I can remember singing “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” as a little girl. It was always a special song to me. I can remember this beautiful older woman being my Sunday School teacher when I first learned this song. I can still see her beautiful hair braided up in the back of her head. She glowed with a love for Jesus, and His kindness always radiated from her. I can remember such a calm assurance about her, and that always stuck with me. I believe she exhibited such an assurance because of her relationship and trust in her Savior. Today, I know she is walking with Jesus and basking in the presence of our Mighty God!
I want to exhort you today to walk so close with Him that people take notice, and see the love of Jesus working in and through you. Life goes so fast, let us make the most out of every minute that we live for Him. The day will come that we will meet Him face to face. May our lives continue to speak of His testimonies and great works while we were serving Him in our life. As I share that thought let us look at one of the verses from “What A Friend We Have In Jesus.”
“Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised
Thou wilt all our burdens bear;
May we ever, Lord, be bringing
All to Thee in earnest prayer.
Soon in glory bright, unclouded,
There will be no need for prayer—
Rapture, praise, and endless worship
Will be our sweet portion there.”
Thou wilt all our burdens bear;
May we ever, Lord, be bringing
All to Thee in earnest prayer.
Soon in glory bright, unclouded,
There will be no need for prayer—
Rapture, praise, and endless worship
Will be our sweet portion there.”
As a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ we can set our gaze on the blessed hope that “soon in glory bright, unclouded…” Oh that blessed day when we are in the presence of the Lord and His saints. This is a beautiful hope and it is to be embraced! I love this meditation especially when I think of loved ones that have gone before me. Some day….oh yes!…some blessed day, we will reunite and see each other again! What a wonderful day that will be.
Until that blessed day when we walk in the sweetest portion, we need to remain trusting in Him and all that He is. He has promised us refuge, He will heal our sicknesses, and He brings us peace in the midst of turmoil. On and on I could share of the many things that He promises. As for me I want to know that I am sticking by Him closely, and not taking my eyes off of His will for my life. You see, He has promised to never leave us but we do tend to get our eyes off of Him at times. Thank God for His forgiveness and restoration.
So we have this wonderful promise of our “sweet portion” awaiting us, but truth is for now that we each have a work to do here. We need to be strong in our Lord, seek His will and run the race He has set before us. Each of us has a specific race to run, and our time left here is different, but one thing for sure, He wants us to give our all for Him! ~ Praise Him! ~
Hebrews 12:1-2 (ERV)
“…So we, too, should run the race that is before us and never quit. We should remove from our lives anything that would slow us down and the sin that so often makes us fall. 2 We must never stop looking to Jesus.”