Wherever We Go

Greetings,

There’s a commercial on TV that frightens my granddaughter.  It’s about a woman who is about to check her credit score and her husband, in slow motion, yells, “Nooo!” as he lunges toward her to take away the phone.  There’s something about that long, stretched-out no, in a deep and panicky man’s voice that makes the baby cry and run to me.  

Except that lately, all little Ellie has to do is see I am right there in the room, next to her, and that’s enough to calm her down.  

God’s presence can have the same effect on us as well. 

FOUR times in Joshua chapter one God says, “be strong and courageous.” Why? Because “the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

You mean God is with us in the dentist office, on the side of the road late at night with a flat tire, or when the boss calls us into his office?

The Bible says “wherever” we go, wherever we’re at, no matter what we’re doing, God is right there with us.  

I needed this reminder. And my prayer for each of us is when we’re feeling overwhelmed, afraid, uneasy, or nervous, that we would say, “I am strong, and I am courageous because GOD Almighty is here with me.”

PRAYER: Dear Lord, we praise You for Your always being with us.  May we accept Your calming and protecting presence as easily as a child knows when their grandma is nearby. In Jesus’ name, AMEN.