Are You Still Here? Where Else Would I Be?

Prayer ~ Lord, You have promised to never leave me or forsake me…and I have promised You that I will never leave You or forsake You. That gives me so much hope, assurance, snd security in my relationship with You. Relationship. That is what life and hope is all about in the spiritual realm.

The Spirit gives life and hope.
To us…and to Israel.
Read Isaiah 41.
Wind blows…the flag furls. 

There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”  “How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.  John 3:1-9

Meditate on the words that Jesus spoke.

The wind blows wherever it wants. Whether it is a gentle breeze or a fierce destructive tornado, the wind does blow at the speed, force, and direction that it wants to go. Sure there are some reasons we have wind—heat temperature on the earth—on land and water—rising and falling create air currents, but we have little control over that. 

Spiritually, how are we like the wind? It has been said that the Holy Spirit—as He breathed breathe into Adam— was like the wind. Air—oxygen—is necessary for life. Spiritual breath is necessary, too, just as Jesus told Nicodemus…you must be born again. 

I cherish God’s promises. 

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.

Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you.

I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10 

We don’t have to be afraid when we know God is with us. We don’t have to ask if He is still here. Yes. He is with us. Where else would He be. Are you choosing to be with Him?

Salvation Verse ~ We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Romans 5:3-6

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