I AM WITH YOU ALWAY.

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

MARCH 29

 

Matthew 28:20

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever

I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,

even unto the end of the world. Amen.

 
Then Jesus is with us to-night.
 
He is and he will be with us as he has promised in all future time.
 
He is with is to afford protection,
  to impart consolation,
  to subdue our fears,
  to inspire us with hope.
 
He identifies us with himself. He makes our cause his own.
 
His presence is pledged to us, and
    it is the shield of our protection,
       the strength of our hearts, and
           the source of our joy.
 
He will not take his eye off us, or close his ear to us for one moment,
 
He tells us that we are more endeared to him than the loveliest infant is to the fondest mother.
 
The ties of nature are not so strong, or so tender, or so lasting as the ties of grace.
 
Let us endeavour to keep this fact in view, Jesus is with is, ever will be with us.
 
He will be the last to comfort us in time, and the first to welcome us in eternity. He will go through the whole journey with us, and then place us before his face forever.
 
We are therefore sure of one thing, and
   that is, the presence of Jesus; and
      his presence is the joy of angels,
         the bliss of heaven, and
             the glory of immortality.
 

Lord, I commend thee

The remnant of my days;

Oh that my chief concern may be

To spend them to thy praise.

 
James Smith