SCRIPTURE: John (NIV) 16:32 “But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
OBSERVATION: As I read the above passage, I read into it some disappointment in Jesus. He knew that He was coming into the most difficult time of His earthly ministry. He knew that everyone would abandon Him. He would be all alone.
Yet He would not be alone; His Heavenly Father would be with Him! He had an eternal relationship with the Father. He had not sinned and caused that relationship to be broken.
I believe that relationship remained secure until on the cross, when He who knew no sin, became sin for us and He cried, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me!” He walked the full way to the cross, abandoned by man, but not by His Father!
APPLICATION: A thought stirs my heart: I have the same Heavenly Father as Jesus! Whatever happens, I too can say, “I am not alone for my Father is with me!”
It was Jesus who taught us to pray, “Our Father…” When I say “Our” that means mine and yours. When Jesus taught me to pray, “Our Father…” that means Leon’s Father AND Jesus’ Father!
If Jesus can say, “My Father is always with me,” then Leon can say, “My Father is always with me. And if Leon can say it, then any SOAP reader who has a personal relationship with Jesus can say it too!!!
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, you are always with me. I can walk in the confidence of Your Presence. Amen
Pastor Leon
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