Immanuel.
““Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’””
Matthew 1:23 NLT
“...God is with us”
It’s a simple phrase that maybe we don’t think about often. So let’s break down each part.
God. The supreme being. The Creator of every star in all of the galaxies. The Creator of every freckle on your finger. The Holy One. Divine. Pure. Sacred. Perfect. Glorious. The King who rules over all kings. The Sovereign One who is Lord over every part of this universe and all of the heavens and all of hell. The One who cannot be conquered. The One who has no competition. The One who stands in His own category. Matchless. The One who parts the seas and brings rain to the dry places. The Almighty. The Lord of Heaven’s Army. The One who is fierce and Great.
Is. Currently. In this time. In this moment. For this situation. For you in this exact point in history. He is. He is moving. He is working. He is molding. He is healing. He is redeeming. He is reigning. He is. He was and He still is. That’s the anchor of this promise.
With. “used as a function word to indicate a participant in an action, transaction, or arrangement” He is actively in this thing with us! He doesn’t sit high and watch low like it’s a reality tv show. He gets in the thick of it. He cries with us. He mourns with us. He communes with us. He talks with us.
Us. The broken. The dirty. The incapable. The prideful. The fallible. The resistant. The tainted. The selfish. The greedy. The angry. The messed up, no good people. Us.
When you put these words together it forms a phrase that becomes an unbelievable promise we get to hold onto. God is with us. Immanuel.
Thank God that when we feel alone or scared or unworthy or unsure, He is with us. Today, open your heart and eyes to be aware of His Spirit with us. Choose today to lean on Him. Surrender today’s plans and schedule to whatever He wants to do today. We surrender whatever we have planned for this ministry and yield it to His Holy Spirit.
