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This is a promise God gives as Father to those who have become His children. Yet this is a point on which many children of God are attacked by the Devil at different times. Remember how he tried to tempt Jesus to wonder if He was really the Son of God. Just as Jesus did not budge a bit from His knowledge of who He was, we need to learn to hold unwaveringly to God's promise that He will not leave us.

There will be times when we are aware of our sinfulness in the presence of the holy God. It will then be natural for us to wonder how God can tolerate us, let alone be close to us. But that is only one part of the facts. When we came first to God through faith in Jesus, God not only transferred the guilt of all our sins to Jesus, but He also robed us with the righteousness of Jesus (Is.61:10). It is the spotless record of Jesus that God looks at when He thinks of us. If that was not enough, there is Jesus our Advocate standing at the right side of God and pointing out to Him the atonement He has made for us (1Jn.2:1,2).

But we know that even after we have become children of God, we can still fall into sin for various reasons. God was aware of this when He made His plan for our salvation. So in addition to making provision for a complete wiping of our record of sin at the time of our coming to faith, He has arranged for us to confess each sin as we become aware of it and receive forgiveness (1Jn.1:9). This provision is available to us even if we have backslidden from God for a period and want to get back to Him.

It is possible that even when we know these things, we feel unclean at times when the Accuser throws his fiery darts at us from unexpected sides. The above facts of God's forgiveness and acceptance are still valid even though we don't feel as if they apply to us. This is where we have to train ourselves to hold on to facts in spite of feelings that tell us otherwise. Remember, we cannot control our feelings directly, but we can change them by redirecting our thoughts to cling on to facts.

Sometimes we may feel that we have disappointed our Saviour who gave Himself for us. It seems logical for us to assume that He would have given up on us. But God is not like us. Jesus has come to save us, and not to judge us. Think how ridiculous it would be if our Rescuer sees our struggles and goes away because we failed to follow one of His instructions! No. He has come to rescue us from sin, and as long as that is not complete, He will continue to work in us. He will not forsake us.

What we have to watch out for is if we allow ourselves to be attracted to the things of this world and give up following God. There may be times in the middle of storms that we give up our faith in Him. Even when we turn away from God, He will come pursuing us without giving up. But if we take this for granted and continue to ignore Him and go after our own pleasures, it will not be God who gives up His promise but we who choose to leave Him.

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