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Christ’s Abiding Presence, June 30
And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Matthew 28:20
.
We have every encouragement that if we daily surrender our wills to
God the promise will be fulfilled, “And of his fulness have all we received,
and grace for grace” (
John 1:16
). Every revealing of the grace of Christ
in our behalf is for us. We are to reveal His grace in our lives, in thought,
word, and deed.... We are to represent the mercy, the love, and the power
of Christ—the power that He has given us....
Were it not for the power received through Christ we would have no
strength. But Christ has all power. “Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, ... and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end
of the world.” Here is our power, our comfort. Of ourselves we have no
strength. But He says, “I am with you alway,” helping you to perform
your duty, guiding, comforting, sanctifying, and sustaining you, giving
you success in speaking words that will draw the attention of others to
Christ and awaken in their minds the desire to understand the hope and
meaning of the truth, turning them from darkness to light....
It is a wonderful thought that human beings can speak the word of
God, in simple words of comfort and encouragement. The humblest
instruments will be used of God to sow the seeds of truth, which may
spring up and bear fruit, because the one in whose heart they were sown
needed help—a kind thought, a kind word, made effective by the One
who has said, “Lo, I am with you alway.”
To us also the promise of Christ’s abiding presence is given. The lapse
of time has wrought no change in His parting promise. He is with us today
as truly as He was with the disciples, and He will be with us “even unto
the end.” ...
He finds His faithful ones, and holds communion with them, encour-
aging and strengthening them. And angels of God, that excel in strength,
are sent forth by God to minister to His human workers who are speaking
the truth to those who know it not.
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