The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth (Ps. 145:18).
During a fatal illness a hopeless unbeliever in his despairing bitterness commanded his little girl to print a placard with the words "God is nowhere," and to hang it on the wall at the foot of his bed, where he could see it constantly. She obeyed, but in her excitement she disarranged the letters so that the motto read "God is not here." With the father's surprise at these unexpected words the Holy Spirit brought faith to his heart.
God is "not far from every one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:27, 28). The poet said, He is "nearer than hands and feet." By His Holy Spirit God is everywhere. He is "the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity," and he dwells "with him also that is of a contrite...spirit" (Isa. 57:15). Those who call upon Him, those who honestly seek Him, recognize His presence.
Electricity was always in the world, but nobody knew it until scientists discovered it. So God may be near us, but we will never really know it until we call upon Him, until we truly seek Him. The greatest need of humanity toady is to know that God is always near at hand and that He is in charge of the world.
Bishop William A. Quale went to bed one night overburdened with the problems of the world, which he could not solve. Then he seemed to hear the voice of God say, "Quale, you go to sleep; I'll sit up the rest of the night."
Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee!
__Harriet Beecher Stowe
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help" (Ps. 22:11).
During a fatal illness a hopeless unbeliever in his despairing bitterness commanded his little girl to print a placard with the words "God is nowhere," and to hang it on the wall at the foot of his bed, where he could see it constantly. She obeyed, but in her excitement she disarranged the letters so that the motto read "God is not here." With the father's surprise at these unexpected words the Holy Spirit brought faith to his heart.
God is "not far from every one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:27, 28). The poet said, He is "nearer than hands and feet." By His Holy Spirit God is everywhere. He is "the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity," and he dwells "with him also that is of a contrite...spirit" (Isa. 57:15). Those who call upon Him, those who honestly seek Him, recognize His presence.
Electricity was always in the world, but nobody knew it until scientists discovered it. So God may be near us, but we will never really know it until we call upon Him, until we truly seek Him. The greatest need of humanity toady is to know that God is always near at hand and that He is in charge of the world.
Bishop William A. Quale went to bed one night overburdened with the problems of the world, which he could not solve. Then he seemed to hear the voice of God say, "Quale, you go to sleep; I'll sit up the rest of the night."
Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee!
__Harriet Beecher Stowe
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help" (Ps. 22:11).
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