"It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." (ESV)
Think about that our God has made this promise for us in Christ, to never leave us. Whenever we feel like it or not, he will be with us, and he will also help us on our journey. Some of us may be a little frightened and thinking: "Will he watch every step that I go?". Yes he will! This is positive news, if you have accepted his son as Lord and Saviour, he will never leave you or forsake you.
We should always keep this in our mind, that he is always with us, thru the Holy Spirit, that dwells in us. God can't lie, or go back on his promises. So if we welcome Jesus into our lives, his spirit is with us whereever we go. When we wake up, or during the day, or thru the night he is still there. What an awesome God he is!
Let us always remind us, when we are feeling lonely, that Christ was hung on the cross outside the city, away from his people, to die for you and me. So we will never have to be lonely again, thru his grace, because he will be with us always!
"4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (ESV)
The good tidings, the gospel. Is it too good to be true? I hope that every person on this earth will hear about this good news, that not comes from this earth but from heaven. Even though many know about Christianity, most people haven't got the real message. It has nothing to do with the work of man, but the work of God! He has fulfilled every promise! Still when it comes to the acceptance of the message, it's the matter of life and death!
There is an eternal life for every one that accept Jesus Christ as lord and saviour. So let's all be more bold about spreading this great tidings out to our friends and neighbours. Our lives is also perhaps the only testimony of Jesus some people will see, so let's all focus to live closer to Jesus, so that we may reflect more and more of his glorious light.
He is our hope, and he also gives us hope for our future, even after death! Even though we all deserved to die, God wanted all of us to live. Still God is a just God, and our sin needed to be paid for. That's why he sent his only Son to die for us. He paid for our sin, so we can live free of guilt. We are justified by God himself! It doesn't make any sence? Well it's not for us to try to justify ourself, when God has not condemned us! But if we choose to live under our own justice, God will not push his mercy upon us. He will let us live the way we want, but then we have to reap what we sow, and that will lead to our own death!
So let's all choose God's way for us, and live in humility. Let's accept his daily mercy upon our lives, and choose his ways instead of our own way! His ways for our lives, are full of joy unspeakable, and of (true) life!
"Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?." (ESV)
We have many needs. We need food everyday. We also need social fellowship, without nearness we die. But still we are more than our body and soul. Our spirit is in another dimension. But in this dimension is where closeness to God is hidden.
Who is the lover of your soul? There can only be one master in our lives. It is either God or an idol. God wants of us to just be close with him. As a bride is close to his husband. But to be close to God, we also need to be close to our brothers, the rest of his body. In that way the spirit can dwell richly among us.. God calls us out of isolation. He wants fellowship with us. When we have fellowship with each other in truth, that is also one way of having fellowship with God. God brings new grace each day, let's respond to his invitation in living in close fellowship with Him, the lover of our soul.
