Have you considered the meaning of those words? Never leave. This means He isn’t a talisman to be brought out when we are in trouble or have a problem, to ‘fix it’. He doesn’t just ‘check in’ with us occasionally to see if everything is OK. This is a 24/7 reality.
I know that when I realized the significance of what this means that I was stunned. 24/7! Goodness! That means He’s there when I might prefer that He wasn’t. He’s there when I say or do something I wish I didn’t and definitely would prefer He didn’t ‘know’ how I had acted. He’s always there.
This is not an awareness to be taken lightly. Especially if you don’t want to disappoint the Lord or yourself. Once this became a reality for me it began to change what I did or didn’t do and what I said or didn’t say. It’s not that I suddenly became ‘perfect’ but it did put me on the path toward being pleasing rather than disappointing.
I discovered that when He said He would never leave me – He meant it! But that it also required me to be aware of His constant presence. He never asked me to do something I couldn’t or become someone I wasn’t – but because He was with me I found that I wanted to become a ‘better person’.
The ‘flip side’ of the reality that He will never leave is that I am never alone. I always have someone with me regardless of what messes I get into, what accomplishments I may succeed at – that I always have someone to count on to be with me.
