For He Himself has said,

 “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:5

 

Technology now exists that allows you to track the location 

of a particular smartphone. Let’s say parents are concerned 

about their daughter driving alone back to college, in stormy 

weather, after a visit. Via their phone, the parents can track 

their daughter’s journey until she arrives safely. In case of 

car trouble, they know her exact location. “I’ll be there with 

you all the way” takes on new meaning in the digital age.

 

In the Old Testament, that security was expressed another 

way: “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” And that was 

God’s promise to the Israelites as they prepared to cross the 

 Jordan River and move into Canaan and face the Canaanite

 tribes that occupied their land (Deuteronomy 31:6). God’s 

  presence was one of protection. But in the New Testament, 

the same promise of God is applied to provision. The writer 

of Hebrews told his readers not to be covetous, but to be 

content with what they had. Why? Because God would be 

their provision. He would be with them and never leave 

them.

 

Whether you require protection, provision, or something 

else, you have it in the God who has promised to always

 be with you.

 

"The best of all is God is with us."

John Wesley