Jesus Is!
Advent Devotional Guide
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23
Jesus is Immanuel — God with us. Think about it in terms of an amazing blend of the Old and New Testaments.
“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” Psalms 139:1-12 NIV
“…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20 NIV
Immanuel — God with us. No matter where we are as believers, Jesus is!
Lord, Thank you for the hope you bring us every day in your very presence — that regardless of where we are, you are with us.
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