It is unlikely that anyone who has been a believer for a while has not heard someone quote or pray the verse in Hebrews 13:5 “I will never leave you or forsake you.” There are reasons that particular verse is so popular.
First, we’ve all had people leave us and/or forsake us. Some left us because they had no choice, others because they no longer had the desire to stay. So, when the Lord says I will NEVER leave you or forsake you – that’s saying something!
Second, it means no matter how low we go, He will be there. It means no matter what anybody else thinks about us, He will be there. No matter how disgusted we are with ourselves, no matter how discouraged we are or defeated we feel, He will still be there. It’s that word “never” that makes the promise so astonishing.
And finally, we have experienced the truth of it. We look back at our spiritual driving record at all the accidents caused by our negligence or reckless driving and He has never canceled our policy or raised our rates. Christ paid the premium once for all time and it is good forever.
So, whatever this week brings, we can rest in one unchanging certainty: He will be right there with us, in it and through it. Forever.
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