are even many Pentecostal believers who see their bodies as something not entirely spiritual.

According to a popular doctrine, you are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body.

Many people have died, or nearly died, and come back to life. They report that they have left their bodies and had amazing experiences. Outside their bodies they could see, hear and think with even greater clarity than their natural physical senses permitted.

We are spiritual beings. When your body dies, you don’t cease to exist. 

But is your body only an unimportant housing for your soul?
We can overvalue our bodies. We can be obsessed with feeling good and looking good. 

We can be obsessed with sex and sensual satisfaction.

But God made your body, and he loves every part of you. God wants to awaken your spiritual senses but also bless your natural human self, including your body.

Everywhere Jesus went, he healed physical ailments and disabilities.

In the Old Testament, the prophet David wrote.

O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. Ps 63:1 NKJV

God loves you, not just your spirit. God loves you, every part of you, just as you are. 

 God wants to heal, refresh and bless your spirit, your mind, your soul and your body.