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God Is With Me, October 13
God in My Life
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Psalm 46:7
“Emmanuel, God with us,” this means everything to us. What a broad
foundation does it lay for our faith. What a hope big with immortality
does it place before the believing soul. God with us in Christ Jesus to
accompany us every step of the journey to heaven. The Holy Spirit with
us as a comforter, a guide in our perplexities, to soothe our sorrows, and
shield us in temptation. “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God!”
God commanded Moses for Israel, “Let them make Me a sanctuary,
that I may dwell among them,” and He abode in the sanctuary, in the
midst of His people. Through all their weary wandering in the desert, the
symbol of His presence was with them. So Christ set up His tabernacle
in the midst of our human encampment. He pitched His tent by the side
of the tents of men, that He might dwell among us and make us familiar
with His divine character and life....
Since Jesus came to dwell with us, we know that God is acquainted
with our trials and sympathizes with our griefs. Every son and daughter
of Adam may understand that our Creator is the friend of sinners....
“God with us” is the surety of our deliverance from sin, the assurance
of our power to obey the law of heaven.
Christ sought to teach the grand truth so needful for us to learn, that
God is always with us, an inmate of every dwelling, that He is acquainted
with every action performed on earth. He knows the thoughts that are
framed in the mind and endorsed by the soul. He hears every word
that falls from the lips of human beings. He is walking and working in
the midst of all our transactions in life. He knows every plan, and He
measures every method.
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