GOD IS WITH US.

 

July 6

 

Isaiah 8:10  

Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought;

 speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 

 
The Lord’s people are never alone, therefore they should not feel lonely.
 
God is with them as an OBSERVER; He notices every thought, word, and action; every trial, every foe, and every danger.
 
He is with them as a FATHER, loving and holding communion with them.
 
He is with them as the LORD OF HOST, having all the armies of earth and heaven under His direction to befriend them.
 
He is with them as a GUIDE, to lead them; as a COUNSELLOR, to plead their cause; as a FRIEND, to supply and comfort them; as a SAVIOUR, to deliver and exalt them; and as a holy, sin hating God.
 
He is present with them to try them -- to prove them --  to humble them --  to preserve them -- to comfort them -- and to save them with an everlasting salvation.
 
Beloved, let us remember that God is with us, every where and always; this will check levity, prevent impatience; makes us honest; encourage prayerfulness; inspire with fortitude; and produce diligence.
 
If God is with us thus, He is for us; and if God before us, who can be against us?
 
But we do so walk, as by our conduct to say, “GOD IS WITH US?“
 
O to be always circumspect!
 

Be it my only wisdom here,

To serve the Lord with filial fear,

With loving gratitude;

Superior sense may I display,

By shunning every evil way,

And walking in the good.

 

James Smith