 With every thought about God and every affection for God, we should be

mindful of Jesus Christ. God-consciousness should be Christ-consciousness.

“We rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:11).
 “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1
Corinthians 15:57).
Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17)

Consciousness of God's Presence.

Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians — Charles Ebert Orr

Happy and blessed is the soul that is conscious of God's sweet indwelling presence. Being conscious of
God's presence is what the Psalmist meant when he said, "O taste and see that the Lord is good."
"Tasting God" is an expression incomprehensible to the unregenerate. Those who have tasted him
comprehend the meaning of this expression better than they can tell it. When a bit of sugar is placed
upon the tongue there is experienced a sweetness in the sense of taste. When the soul tastes of God
there is experienced a sweetness in the spiritual being. The sweetness of God's presence in the soul is as
much more glorious than the sweetness of sugar to the taste as spiritual and heavenly things are above
literal and earthly things. God and his word are inseparable, or the word is God; therefore when the
Psalmist says, "How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth," it is in
reality tasting the sweetness of God.

The awakened soul thirsts for this sweetness of the divine presence. Nothing else can satisfy it. The
wealth and pleasure of the world do not contain a sweetness sufficient to satisfy the heart of man. It is
only God that can fill the hungry soul with goodness. The divine life sheds peace and light and rest in the
soul. Man receives the divine presence into his spiritual being when he is quickened by the Spirit. In the
Word of God it is termed "passing from death unto life," and "being born again." In sanctification when a
revolution is effected in the nature of man and he becomes a partaker of the divine nature, it is then he
is conscious of the fulness of the divine presence and is at rest. Glory be to God!

To possess the divine presence in its fulness is not the end of the Christian race. There are certain
conditions for man to meet in order to possess this glorious inheritance, and there are certain conditions
for him to meet in order to retain it. Not only is man able, in the economy of grace, to retain the sweet
consciousness of the divine presence in the soul, but in his hands are placed instruments that enable
him to cultivate and deepen this consciousness and thus add glory to glory and cause his way to shine
more and more unto the perfect day. Oh, how many Christians would enjoy more of heaven's glory in
their souls, if by careful cultivation they would increase the sense of the divine presence! Dear pilgrim,
have you reached the land of "eternal weights of glory" or the regions where "joy is unspeakable"?

To cultivate or deepen the sense of the divine presence requires an almost constant effort. Right at this
point is where perhaps more Christians have failed to do what was required of them than at any other;
and consequently experience less joy and power than formerly. There are many things employed by
Satan to weaken this consciousness of God. Looseness of thought, moments of idleness, or yieldings to
self, serve to weaken the reverential feeling in our hearts toward him. A little attention to the world, a
little thought for the morrow, a little anxiety, a little too much talking, -- these things destroy the
consciousness of the divine presence in the soul, and rob us of spiritual power and rest. Living before
God in prayer, holy and pure thoughts, the entertaining of right feelings toward God and man, acts of
benevolence and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others, develop and fashion the soul more and more
into the beauty of the divine life.

It is the privilege of the saint so to walk in the presence of God and live in holy communion with him as
to draw God's glory and life into his own, and give him a feature very distinguishing for ordinary natural
man. If we wish to be like Jesus and enjoy the sweet consciousness of his presence, we must live with
him in prayer. As we improve the health and strength of our physical being by proper food and exercise,
so we improve the strength and beauty of our spiritual being by proper meditation and prayer.

begin today to fix your mind on God and God will keep you in perfect peace in spite of the devil and his
activities in this evil and troubled world.

The only “Christ consciousness” the Bible teaches is found in Philippians 2:5–7, “Have the same mindset
as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used
to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being
made in human likeness.”

The consciousness that pleases Christ is for human beings to recognize that we are sinners (Romans
3:23), confess Jesus as Savior and Lord (Romans 10:8–9), and love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and
strength and our neighbor as ourselves (Luke 10:27).