And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:20 ESV)
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In earlier days of American history, distance was a real thing. Wagon Training across the Great Plains meant a separation from loved ones, loved places, and loved security.
Carrier pigeons could be eaten by hawks, mail could fall out of the pony express riders’ pouch, smoke signals did not survive windy weather, and the US postal service was expensive.
Distance meant being apart.
Today, we are astonished to learn that communication from Earth to Mars takes around 20 minutes. That seems so far away, that most of us will decline becoming immigrant astronauts. (Probably for some more reasons, too…)
But distance means nothing to Christ. He is physically in heaven, on His throne, but He is also with us.
Nothing and no one else is like that.
We need Him from sunset to sunset. We need Him from sunrise to sunrise. He covers our sins constantly, allowing us a relationship with our Holy God. He carries out His plans on our behalf, overcoming our failures, ignorance, and selfishness. He loves us perfectly, when no one else does.
He alone does this things. He alone is Who we need.
Christ alone.