When 8-year-old Jacob visited his Grampa in the hospital, he came with his own custom-made “Get Well” card. It was an 8½” x 11” piece of stiff white paper folder in half. On the front he had written, “Hope you feel better soon.” On the inside, in large block letters, was this message:
I will be with you
wherever you go.
There was no Scripture reference, so Jacob added these words: “God said that.” He wanted to be sure I didn’t expect him to be at my side during my entire hospital stay.
That added note conveyed an unintended and deeper truth that brought a smile to my face and comfort to my heart. A hospital can be a lonely place. It’s a world of unfamiliar faces, first-time medical procedures, and uncertain diagnoses. But it’s in just such a setting that God can quiet an anxious heart and give assurance that He’ll go with you down every hall, through every new door, into any unknown future – yes, even through “the valley of the shadow of death” (Psalm 23:4).
Maybe you have had an unexpected setback or loss. Your future is unknown. Trusting Jesus as your Savior and Lord, you can be sure of this: He will go with you wherever you go. You can believe it. God said it! – Dennis J. De Haan
Whenever I feel that Christ is near,
All cares and sorrows flee;
He is my strength, my hope, my life,
He’s all in all to me. – Lewis
No danger can come so near the Christian that God is not nearer.
- June 1, Vol. 12, Our Daily Bread
For You 