Here's some good news: God will never leave you!

Anticipation and Excitement About The Events of This Day

I am sitting in my office doing some final preparation and I feel a sense of anticipation and excitement about the events of this day.

There will be 12 people making a public profession of their faith in Christ, this morning through baptism. It is a day of celebration and a day of spiritual victory! The truth of Jesus is alive in these folks and the hearts of the people in this congregation rejoice!

These words will be reverberating through our sanctuary…

Amazing grace how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch like me,

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind but now I see.

“…And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." [Jesus] Matthew 28:20

We Need God's Presence

One of the most important and helpful truths Jesus tells His followers is: “Be sure of this: I am with you always…” Matt. 28:20.

When we are acting in obedience to God we are not doing so because we have initiated some clever scheme based on our own thinking and ideas. When we act in obedience to God we are doing what He has initiated; on the authority of Jesus; with His help, strength and leading. And when we do this, He is present with us.

This is incredibly important to me because I am weak, easily frightened and prone to seeking the approval of others. So I cannot do what God calls me to do. I am incapable of following Him… [here is the important part]… without His presence.

“With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” [Jesus] Mark 10:27