“Let your conversation/conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.”
This text contains the promise that Jesus will never leave us and that He will never forsake us. Jesus is our companion in that He has promised to always be with us. This is good news! Jesus is our companion in our salvation experience. When Jesus comes into our lives, He is there to stay and He has promised to never leave or forsake us. To insure us of this, He sent the Holy Spirit to empower us, to lead us, and to give us gifts of service. When Jesus saved you, you received the promise of His divine companionship through life. Jesus is our companion through the good days and the bad days. There are times when we feel that Jesus has forsaken us, but we have His promise that He will not forsake us; however we were never promised that life would always be trouble free. We do have the promise that Jesus will not forsake us in the bad days. Looking back over my life I have discovered that my greatest spiritual growth took place in troubled times. These times made me realize my dependence on His presence, and what a difference His presence made. It reminded me of the old hymn that refers to our need for His companionship: “I need thee, oh I need thee, every hour I need thee, O bless me now my Savior, I come to thee.” (This is from memory and may not be the exact wording.) The troubled times draw us closer to Him, and the closer we feel to Him we discover that He has been there all of the time. If you are going through difficult days as you read this, flee to Jesus and you will find that He is already there. Jesus is our sure companion. Notice: “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Even if we feel at times that Jesus is not present----He is present! If Jesus feels far away at times, it means that we have moved, for He has not moved. Notice the word “never” in this promise. It means what it says. There is never a time that Jesus is not the companion of those who have trusted Him for salvation. Paul gave eloquent testimony of the importance of Christ’s companionship in Philippians 4:11-13: “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I’m in, therewith to be content. 12. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound, everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” This is either true of you, or that it can be true of you. Run to Jesus! Bro. Joe
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