{"id":4742,"date":"2023-08-10T09:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/2023\/08\/10\/he-is-near-us\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:24:48","slug":"he-is-near-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/10\/he-is-near-us\/","title":{"rendered":"He is near us"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s never a place we can go where His presence won\u2019t be there first. He\u2019s in our yesterday, He\u2019s in our today, and He\u2019s in our tomorrow all at the same time. He rejoices over us, rewards us, blesses us, and smothers us with His forgiveness and grace every day, throughout the day. In addition to the good, there is no tragedy we\u2019ll face, no hardship we\u2019ll endure, and no adversity we\u2019ll encounter where God is not with us, steadily holding us up with His mighty, righteous, and perfect right hand. <\/p>\n

When you feel lonely and wonder where God is, know that He is about you, above you, after you, amidst you, around you, among you, before you, behind you, beneath you, beside you, beyond you, by you, for you, inside you, near you, and over you. He is everywhere, all the time. Always and forever, He is near us.<\/p>\n

When you experience fear and wonder why God won\u2019t remove it from you, know that He hasn\u2019t given you a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. That nothing can separate us from His love and presence. Always and forever, He is near us.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re sick and don\u2019t understand why God won\u2019t heal you, know that He is still the Great Physician and Jehovah-Rapha, the God who heals. The time frame you have in mind may not match His, but rest assured, He is doing a work in you and through you. Always and forever, He is near us. <\/p>\n

There is nothing that we\u2019ll encounter that God has not already defeated. And not just defeated, but totally annihilated on our behalf when He put Jesus on the cross to cover our past, present, and future sins. Always and forever, He is near us.<\/p>\n

When you go through devastating situations, He is with you.
\nWhen your life seems to be spinning out of control, He is with you.
\nWhen you can\u2019t see the path or even the next step, He is with you. <\/p>\n

There are options everywhere that beg us to place our trust, hope, and joy in them. Those temporary joys and pleasures hold no comparison to the eternal, never-ending presence of our Almighty God who calls us His children. His presence is the prize. It\u2019s what we get for all eternity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s never a place we can go where His presence won\u2019t be there first. He\u2019s in our yesterday, He\u2019s in our today, and He\u2019s in our tomorrow all at the same time. He rejoices over us, rewards us, blesses us, and smothers us with His forgiveness and grace every day, throughout the day. In addition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[149,220,156],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-bible","tag-devotions","tag-youversion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}