God's Abiding Presence!
"Though now you do not see Him,
yet believing, you rejoice with joy
inexpressible and full of glory."
1 Peter 1: 8
In His Upper Room sermon in John 13–17, Jesus
prepared His disciples for His departure. They had
enjoyed His physical and visual presence for
three
years, but now He was leaving them by His death,
resurrection, and ascension to heaven.
He explained He was leaving in order to
send His Spirit who would be with them
and in them (John 14:17).
Years later, Peter told his readers that we
can still love, trust, and rejoice in Christ
even when we don’t presently see Him.
We have His
Spirit, making Him real to
us and the Holy Spirit will be with every
believer across the world at once.
We must abide in Christ. We enjoy His abiding
presence by the indwelling Holy Spirit until that
day when we see our Lord face to face.
Today,
ask the Lord to fill you with the Holy Spirit, and
rejoice in His presence.
"The branch of the vine does not worry,
toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine,
and there to find rain. No; it rests in
union and communion with the vine."
J. Hudson Taylor
