GOD’S PROMISE OF HIS PRESENCE

 

Monday, December 9, 2024

 

GOD’S PROMISE OF HIS PRESENCE

 

Isa 43:2-4

2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

 

          These promises made to Israel we eagerly apply to ourselves. If God gave Egypt for the ransom of a nation, then we rejoice to recall that He gave His only begotten Son for our redemption. If those vast lands and peoples were sacrificed because the Jews were “precious” in His sight, then how much more must He love us since He gave His Son for us?

 

          A dry way was made through the Red Sea and the Jordan River! We can be confident of God’s protection when life’s horrors threaten to wash over us. The flames would not kindle upon the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace because there was a fourth man in the fire whose likeness was as the Son of God.

 

           God did not promise to remove us from troublesome situations, but He did promise to join us in them. His own presence comforts and reassures us.

 

Ps 30:4-5

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

 

Dear Lord, may your presence go with those who are enduring trials. Bring Joy in the morning! Amen