In the Arms of Jesus!

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Jesus said to his disciples:
If you love me, you will do as I command. Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you.

The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don’t see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you.
I won’t leave you like orphans. I will come back to you. In a little while the people of this world won’t be able to see me, but you will see me. And because I live, you will live. Then you will know that I am one with the Father. You will know that you are one with me, and I am one with you.

If you love me, you will do what I have said, and my Father will love you. I will also love you and show you what I am like.

John 14:15-21

The disciples of Jesus walked with Him for three years, but still they did not know Him. They knew His voice and His face, but they did not know Jesus like they would when the Holy Spirit came and lived in them.

"If I had only walked with Jesus on this earth I would have so much more faith." Not at all! Look at the disciples before and after they received the Holy Spirit. While they were with Jesus in the flesh the disciples were cowards and ran away when things got tough. After the Holy Spirit came they stood tall and gladly faced death for the Glory of God.

It is like the difference of a man seeing a picture of the one he loves or being held in her embrace! We can't see the physical form of Jesus today, but we are held in His arms and led by the Holy Spirit. The disciples saw Jesus with their eyes, but we can see and know Him in our hearts!

When you are in the arms of Jesus, there is nothing to fear!