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Wednesday, September 3, 2010
"Lo, I Am With You Alway"
“Lo, I am with you alway.” Matthew 28:20
(This devotion is taken from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning &
Evening.)
The Lord Jesus is in the midst of His church; He walketh among
the golden candlesticks; His promise is, “Lo, I am with you
alway.” He is as surely with us now as He was with the disciples
at the lake, when they saw coals of fire, and fish laid thereon and
bread. Not carnally, but still in real truth, Jesus is with
us. And a blessed truth it is, for where Jesus is, love becomes
inflamed. Of all the things in the world that can set the heart
burning, there is nothing like the presence of Jesus! A glimpse
of Him so overcomes us, that we are ready to say, “Turn away Thine eyes
from me, for they have overcome me.” Even the smell of the aloes,
and the myrrh, and the cassia, which drop from His perfumed garments,
causes the sick and the faint to grow strong. Let there be but a
moment’s leaning of the head upon that gracious bosom, and a reception
of His divine love into our poor cold hearts, and we are cold no
longer, but glow like seraphs, equal to every labour, and capable of
every suffering. If we know that Jesus is with us, every power
will be developed, and every grace will be strengthened, and we shall
cast ourselves into the Lord’s service with heart, and soul, and
strength; therefore is the presence of Christ to be desired above all
things. His presence will be most realized by those who are most
like Him. If you desire to see Christ, you must grow in
conformity to Him. Bring yourself, by the power of the Spirit,
into union with Christ’s desires, and motives, and plans of action, and
you are likely to be favoured with His company. Remember His
presence may be had. His promise is as true as ever. He
delights to be with us. If He doth not come, it is because we
hinder Him by our indifference. He will reveal Himself to our
earnest prayers, and graciously suffer Himself to be detained by our
entreaties, and by our tears, for these are the golden chains which
bind Jesus to His people.
Study verses: Revelation
1:12-18, Romans 12:1-2, Acts 4:13, Romans 8:29, Philippians 1:6, 7,
Philippians. 2:5
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"He
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"The
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"In
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