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The Comfort of God

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 28, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 17.

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The Comfort of God

TRUE it is, our Lord is not here personally present, as He was when upon the earth; but He has not left us orphans; His Holy Spirit, the blessed Paraclete, dwells in every soul that desires the life-presence of God. In the development of faith and character, it is better, it is expedient, that Christ should not be here in person. When He was here, men limited His power to His bodily presence. "Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died," was the limit of faith. It was a Roman centurion who saw the great truth which God's people could learn only by Christ's absence. "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof, but speak the word only and my servant shall be healed."
Christ's power is not diminished by physical distance. He is as able to heal now as when He walked the earth. Time and space do not change Him. His mighty Spirit of life flows out unto all the universe of God, each current of which bears His fulness to every one who is in harmony with the law of God's working, His moral law. Surely there is comfort in this for all; for to all God is more willing to give of His Spirit than are earthly parents to give good gifts to their children. "Ask, and ye shall receive."