I
will
be with you. Exodus 3:12
When
Christ said to His disciples, “I have been given complete authority in heaven
and on earth,” the promise immediately followed, “I am with you always”
Then
Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore
go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20
The
Omnipotent One is truly the Omnipresent One. The writer of Psalm 139 speaks of
God’s omnipresence as something beyond his comprehension: “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for
me to know!” (verse 6).
The revelation of God’s omnipresence in the man
Christ Jesus makes the mystery still deeper. The fact that we can experience
this presence every moment is
inexpressibly wonderful. And yet many of us find it difficult to understand all
that Christ’s presence implies and how, through prayer, it can become the
practical experience of our daily life.
When Christ says “always,” He means to give us the
assurance that there should never be a moment in which that presence cannot be
our experience. Yet, it does not depend upon what we can effect, but upon what He undertakes to do.
The omnipotent Christ is indeed the omnipresent
Christ. His promise to us is: “I am with you always.” Let your faith in Christ,
the Omnipresent One, be in the quiet
confidence that He will be with you every day and every moment. Meet Him in
prayer, and let His presence be your strength for service.
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