Always There
“Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.”2 Chronicles 7:15-16
God promised, “My name will be there.”
The name above all names; the name that makes seas to boil and the skies to fall; the name that causes every knee to bow and every tongue to confessthat name and all it represents would be there for the people of God. God himself swore that all his character and all his essence would surely be there for his children.
But what does this mean for us?
It means we can count on the One who parted the ocean and calmed the seas to be there for us when the opposition bears down at full speed or the storms of life toss us around like plastic cups caught in the surf. The very essence of the One who lifted up the mountains and raised up the dead will be there to lift us up to new heights and to raise us up with his Son on the last day. The sum of all God’s character and power and authority and holiness100 percent of everything about himwill be there for
you and me.
Excerpted from Be There by John Trent
Daily Reflection: What does God’s name and the assurance of His presence mean to you?