Emmanuel: God With Us

[deacon blues]

Imagine---God wants to be with us---imagine that

I can't understand why---you would think He would want to spend time with someone more intelligent, more noble, stronger, less limited, less vulnerable

Yet He wants to be with you---He wants to be with me

He doesn't treat us like we treat one another. We oftentimes get weary of each other---need some time away from one another. Sometimes we get worn out with certain people and we distance ourselves, we stop calling, we stop answering the phone, we avoid them, we need some time off to recharge our batteries so we can tolerate being around them.

He isn't like that. He never gets weary of me. He doesn't grow tired of you or me or anybody else. Disappointed? Yes. Grieved? Absolutely. Sorrowful? Sure. But never, ever to the place where He doesn't want to be with us. He never leaves us, never forsakes us. He is Emmanuel

You may feel like you are a million miles away from God. And that feeling may be very real. And you may feel very forsaken. But its not true. Its a feeling rooted in a flase perception. Because He has never left you. You may have left Him. But He will never leave you. He is God with us. He is Emmanuel.

His name shall be called Jesus---He shall save His people from their sins.
There is no greater name of God than the name of Jesus---there is no greater attribute of God than the fact that He is my salvation

But a name of the Messiah that is a close second to His name Jesus is the name Emmanuel. He is my Savior first---that is most important. But He wanted us to know that a very close second is that He is Emmanuel---God with us.

Imagine---HE wants to be with US---imagine that.