We cannot go where God is not. Look over your shoulder; that’s God following you. Look into the storm; that’s Christ coming toward you.
“‘Don’t be afraid,’ Jesus said. ‘Take courage. I am here!’” Matthew 14:27
Power inhabits these words. To awaken in an ICU and hear your husband say, “I am here.” To lose your retirement yet feel the support of your family in the words “We are here.” When a Little Leaguer spots Mom and Dad in the bleachers watching the game, “I am here” changes everything.
Perhaps that’s why God repeats the “I am here” pledge so often. “I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:28). We cannot go where God is not. Look over your shoulder; that’s God following you. Look into the storm; that’s Christ coming toward you.
By Max Lucado
Used by Permission
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https://maxlucado.com/about-max/
Further Reading
• Pressing On! – a lesson on focusing our eyes and goals on Christ
• Happy? If we don’t take time to allow God to minister to us, our Christianity becomes legalistic or shallow.
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