God with us
Many of us will have had the experience of moving around over the summer, or at least seeing different people than at other times of year. In many different ways our lives & behaviour have been dictated to us over the last 18 months. As we move into the autumn with (we hope) less restrictions on society and greater opportunities, the choices now facing us should cause us again to question how to live and what to do.
Psalm 15 that we considered last Sunday evening asks just one such question: “Who can live with God?”. As we saw, the answer is a challenging one because to our shame none of us can possibly measure up. We’d surely love to be people whose walk is blameless, who always speak the truth, who keep our oaths even when it hurts and who always honour those who fear the LORD, etc… etc…(!) But we know that just isn’t always true of us and therefore we don’t qualify as people who may live with God.
Yet the great news is that there is one who does qualify! The wonderful news that the Lord Jesus did do all of those things described in Psalm 15. As John ch 1 vs 14 describes it “ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”. He said He is with us always, so as those who put their faith and trust in Jesus we can be truly said to always ‘live with God.’
Wherever you are this week and whatever you’re doing, if Jesus is your Saviour then He is with you…. And the great news is that as you invest in “dwelling” with Him, He is changing you to be more like Him.
Praise God for such a wonderful Gospel and His amazing constant presence in our lives.
Spencer Shaw