"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

   - Psalm 46.10

Treading the paths of the gospel; singing Psalms at every hour; an end of talking and long stories; constant bending of the knees. May my Creator visit me, my Lord, my King; may my spirit seek him in the everlasting kingdom where he dwells.

   - Anonymous, “All Alone in My Little Cell,” Irish, 9th century

Surely it is one of the great comforts every Christian indulges to know that Jesus has promised to be with us always, even to the end of the age (Mt. 28.20).

Indeed He is with us in His Word, upholding His creation, by His indwelling Spirit, through His intercessions. We are never out of His sight; He watches diligently over us, our Good Shepherd, Lord, Savior, and King. He will never fail us nor forsake us.

The great comfort we know from clinging to this truth is, however, only half the comfort the Lord intends for us. For the other side of the coin of knowing that He is with us where we are, is to be discovered in our being with Him where He is.

Paul says we have been seated with Christ in heavenly places, and he commands us to set our minds there, where Jesus is enthroned in glory at the right hand of God (Eph. 2.6; Col. 3.1-3). Here, in the very throne room of our King, amid saints and angels endlessly praising our God and Savior – a place filled with splendor, majesty, sweet music, heavenly smells, and glorious shouts – here we are called to seek the Lord where He is, and to be with Him there.

Hardly one believer in a hundred I have met has even the remotest idea of what I’m talking about. Yet Jesus reigns in a glorified human body, in a place accessible to us by the eye of faith, the contemplation of which is a source of glory to sustain and transform us (Eph. 1.18; 2 Cor. 4.6).

What is required for us to seek Him where He is? “Be still.” Reflect on Him in silence; let your spirit seek Him in the everlasting Kingdom where He dwells, as you engage every glory-filled portrait in all the galleries of Scripture of this One Who, exalted in glory, cares for you where you are, and invites your fellowship with Him, where He is.

We do not live in a material world only. We are citizens with the saints in the heavenly Jerusalem where Jesus dwells and reigns. And it is our privilege and duty to seek Him where He is, that we may know and enjoy Him more fully there.

Psalm 16.5, 6 (All to Christ: “Jesus Paid It All”)
My portion and my cup are You, my Savior dear;
You help and hold me up, and ever keep me near.
   Make me know life’s way! Pleasures fill Your hand;
   Fill my life with joy each day: before Your face I stand.

O Saviour of the human race, bring me into Your hidden presence among all the saints in glory, that I may see You there, and be with You, and the Father and the Spirit, with joy! Adapted from Litany of the Saviour

T. M. Moore, Principal
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