Dear Readers,
These are the thoughts of our Chief Apostle that particularly concerned me:
God will never leave us and will never give up on us: He is always with us. I can guarantee that.
However, the extent to which we can experience and realise this presence of God does not depend on God, but on us. God wants to see how important fellowship with Him is to us. A prayer is characterised by fear when we say, “Dear God, I am scared. Stay with me, otherwise things will end in a bad way.” And God’s response is, “Don’t worry, I am here. I have everything under control.”
However, it is more beautiful when we pray not out of fear but because we long for fellowship with God. We want to be with Him and very close to Him. Whoever comes to God in this way and says out of love for God, “Lord, stay with me, I need your fellowship because I love you,” will be able to experience the omnipotence of God again and again. “Lord, stay with me, not because I am afraid but because I love you. I want to be close to you.”
Kind regards,
Wolfram Laube