当耶稣差派门徒出去时，祂应许：「我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了」（马太福音28章20节）根据希腊学者杰米生，法斯和布朗的解释，「常」从字面上来说，代表「所有的日子」。
耶稣不只是说「常常」，而是说「所有的日子」。那包括我们所有动，我们每天必须承担的责任。无论我们处在顺境或逆境，还是阴天或晴天。
不管每天遭遇如何，我们的主都与我们同在。无论欢乐或悲哀；疾病或健康；成功或失败。不管今天发生什么，我们的主都与我们同行，加添力量给我们、爱我们，用信望爱来使我们信仰坚定。我们能忍受任何情况和环境，因为我们知道主在我们身旁，正如祂在使徒行传18章10节告诉保罗说：「我与你同在。」
提醒自己上帝的同在，在忙碌的一天中停下来告诉自己：「主在这里」，并祷告自己能与这位看不到的主相遇，在任何情况和环境中都看见祂的同在。DHR
我知祂就在我身旁；
生活风暴侵袭我心，
祂说：「孩子，我在这里。」D. De Haan
In All Kinds Of Weather
Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. —Matthew 28:20
When Jesus sent His disciples out, He gave them this promise: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:20). Literally, the word always means “all the days,” according to Greek scholars Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown.
Jesus didn’t simply say, “always,” but “all the days.” That takes into account all our various activities, the good and bad circumstances surrounding us, the varied responsibilities we have through the course of our days, the storm clouds and the sunshine.
Our Lord is present with us no matter what each day brings. It may be a day of joy or of sadness, of sickness or of health, of success or of failure. No matter what happens to us today, our Lord is walking beside us, strengthening us, loving us, filling us with faith, hope, and love. As He envelops us with quiet serenity and security, our foes, fears, afflictions, and doubts begin to recede. We can bear up in any setting and circumstance because we know the Lord is at hand, just as He told Paul in Acts 18:10, “I am with you.”
Practice God’s presence, stopping in the midst of your busy day to say to yourself, “The Lord is here.” And pray that you will see Him who is invisible—and see Him everywhere. — David H. Roper
God’s unseen presence comforts me,
I know He’s always near;
And when life’s storms besiege my soul,
He says, “My child, I’m here.” —D. De Haan
Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. —Isaiah 55:6
