Joy Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever, Amen (Jude 24).
For the most part it is the arms of the Holy Spirit who keeps us from all harm and stands us back on our feet again. Angels watch over us so we don’t even stub our toes. But in the crisis, it’s the Spirit of God who presents us faultless before God our Father. For God, we are His joy. He is like any proud papa who cheers on His daughter or son when they take their first attempt to ride a two-wheel bike without training wheels. I look at it this way: God my Father gave me the bicycle. The Holy Spirit taught me how to ride first with training-wheels and then without. Jesus takes off the training wheels, and all three of them jump up and down, shouting their joy as I stream by!
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