God With You by David Jeremiah

God With You  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14    A father reassures his teenage daughter about her first solo airplane trip: “I’ll be with you all the way to the gate, and the flight attendants will be with you after that. Then Grandma will be with you when you arrive.” “With you” happens a lot in this life—but there is always a starting point and a stopping point. “With you” never lasts forever in the human realm.

Recommended Reading: Matthew 1:23

But in the heavenly realm, it does! The name given to the Messiah in the Old Testament was Immanuel, which in Hebrew meant “God with us,” a name confirmed at the birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:23). When the writer to the Hebrews wanted to convey God’s omnipresence, he quoted God’s words to Joshua on the eve of Israel’s entrance into the Promised Land: “I will not leave you nor forsake you” (Joshua 1:5). Jesus even told His disciples He would be with them “to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). You were not alone yesterday; you are not alone today; you will not be alone tomorrow. Jesus is Immanuel—God with you.