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With You, With Him

You're there, you just need to be still and know it.

“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[1]

Surely it is one of the great comforts of every Christian to know that Jesus has promised to be with us always, even to the end of the age (Matt. 28.20). He never leaves us alone, never abandons us even to our stupidest choices or dumbest moves, never fails to hold on to us, no matter where we are (cf. Ps. 139.1-12).

Indeed He is with us in His Word, as He upholds all creation, by His indwelling Spirit, and through His continuous 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.

He is Immanuel, the With Us God, always, everywhere, and without fail.

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). Take a seat with Jesus. Look around at the glory and beauty of that heavenly venue. Observe saints and angels, robed in white, and hear them singing the praises of our triune God. Soak it in. Join with it. 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.

Now this is a demanding work of sanctified imagination. It’s not that heaven and the throne room of Christ aren’t real; it’s that it’s really hard for us to break free of our mundane distractions to open the eye of our heart onto that vista, or to envision ourselves seated with Jesus, looking down on our lives from His vantage point.

Hardly one believer in a hundred have I met who 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.” Gather your thoughts around the glimpses of Jesus exalted which are revealed to us in Scripture. 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.

Rest there. Bask there. Do not be in a hurry to return from there, for, in a very real sense, you remain there with Jesus, even when you’re not thinking about it.

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

Guides for your visit
Going to the throne room of the Lord, to be seated with Jesus? Well, you should prepare a bit, so that you’ll know the way there as well as when you’re there, how it is appropriate to act. I recommend our book, Be Thou My Vision, to guide you into the presence of the Lord by means of the teaching of Scripture and the discipline of meditation. The 28 exercises in this book will help you to see Jesus and show you how to get to Him and abide with Him more consistently. Order your copy by clicking here.

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All psalms for singing from The Ailbe Psalter. Except as indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.



[1]Davies, p. 261.

T.M. Moore

T. M. Moore is principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He and his wife, Susie, make their home in the Champlain Valley of Vermont.
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