His Reflections: “Peace Wherever You Go, He is Always Watching Over You” Pt 1

His Reflections: “Peace Wherever You Go, He is Always Watching Over You”

Luke 17:21 MSG

20-21 Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, “The kingdom of God doesn’t come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, ‘Look here!’ or, ‘There it is!’ And why? Because God’s kingdom is already among you.”

Psalm 139:8-12 MSG

7-12

Is there any place I can go to avoid your Spirit?� to be out of your sight?�If I climb to the sky, you’re there!� If I go underground, you’re there!�If I flew on morning’s wings� to the far western horizon,�You’d find me in a minute—� you’re already there waiting!�Then I said to myself, “Oh, he even sees me in the dark!� At night I’m immersed in the light!”�It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to you;� night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to you.

Psalm 89:5-15 NIV

5

The heavens praise your wonders, Lord,� your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

6

For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?� Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?

7

In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;� he is more awesome than all who surround him.

8

Who is like you, Lord God Almighty?� You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

9

You rule over the surging sea;� when its waves mount up, you still them.

10

You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;� with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

11

The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;� you founded the world and all that is in it.

12

You created the north and the south;� Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

13

Your arm is endowed with power;� your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;� love and faithfulness go before you.

15

Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,� who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.

John 1:12-13 MSG

9-13

The Life-Light was the real thing:� Every person entering Life� he brings into Light.�He was in the world,� the world was there through him,� and yet the world didn’t even notice.�He came to his own people,� but they didn’t want him.�But whoever did want him,� who believed he was who he claimed� and would do what he said,�He made to be their true selves,� their child-of-God selves.�These are the God-begotten,� not blood-begotten,� not flesh-begotten,� not sex-begotten.

Romans 8:37-39 MSG

31-39 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.�We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

Matthew 18:18-20 MSG

18-20 “Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I’ll be there.”

Revelation 21:6 NIV

6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.

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John 4:14 MSG

13-14 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.”

Revelation 22:13 MSG

12-13 “Yes, I’m on my way! I’ll be there soon! I’m bringing my payroll with me. I’ll pay all people in full for their life’s work. I’m A to Z, the First and the Final, Beginning and Conclusion.

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