abide

1 John 2:26-29, "I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it had taught you, abide in him. And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him."

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The Biblical word used for "abide" means "to stay (in a given place, state, relation, or expectancy):-abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), thine own.

It means to remain or abide in reference to a place--to sojourn or to tarry; not to depart, but to continue to be present, or to be held and kept continually.

There are times when God places us in situations or locations that are unpleasant or that seem like a trial. Maybe the place you're in began as a good fit but grew less and less comfortable as time went on. Whatever the case, we receive the command to abide in him. This releases us from the tendency to trust in the people around us and measure hope by our outward circumstances. Rather, we abide in the unchanging.

John 15:4-7 reminds us what our stay and hope and source of life should be, not matter what heights or depths we find ourselves in. Verse 4 reads, "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me."

Even while we sojourn, we abide in Him.

If we tarry in a trial or a trouble or a triumph, we abide in Him.

In the middle of a storm, we are not to depart, but to continue to be present, knowing that God has promised the same: He will not depart from us, He will continue to be present, and He will hold and keep us continually.

You are held and kept continually.

To abide means to remain or abide in reference to time--to continue to be, not to perish, to last, endure; for persons, to survive, live.

How precious are God's promises not only to give us life through His Son, but also to allow His Spirit and His Word to abide in us!

1 John 2:24-25 says, "Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life."

Deuteronomy 32:47a, "For it is no empty word for you, but your very life..."

Deuteronomy 30:14, "But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it."

Isaiah 55:11, "so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."

John 14:16-17, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."

I will choose to continue in Christ and in God's word.

God's word will not perish within me, but will last and endure. 

When I abide in God, I am alive.

To abide means to remain or abide in reference to state or condition--to remain as one, not to become another or different. 

What a beautiful, endless thought! It reminds us that we are never fully, truly ourselves unless we are abiding in God. It reminds us that God's Word is consistent and unchanging, powerfully at work within us. It also reminds us that outward circumstances do not determine who we are in God. This last truth may be one of the closest to my heart right now.

As Ann Voskamp so aptly wrote, "No conditions get to control the condition of my heart."

Daniel 6 outlines a familiar story, that of Daniel in the lion's den. But if we look closer in verses 16-17, we uncover a truth that might at first be overlooked: "Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, 'May your God, whom you serve continually,  deliver you!' And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and witb the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel."

We find that although outward circumstances seem to be determined and chosen by chance or even by unrighteous men, it us ultimately God who orchestrates times and conditions. It is God the king who sets His seal on our lives, that nothing might be changed concerning His children.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22, "And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."

Ephesians 4:30, "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. "

1 John 4:13-16, "By this we know that we abide in Him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in Him."

Blessings and love,

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 Source: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g3306/kjv/tr/0-1/