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3. Still again there is God’s special presence in His plan for
us. The prophet speaks of God secretly planning for His people.
His plan always takes into account our deficiencies and weaknesses.
God foresees all contingencies and forestalls all difficulties, if we
heed the guidance of His spirit.
See how God dealt with Moses when that great man had to
go and plead the Hebrew’s cause before Pharaoh. “But I will be
with you.” (Exodus 3:12).
When God makes a plan, we need not fear the hardest work;
when God points out the path, we need not fear the longest road;
when God comes with pain, we need not fear the greatest agony.
When I speak of God’s special presence I mean the presence
of the Tribune God. There is no other God. You cannot know God
the Father without first accepting Jesus Christ, His Son, as your
personal Saviour and Lord. You cannot accept Him as such without
the Holy Spirit. He calls and enlightens us. He convicts us of sin
and leads us to the Saviour. He cleanses and revives us. He sancti-
íies and glorifies us. He commences the good work in us, continues
it, and finally completes it.
The promise made by the Lord to His great servant, Moses:
“My presence will go with you,” was a general promise but applies
to God’s people in every age and clime. Let us now direct our
attention to the particular promise made by Jesus, our Lord and
Saviour, to His disciples: “Lo, I am with you always.” It also applies
to believers in every age and clime, and embodies within itself all
specific promises made by the Son of God to all his people. In
Matthew 28:16, we read: “The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to
the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.” Jesus had made
an appointment with the disciples to meet them. Here the Great
Commission was given, followed by the words of our text: “Lo, I
am with you always.”
On His way to the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ told His
disciples that He would be crucified, but that He would rise from
the dead within three days, and He made a definite appointment
to meet them in Galilee. “I will go before you to Galilee.” (Mark.
14:28). The angel who talked with the women at the tomb the
morning of the Resurrection gave them a definite message, and