Thursday, March 10, 2011

March 10 Crossing Our Own Jordan

Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.

For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go, what a thought!! I wonder if it boils down to a simple matter of belief…do we believe, more than accept as real, but rely on as we make life decisions, that God is with us everywhere we go.

If we did believe and practiced his presence, would courage or fear or discouragement even be problems? I think of a little child taking a walk with her father. She is not afraid of anything. She is not discouraged. She feels safe and protected. Her daddy is there, and he will take care of her.

Is it so very different for us as believers? Our Abba Father is there with us, no matter where we go. He is God, the All-powerful, the All-wise, the All-present One. There is no one like him. And He will never leave us nor forsake us.

And even better than our earthly father, God’s love is not conditional. Every day I hear about earthly fathers who have failed or abandoned their children. Our heavenly Father will never leave us, regardless of our failures. And He cannot fail to love us, by His very nature.

I guess we should be concerned about the flip side of this as well; we do take God wherever we go! And in the taking, we must recognize that we can bring him grief. He loves us, and the wrong decisions we make, the ones that offend His holiness, hurt Him because He knows that ultimately they will hurt us.

Just as God loves us and will never leave us, should we not love Him back and honor His presence?

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