What Do You Most Love About Allah? I Love. . .His Promise To Never, Ever Leave Me

In the last blog post, I asked the question, “What do you most love about Allah?”

My answer? “His love!”

But. . .there are so many attributes of God, how can you pick just one? So today, I want to add another one:

I love that God promises that He will never leave His people.

My father left my mother, my sister. He left me.

But God promises that He. . .will never. . .ever. . .leave. . .me.

People may leave us. Because they are fallible, they may:

abandon, forsake, desert us. . .
leave us, turn their back on us. . .
cast us aside, leave us stranded. . .
dump us, ditch us, even do away with us. . .

People may:

renounce us. . .
dispense with us, disown us. . .
disavow, discard, drop, wash their hands of us. . .

People may. . .walk out on us. . .

But not. . .God.

This – to me – is the greatest promise I have from God:

* “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” (the Prophet Musa – Moses – to the people; in the Tawrat, Deuteronomy 31:6)
* “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” (the Prophet Musa – Moses – to the people; in the Tawrat, Deuteronomy 31:8)
“. . .God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?'” (to the Hebrews, chapter 13, verses 5-6)

I really like a paraphrase of one of these verses:

“. . .God assured us, ‘I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you. . .'” (Hebrews 13:5, The Message)

This one too is especially powerful:

“. . .He (God) Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. I will not, I will not, I will not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let you down (relax My hold on you)! Assuredly not!” (Hebrews 13:5, Amplified)

He never lets go. Through the calm and through the storm. He never lets go. In every high and every low. He never lets go of me.

My God. . .is. . .always. . .with me. Amazing. Wonderful. Beyond comprehension.

“What do you most love about Allah?”

I love that God promises that He will never leave His people.

God promises that He. . .will never. . .ever. . .leave. . .me.