ODB: always with you
January 2, 2010
God’s presence brings great comfort.
READ: Psalm 25:4-10
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. —Genesis 28:15
The highway that winds around the southern shore of Lake Michigan can be treacherous in the winter. One weekend as we were driving back to Grand Rapids from Chicago, a buildup of snow and ice slowed traffic, caused numerous accidents, and almost doubled our drive time. We were relieved as we eased off the expressway onto our final road. It was then that my husband said out loud, “Thanks, Lord. I think I can take it from here.”
Just as he finished saying the words, our car spun around 180 degrees. As we came to a stop, hearts pounding, we could just imagine God saying: “Are you sure?”
Why do we sometimes try to go it alone in life when at every moment we have access to God? He said: “I am with you and will keep you wherever you go” (Gen. 28:15). And He assures us: “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb. 13:5).
Scottish mathematician, theologian, and preacher Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) wrote: “When I walk by the wayside, He is along with me. When I enter into company, amid all my forgetfulness of Him, He never forgets me. . . . Go where I will, He tends me, and watches me, and cares for me.”
What a comfort to know that God is always with us—we don’t need to go through life alone! — Cindy Hess Kasper
Source: Our Daily Bread
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God is always there to comfort us and guide us. Seek Him and we will know what He wants to tell us!
This was very refreshing! Sometimes as we go through things in life we forget that God has said that He is with us and that He will also keep us. We try to do it on our own and wonder why it doesn’t seem to work. It’s a joy to know that we have someone who cares for us no matter the weather. Let’s remember this throughout the year. Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year full of love, peace, joy and good health!
Yup we definitely need Him. We are nothing without Him.