[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: God has borne, He will bear

Read: ISAIAH 49: 14-16

Meditation verse:

“Even to your old age, I am He, and even to grey hairs, I will carry you! I have  made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isaiah 46:4).

Have you ever felt like God has forsaken you? As seen in today’s reading, though  a woman may forget or neglect her own child, God will never abandon you. All  the promises of God in Christ are yes and amen in Him, to the glory of God  through us (2 Cor 1:20). If you are in Christ, God’s pronouncements concerning  your life, are as good as done.  

The famous spiritual poem Footprints in the Sand written by Mary Fishback  portrays an individual who dreamed of having a conversation with God whilst  walking along the beach:  

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I  noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and  one to my Lord. After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I  looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times  along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest  times, there was only one set of footprints. This really troubled me, so  I asked the Lord about it. ‘Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,  you’d walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest  and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of  footprints. I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You  would leave me.’ He whispered, ‘My precious child, I love you and will  never leave you. Never, ever, during your trials and testing, when you  saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.’ – Mary  Fishback 

In your most vulnerable moments, God is with you. When you feel like giving up,  He is there by your side. Even when you do not feel like it, He is with you. “Yea,  though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For  You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4).

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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