I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee

Deu 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Deu 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Deu 31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Jos 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

1Ch 28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Pro 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Jer 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Heb 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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The fact that we cannot live for this world, this life is so real. Everyday we are confronted with problems big and small. It is so easy to get caught up in those problems and let them overwhelm us, so easy. We tend to believe as long as we make it through hard situations that God was with us, but what happens when we don't make it through and things go horribly wrong? Does God leave us then? If we are living for this world and peace in this world now, then we'll believe God forsakes us. We have to get it in our heads and in our hearts that the world we live for is the one to be after Jesus Christ returns to call us to Him. We need to remind ourselves over and over and over again what we are living for and it's not here and now. The things we may have to endure, the things we may have to face may break us in many ways and as long as we cling to our Savior and the promise of His mercy and grace, of HIS righteousness we can have hope for a better life with Him. The pain we have now is nothing compared to the glory to come.


Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.


I've said it before and I think I'll probably say it again and again because we don't tend to internalize this and live this. Satan would have us live with the pain and then point the blame at God.


God will never leave us.


Christ promised His comforter to us.


Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever


Does this mean we will be comforted at all times? Not if we are looking for the comforted in a worldly way. Some of God's greatest men and women suffer unimaginable pain and the comfort they find is in the knowledge, in the truth of the hope to come in Christ not in any belief they will no longer have pain and suffering right now.


By the mercy of God, by the hope in our Lord and Savior now and forever.


Amen.