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Today's blog post: Wherever You Go
9 “This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do
not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you
wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
Some say God can only be
found in church, others say he is nowhere to be found. However, today’s Holy
Scripture tells us He is with us wherever
we go. As believing Christians, we need to guard against limiting God in our own minds and
hearts, and help each other understand the truth, the timeless realities,
revealed in the Bible. The New Testament promises us that Jesus, our Savior, God’s
only Son who was resurrected from the dead for us, is with us always; that He
will protect us, guide us, lead us, comfort us and save us as we go about our
daily lives and lead us into eternal life for the asking. He is intimately
involved in our lives as we invite Him in.
In as much as Jesus loves
us all unconditionally, He is ‘Emmanuel,’ which means God with us. He is with
us in good times and in bad. How can it be that He is with us through it all;
that He knows us better than we know ourselves? It is through the power of the
Holy Spirit, imparted to the Disciples on Pentecost that the Holy Spirit it
came into being when He breathed new life into the disciples.
In order to be present to
humanity, Jesus stands close to us all, as the above Scripture says, ‘with us wherever we go.’ This is true for believers and non-believers
alike, though the latter are generally unaware of His presence, or they would likely
believe in salvation through Jesus Christ.
“If you declare
with your mouth, “Jesus is
Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from
the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 / NIV
This passage also talks
about the command to be strong and
courageous. Though through free-will, and fear and uncertainty we often fall
short, we need to try to follow God’s commands. Perhaps to gain strength in
times of weakness, and grow in our relationship with Jesus, we need to approach
life reminding ourselves that we are never alone; that all that is good comes
from God. He IS our strength in times of adversity, watching over us especially
in times of need. Yes, it is easy to forget we are children of God and need to
depend on Him for everything. But in our humanness we sometimes don’t trust Him
as we should, as fear takes hold and we lose our courage.
Could it be that we need
to pray more fervently for God’s help, that we will be able to trust Him fully,
seek Him more often, and accept His Son as our Lord and Savior? Certainly it
would be helpful in assisting us to grow spiritually, in peace and Love, the
essence of Christian life.
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Copyright 2018 | Adele M. Gill | Distributed by News Consortium
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Adele M. Gill, RN, BSN, ABDA is author of 3 books including “From Broken to Blest: Embracing the Healing
that Awaits You,’ written with Dr. Verna Benner Carson. Their book is now
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