I Will Never Leave You

I am with you always, even to the end of the age. - Matthew 28:20


One of my ealiest memories of hearing good music was when a male quartet rehearsed at our home. I was about 10 years old, and I was especially attentive to my dad, who sang first tenor. One of the quartet's favorites was titled, "I Am With You." Even at that tender age, I not only appreaciated the music but I "got the message."

Those words of Jesus to His diciples just before He ascended - "I am with you always" - became precious to me as the quartet sang, "In the sunlight, in the shadow, I am with you where you go."

One of the first reference to God's unfailling presence was spoken by Moses in Deuteronomy 31:6-8, when he instructed his successor about leading God's people into the "land of promise." And Joshua himself heard the same word from the Lord, "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you" (Josh. 1:5).

That promise is repeated in the New Testament, where the writer of Hebrews gave this assurance: "He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you'" (13:5).

Whenever you may be today, you are not alone. If you've placed your trust in Jesus for your eternal salvation, you can be certain that He will never leave you. - RBC Ministries


Jesus whispers "I am with you"
In the hour of deepest need;
When the way is dark and lonesome,
"I am with you, I will lead."- Morris

First make sure you are with Him, then you can be sure He'll be with you.

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Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in; and Yahweh has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.

Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed. Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.

Be strong and good courage, don't be afraid, not be scared of them: for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.

Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and good courage: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.

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