I WILL BE WITH YOU
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In his book, “Look Through God-Colored Glasses,” John Ortberg wrote:
One day l was sitting on a plane next to a businessman. The screen saver on his computer was the picture of a towheaded little boy taking what looked like his first shaky step.
“Is that your son? I asked.
Yes, that was the man’s son, his only child. Let’s say his name was Adam. The man told me about his son’s first step and first word with a sense of wonder, as if Adam had invented locomotion and speech. He had a whole string of pictures of Adam doing things that pretty much all children do, and he displayed them one at a time.
Why was the man so preoccupied with Adam? Because he looked at him through the eyes of a father. Everything Adam did was cloaked with wonder. It didn’t matter that other children do them as well.
And then it hit me. I am the child on God’s screensaver. And so are you. The tiniest details of our lives never grow old to him. God himself is filled with wonder at our faltering steps and stammering words-not because we do them better than anyone else, but because he views them through the eyes of a loving Father. God shows our pictures to the angels until even the angels get a little tired of looking.
The central promise in the Bible is not “I will forgive you,” although of course that promise is there. it is not the promise of life after death, although we are offered that as well. The most frequent promise in the Bible is,
“I will be with you.”
When I read this, I decided to do a cursory search for the occurrences of the text, ” I will be with you,” in the Bible.
The “Knowing Jesus” website has compiled a list of 25 occurrences of “I WILL BE WITH YOU,” from 15 translations of the Bible! Please find them below:
Gen 26:3
Live temporarily [as a resident] in this land and I WILL BE WITH YOU and will bless and favor you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish and carry out the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
[AM, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Gen 28:15
And truly, I WILL BE WITH YOU, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
[BBE]
Gen 31:3
Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I WILL BE WITH YOU.”
[AM, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Exo 3:12
He said, “Certainly I WILL BE WITH YOU. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
[WEB, BBE, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Exo 4:12
Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall say.”
[AM, WEB, BBE, NET, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Exo 4:15
You must speak to him and put the words in his mouth; I, even I, will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.
[AM, WEB, BBE, NET, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Deut 31:23
Then He commanded and commissioned Joshua, the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to give them, and I WILL BE WITH YOU.”
[AM, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Josh 1:5
No man will [be able to] stand before you [to oppose you] as long as you live. Just as I was [present] with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you or abandon you.
[AM, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Josh 3:7
The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to magnify and exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that just as I was with Moses, I will [also] be with you.
[AM, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Josh 7:12
The {Israelites} were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies} because they have become a thing devoted for destruction. {I WILL BE WITH YOU no more} unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
[LEB]
Judg 6:16
And the LORD said to him, “But I WILL BE WITH YOU, and you shall smite the Mid’ianites as one man.”
[DARBY, AM, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
1 Kgs 11:38
Then it shall be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, keeping and observing My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I WILL BE WITH YOU and build you an enduring house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
[AM, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, ISV, NET, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Psa 139:18
Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I WILL BE WITH YOU.
[ISV]
Isa 43:2
“When you pass through the waters, I WILL BE WITH YOU; And through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
[AM, HCSB, WEB, BBE, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, NHEB]
Jer 1:8
Do not be afraid of anyone, for I WILL BE WITH YOU to deliver you. This is the Lord’s declaration.
[HCSB, NET]
Jer 1:19
They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I WILL BE WITH YOU to rescue you,” says the Lord.
[NET]
Jer 15:20
I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I WILL BE WITH YOU to rescue you and deliver you,” says the Lord.
[NET]
Jer 30:11
For I WILL BE WITH YOU—this is the Lord’s declaration—to save you!I will bring destruction on all the nationswhere I have scattered you;however, I will not bring destruction on you.I will discipline you justly,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
[HCSB, NET]
Jer 42:11
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid: be not afraid of him, saith Jehovah; for I WILL BE WITH YOU to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
[DARBY, NET, MSTC]
Jer 46:28
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid—this is the Lord’s declaration—for I WILL BE WITH YOU.I will bring destruction on all the nationswhere I have banished you,but I will not bring destruction on you.I will discipline you with justice,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
[HCSB]
Matt 28:20
and teach them to obey all the commands I have laid on you. And I WILL BE WITH YOU all the time, to the very end of the world.”
[MOFFATT]
John 7:33
Then Jesus said, “I WILL BE WITH YOU a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
[WEB, BBE, NET, AUV, MOFFATT, NHEB]
John 13:33
Little children, I WILL BE WITH YOU a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.
[WEB, AUV, NHEB]
Act 18:10
for I WILL BE WITH YOU [See Matt. 28:20] and no one will attack you or hurt you, for I have many people in this city [i.e., who will be converted].”
[AUV]
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I WILL BE WITH YOU at all times.
[BBE]
It is likely that as the year gradually draws to a close, many of us wonder in uncertainty what the coming year has in store for us.
I also have such questions, but I am sure of one thing; that God promises to be with me.
God is sufficient, and enough for me. Is He sufficient, and enough for you too?
MEMORY VERSE
“I will be with you all the time, to the very end of the world.”
(Matt 28:20)
QUESTIONS
- Do you have fears for the coming year?
- Do you know that God says He will be with us?
PRAYER TIP
Father, I trust You to be
with me in the coming year,
and always.
CREDITS
- KNOWING JESUS, “ ‘I will be with you’ in the Bible’,” https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/phrases/I-Will-Be-with-You
URGENT CALL
Every soul is valuable to God, far more than the entire world! But by nature, we are all sinful, and alienated from God, and we ultimately face his wrath!
God in His mercy and love made a way for us to remedy this. He gives us a chance to reverse this downward spiral to destruction, join His family, be part of His household, and become His children.
The first step to becoming a member of God’s household is for us to be saved.
Salvation comes through accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Personal Savior.
It is a very personal decision. No one can make that decision for you.
If you make that decision today, there will be great singing and rejoicing in heaven; because one new member has joined the family and household of God! A soul, much, much more valuable than the world, has been saved from destruction!
Do you want to make that decision today?
Please visit “The Believer’s Prayer”
for guidance if you want
to make that decision.
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God richly bless you.
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