If we have got Christ with us we can do all things. Do not let us be
thinking how weak we are. Let us lift up our eyes to Him, and think of
Him as our Elder Brother, who has all power given to Him in heaven and
on earth. He says: "Lo, I am with you, even to the end of the world."
Some of our children and friends leave us, and it is a very sad hour
when some member of our family goes to a distant country--perhaps to
Australia. But, thank God, the believer and Christ shall never be
separated. He is with us here, and we shall be with Him in person by
and by. We shall be with Him, and see Him in His beauty by and by. But
not only is He with us, but He has sent us the Holy Ghost, who will
tell us all things. Let us honour the Holy Ghost by acknowledging that
He is here in our midst. He has got power to give sight to the blind,
liberty to the captive, and to open the ears of the deaf that they may
hear the glorious words of the gospel.
7. Then there is another _I will_ in John vi. 40; it occurs four times
in the chapter: "I will raise him up at the last day."