Do Not Fear the DarknessSample

The Lord is With You 

“With Your counsel You will guide me, and afterward receive me to glory.” —Psalm 27:12

Read today’s verse again. The psalmist declared by faith that God was with him in the present, was going to keep him and guide him in the future, and in the end, would receive him into glory. I love this verse. It contains the essence of what a confident and intimate relationship with God looks like.

Asaph, the psalmist here, knew that when he died, he was going to go straight into the glory of His Father. It’s just as Jesus said: “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2, NKJV). Beloved, Jesus has prepared a place for you and me.

What a carefree life we would have if we knew and believed in the innermost part of our being that God is with us—He’s closer to us than our own heartbeat—and that as we move forward in life, He’s going to guide us, and at the end of our days, we will join Jesus in paradise.

In Isaiah 41:10 the Lord tells us, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” The same truth is echoed in Deuteronomy 31:6, Joshua 1:9, Zephaniah 3:17, and many other scriptures because our God wants us to receive it. 

Beloved, if we would really take hold of this truth, we would live in joy, confidence, and peace. Today, I release and speak a word of faith over your life to go forward with confidence in the name of Messiah Jesus.  Know that God is with you.  He will lead you in the future and He has a place prepared for you in His glory.