He is Here
The song He is Here is one of my favorites. I heard it at Christmas time a few years ago and, of course, that is the appropriate time because that is when we think of Jesus’ birth and that He is Emanuel, God with us.
However, the thought occurred to me that we need to know as Christians that God is always here with us.
At His birth, his mission was to redeem us from sin and restore a relationship with God the Father by dying on that terrible cross. Quite simply, that was the plan and Jesus fulfilled His mission for you and for me.
I believe, however, that we get caught up in “religion” and take our eyes off Jesus. Instead we struggle in this life and think to ourselves, “If I can be good enough, then God will be good to me.”
How wrong can we be? First of all, that kind of thinking makes us feel like God is far from us and waiting to berate us for all of our mistakes and wrongdoing. That thought, in turn, can make us feel like we are on our own and have to do things ourselves and in our own way.
God is never far from us. His word plainly tells us that he will never leave us nor will he forsake us (Heb13:5-6).
This passage of Scripture has a warning about the love of money and being content with what you have. An interesting thought is that being content is not just settling for second best.
God, in His comforting words, is saying that we can rest in any situation we are in because He is with us. Well, if God is there in our circumstance and knows me and calls me by name, what do I have to fear? What do I have to fret about?
“God is with me, and nothing can separate me from His love” Romans 8:35.
I have everything that I want and God even gives me the desires of my heart (Psalm 37:4) when I delight myself in Him.
Another scripture that really got my attention one day is Hebrews 3:6. The passage is talking about Jesus as a faithful high priest. It said that Jesus is greater than Moses who was also faithful as a servant over his house, but that Jesus, our high priest, is faithful over his house, and the Scripture says, We are His House!
God lives within each of us when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. With Jesus, we are made clean from our sin condition. That means every sin past, present and future.
Get a revelation today of what it means to understand that God is here. He wants you to talk to Him and walk each day with Him. Know today that He is with you and will never leave you. That was His plan: to save you and to live within in you through his Holy Spirit.
John
Most of us know that Scripture but I challenge you today to embrace it as God’s personal message to you that He loves you and He is with you no matter what circumstance we may find ourselves in.
One last thought. God does not have grandchildren or great grandchildren. No matter what our age, we are His children through the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
If you don’t know Jesus, then the promises in the Bible will not apply to you. That may sound harsh, but God paid the price for you to be redeemed and restored. We have to receive His gift and by faith come to Him and then and only then are you made to be his child and by the way, a joint heir with Jesus!
Don’t miss out on what it means to be his child and walk in the promises and live in victory and then step into eternity with Him at the end of life’s journey.
GOD LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY. YOU CAN COME TO HIM JUST AS YOU
He has come. He has died for our sin. He has paid the price. He has risen. And He is here.
In Christ,
Christine
About the Author:
Christine Walker is the creator and webmaster of Christian Fiction Book Club, where she reviews popular Christian novels. This article may be reprinted in your e-zine, e-book and/or on your web site so long as it includes this resource box and a link back to her website at http://www.ChristianFictionBookClub.com.
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