"I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS." ---Lets unpack those five incredible words:

"I"...Who is this?

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Creator of everything that exists, in whom dwells all wisdom and knowledge and authority. The One who is pure Truth, Love, Light, & Love; who cannot lie and never exaggerates. Who is totally trustworthy, infinitely holy, all powerful, all knowing, and omnipresent and Who had no beginning and no end. —I have filled several pages with similar thoughts about Him, and often spend time just meditating on His person and work, and love.

"AM"...

Is not the same as "could be". It is not "perhaps, some day, possibly, or maybe." There are no qualifiers, conditions, rules to follow, small print, options, or ‘catches,’ no performance requirements or monthly fees. Am is am and can never be altered. .

WITH ...

Not alongside, in front, behind, near-by, within earshot, etc. but right there.

YOU....

That is the person who is ‘me’, the one Jesus loved enough to die on the cross for, and the one His blood cleanses from every sin, the one He knows by name, knows my every thought, and motive. Jesus says He am with me.

ALWAYS....

Forever, unalterable, no ‘ifs’ or conditions, no time limits, or production demands, or possible defaults. No end to it, no possible change of mind,...always. When the God of the Universes says "always," it means always. Grand stuff!

If that doesn’t increase your pulse rate when you think about it, you definitely have a malfunctioning heart, and this would be a good prayer: "Lord I believe, help my unbelief." Mark 9.24

bh March 8, 2008