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“….For He Himself has
said, “I
will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV)
Webster’s
1828 American Dictionary of the English
Language defines forsake as:
1.
To quit or leave
entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from.
Jesus will never leave us or forsake us. He
is always there, waiting for us to come to Him and find rest and peace.
Whenever a person backslides or completely falls away from the faith it is not
the Lord’s fault, God does not forsake us: it is the person who forsakes the
Lord. We have a free will, we have to surrender to the Lord to be used by Him;
therefore, we can choose to take our will and walk away from Him in our own
strength.
The choice is yours, dear friend, Christ
will never leave you or forsake you, but you can. Will you surrender to Him
today? Will you consecrate yourself unto Him?
Lord, O how often I have walked in my own strength; forsaking You and
asking why You left me. Lord, You never left me….but I walked in my own
strength. Lord, help me today to walk and live following You. I don’t want me,
but You. Empower me by Your Spirit to live a life wholly consecrated to You. In
Jesus Name, amen.
