ALWAYS is a word, a Concept, A Promise --- It is something that we speak, or text, or write--- But we as humans cannot live up to our words, nor can we fulfill our promises of "Always".
BUT GOD!!! HE declares in Isaiah 55:9-11: "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher than your ways and MY thoughts than your thoughts...(verse 11)...So shall MY word be... It shall not return to me void (empty, without any effect), But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
***ALL** of the Bible is GOD'S WORD. In Genesis 1:3 - :..."And GOD said 'Let there be light; and there was light." And thousands of years later...we still have light!!!
Let us be in WONDER...and be open to ALL that GOD was Releasing when HE said "...let there be light...!!!
HE created the universe (Genesis 1) AND HE Upholds, Maintains, Guides, and Propels the UNIVERSE by HIS MIGHTY WORD of POWER. (Hebrews 1:3/Amplified Bible).
HE CAN DO "... that which is infinitely beyond what we could dream, beyond what we would dare ask...". (Ephesians 3:20/Amplified Bible).
In (John 1:5 ) GOD says"...And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."
Definition:(the Greek word for 'comprehend') is capable of three (3) definitions: 1) "to seize, lay hold of, overcome. As such,, verse 5 could read "the darkness does not gain control of (the light). 2) To perceive, attain, lay hold of with the mind, to apprehend with mental or moral effort. With this meaning the verse could be translated --- The darkness is unreceptive and does not understand the light." 3) "to quench, extinguish, snuff out the light by stifling it. "The darkness will NEVER be able to eliminate the light." Light and darkness are antagonistic. The Christian's joy is in Knowing that Light is not only greater than darkness but will also outlast the darkness!!!
In (John 8:12) JESUS says 'I AM the light of the world. He who follows ME shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
HOLY GOD OUR FATHER is intimately aware of each, and every one of us --- HE "put us together in our Mother's womb...and HE wrote down our every day before the date of our birth." (Psalm 139: verses 13-16). HE knows our every thought before we think it, and our every word before we speak it. (Psalm 139:1-6). "HE knows the plans that HE has for us...plans for good...". (Jeremiah 29:11).
Let's go forward in time --- to the next-to-last page in the Bible---
"The Glory of the New Jerusalem/Heaven": "But I saw no temple in it, for the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY and the LAMB are its temple. The city has no need of the sun or of the moon in it, for the glory of GOD illuminates it, THE LAMB is its light." (The Revelation of Jesus Christ 21:22-23).
"HE is faithful to His Word and to His righteous Character." (2 Timothy 2:13).
Let us take In His Word daily. Let us ALLOW His Word to TAKE OVER our heart, our mind, our soul, our spirit!!!
"I AM THE LORD. I DO NOT CHANGE." (Malachi 3:6). "JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER." (Hebrews 13:8)
LET US NOT FORGET!!!!!!! In Matthew 28:20 JESUS DECLARES: "... I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS..."
ALWAYS **** AND**** FOREVER
