God Is Always With Us

Isaiah 46:3-4, 10b, 13: "Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you . . . . My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please . . . . I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion my splendor to Israel."

In the midst of the coming judgment upon Judah for her forsaking the covenant stipulation of obedience to the Lord, God still wanted to share His eternal love for his people. Even as God shared the futility of the Israelites following after lifeless idols, He reminded them that He had been the One who had made them and He had been the One who had sustained them. It was the Lord who was holding up His people throughout their lives, and He promised to rescue them in the end. The Lord reassured His people that His purpose to bring salvation to the Israelites would come to pass; nothing would be able to thwart His Sovereign will to redeem them from their perilous position in captivity.

What a great word is found here for those who have yielded themselves to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We must remember that Our Loving Lord has made us. We are part of the intentional design of an All-Wise God; thus, we have immeasurable worth, for we were made with purpose. Even more glorious is the fact that the God walks with us throughout our life journey. He declares that He carries us through this life, and He gives us the strength to persevere through those most difficult circumstances that we face. Our merciful Lord wants us to know that from the moment that we were conceived until the day of our death, He sustains us with His presence; we never have to worry if God is around when we are faced with tribulation . . . our Lord is genuinely and passionately committed to us through the entirety of life.

God then tells us that His eternal purposes will be accomplished, in that He will bring salvation to us . . . redeeming us from the perilous fate of judgment that is reserved for the reprobate. Through His death and resurrection, we are given the hope of grace that grants us the privilege of experiencing His glorious splendor for all eternity. Whereas we deserve His righteous wrath, we instead receive the joy of His salvation. This is love at its finest.

If we ever believe that we are going about our life experience on our own, we can be reassured from God's Holy Word that He is with us every step of the way. From the day of our conception until the day of our glorification (and beyond) we can know that God is with us, loving us as no one has ever loved us. Let us be strengthened in knowing that God is always with us.