God is with us all the time

Genesis 35
2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.” 4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. 5Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.  

I am always amazed and my faith is strengthened as I read the Bible. This passage demonstrates yet again how God is always with us...every town around them as they travelled feared them and because of that they did not harm these people going through their territory! 

I realized yesterday, when I came home from work, that I hadn't sent up a prayer, not even a quick one, since I had arrived at work that morning. I was so immersed in my day, that I failed to acknowledge God throughout the day. That realization upset me. We are supposed to talk to God all day, and I forgot about Him the minute my morning devotions were over!

Then I realized something significant. Even though I had forgotten about God, pushed Him to the back of my mind as I went through my day, He did not forget about me. There were many moments that could have gone wrong, but the Holy Spirit told me I needed to do something another way,  or not do it, or be careful what I say our how I say it, or don't let something upset me. I felt those nudges all day long.

Finally, at the end of the day, when I realized that'd I hadn't kept God at the forefront of my thoughts, I realized that He had still not left me, He was working all day to help my Christian witness.

God will always protect us, guide us, always be with us, even when we, in our human fragility, don't or can't.

Father. Thank you for sending the Holy Spirit. Thank you for always looking over us and helping in situations we don't even know we need help in. Thank you for not pushing us to the back of your mind and reminding us to not do that to you. In Jesus name I pray. Amen