Today is December 1st, and now that Tigger has finished celebrating Thanksgiving, our thoughts turn to Christmas. My note of Thanksgiving this year round the table provided the perfect segue for those not too particular about keeping our observances separate. I am so grateful for the many Scriptures that remind us of the fact that, no matter what we face, God is with us. And that’s not just words. When He tells us “I AM with you”, it comes with all the weight of the burning bush encounter. I AM with you, in My all-sufficiency, waiting to be called on and tapped into for whatever you need.
II Tim 4:17 “But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.” The Lord stands by and WITH US, strengthening us in all circumstances, so that the message of the Gospel can be fully displayed to an unaware and sometimes an unbelieving world. Our lives are, for many, the only book they will ever read with the gospel story on view. This brings such purpose to the ups and downs of life. But don’t worry, this doesn’t put pressure on us to perform, because in the most gloriously ungrammatical way, I AM is with us, stands by us and strengthens us.
Emmanuel, God with us.
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