Thirsty Thursday's .1
Then the Lord said to him, "But I will be with you, and you will strike the Midianites as one man." ~Judges 6:16 MEV I WILL BE WITH YOU ... All those who sincerely & persistently depend on God will experience the power and peace of God's active presence. Jesus himself makes this promise to NT believers (Mt 28:19-20) (MEV). Our commitment to each other as His church, initially had a sense of arrival in the beginning. My imagination indicates that this sense of 'arrival' is fading, and reality is settling in. Despite knowing beforehand that physical proximity would remain a challenge, we jumped in the water together figuratively. We knew that this distance between us is closing but not yet closed. Knowing this ahead of the 'jump' and now in the cold water, it doesn't make the separation any easier. As a hired Shepherd, I find it important to never become a substitute for the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Like Gideon