“I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. … I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak.”
Ezekiel 34:11, 16
For a period in my life, I was subject to fainting with no warning. So my wife lovingly stayed close nearly all the time. If, for example, I dropped the soap while showering, she was there in a flash to be sure it wasn’t I who’d made that “thud.” It gave me a strong sense of security.
Now think of the security we have through Christ. We’re never alone. God, in love, is always coming to us and has been since the beginning of time. He came offering grace to Adam and Eve, safety to Noah, a future to Abraham, leadership to Moses, and much more to so many others throughout the Bible. He came to us in the flesh in Jesus, His beloved Son, and saved us.
A contemporary Christian song gives words to the wonder of God with us: “Never forgotten, never forsaken/ Never abandoned, not for a second./ I am safe in Your hands always and forever./ You’re never not working, my heart is the proof,/ There’s not a broken too broken for You./ Will there ever come a day when You’re not holding me together?/ You say ‘never’” (Tasha Layton, 2023).
Now think of the security we have through Christ. We’re never alone. God, in love, is always coming to us and has been since the beginning of time. He came offering grace to Adam and Eve, safety to Noah, a future to Abraham, leadership to Moses, and much more to so many others throughout the Bible. He came to us in the flesh in Jesus, His beloved Son, and saved us.
A contemporary Christian song gives words to the wonder of God with us: “Never forgotten, never forsaken/ Never abandoned, not for a second./ I am safe in Your hands always and forever./ You’re never not working, my heart is the proof,/ There’s not a broken too broken for You./ Will there ever come a day when You’re not holding me together?/ You say ‘never’” (Tasha Layton, 2023).
Scripture Focus
Isaiah 43:1-5
Insight
When you fear it’s only you, think again. God promises that He is with us (see Isaiah 43:5), and His Word is always true!
Bible In A Year
- Jeremiah 27-28
- Psalm 117
- 1 Corinthians 8-9