“In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John xvi:33).
“Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am” (John xvii:24).
“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the age” (Matthew xxviii:20).
“He hath said I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews xiii:5).
“Fear not, I am the first and the last; I am He that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive forevermore, amen; and I have the keys of hades and of death” (Rev. i:17, 18).
“Behold I come quickly; hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown” (Rev. iii:11).
“Surely I come quickly. Amen” (Rev. xxii.20).
These precious words of comfort and cheer came from His loving heart and lips. May we take hold of them. How well it is to remember His words and Himself. How worthy He is; the mighty, the loving, the adorable Lord! How He loveth us His own, how He careth for us, is mindful of us and carrieth us, no heart can fully understand, no pen describe. How He came from heaven’s glory long ago, how He the One, who was rich, became poor for our sakes and died on the cross, that we might share eternal riches and glory with Him, is the old story, which never grows old. It is as fresh and new to the believing heart as it ever has been. And He who bought us with His own blood, loveth and carrieth us His poor, weak and sinning people with such love and infinite patience. The past years of our Christian lives, so all of us must confess, have been filled with many failures. But as we come to Him with our failures, our sins, our burdens, we find Him the same loving, tender Saviour. Ah! who can measure the depths of His love! He will never cease loving those, who have accepted him as their Saviour and whom He has accepted as His own. In His gracious hands we are and all His people. The hands which were pierced for us on the cross are over us and about us. They carry us, guide us, hold us and keep us. We are His and nothing can separate us from Him in time and in eternity. With a joyful heart we can say “I am my Beloved’s and His desire is toward me.”
O Lord! ’tis sweet the thought
That Thou art mine!