“I Will Not Leave You As Orphans”

“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

John 14:15-21

The follower of Christ, never faces the journey of life alone. The Scriptures remind us of the constant presence of God. There is nowhere we can go that He is not there. He will never leave us for forsake us. Jesus, after promising to send the Holy Spirit, told His disciples, “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”

The challenges and opportunities we face on our journey can be met confidently, for God has promised us His never failing presence.

Faith never knows where it is being led,

but it loves and knows the One who is leading.

Our Daily Bread – October 20, 2016