"“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matthew 28:20)
That is the promise of our precious Lord to all of His children. Jesus has promised never to leave us alone. The Bible records this promise of the Almighty God to His servants in many portions of the Scripture. And this promise becomes more assuring after the resurrection of our Lord. Though Moses, Joshua, Jeremiah and other saints of old had the same promise, we the New Testament believers can depend on that promise with greater confidence because the ‘resurrected Lord' has promised us to be with us.
The belief and concept that God always accompanies and helps His worshippers is not limited to Christianity alone. Devotees of different faiths and religions have the same concept. Hindus believe that God always is with them helping them in the times of trouble. Even Islam teaches that God is always present with the faithful to help them and bless them. What is special in Christian faith is that our God has once upon a time lived as Man among human beings, experienced all the difficulties of human life, even tasted death for us and now is alive forevermore.
God of the Christian faith is not a God who lives somewhere at a distance, away from human feelings, emotions, situations and circumstances. He has become one among us and knows this world as its member! He walked upon this earth and appeared to hundreds of people in a tangible physical body for forty days after His resurrection. Many people touched Him and testified that He is not a Spirit but is very much human like us. On one occasion He even asked His disciples if they had something for Him to eat!
Luke 24:41-42 tell us that the disciples gave Him “a piece of broiled fish”. The Bible also tells us that Jesus ate the piece of fish as the disciples watched! Jesus ate the fish not because He was hungry, but because He wanted to be identified as a Man glorified.
If Joshua was confident about God's presence and availability of His power to help him in the time of trouble, we can be more confident because we have a God who can even dine with us! The resurrection of Jesus brought God and heaven closer to human experience. Let us rejoice in Jesus our God who is not only with us by His physical presence but is also willing to identify with us in all our situations, expressing Himself in human circumstances with His unlimited power and goodness. How blessed we are to have Jesus as our God! Let us exalt Him, worship Him and follow Him with all our hearts! May His grace rest upon all His true worshippers!
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Bakht Singh (1903 - 2000)
He is often regarded as one of the most well-known bible teachers and preachers and pioneers of the Indian Church movements. He was India's foremost evangelist, preacher and indigenous church planter who founded churches based on New Testament principles. He began a worldwide indigenous church-planting movement in India that eventually saw more than 10,000 local churches. Norman Grubb missionary statesman, author and teacher: "In all my missionary experience I think these churches on their New Testament foundations are the nearest I have seen to a replica of the early church and a pattern for the birth and growth of the young churches in all the countries which we used to talk about as mission fields."Life of prayer. Brother Bakht Singh was a man of prayer. He spent hours upon his knees in communion with the Lord seeking the Lord's mind regarding His will concerning the work and ministry. Therefore, the Lord also honored him and blessed him beyond any human understanding. This is one of the reasons why the Lord has used him so mightily for the edification of His Body and for the extension of His glorious kingdom both in India and abroad.