“After he said this, he was taken before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them, ‘Men of Galilee,’ they said, ‘why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.’” Acts 1:9-11

Lord Jesus, As I walk through my life, I often feel very much alone. There may be people all around me, but I feel alone and on my own against so much that challenges me and threatens me. I feel that I must take it on and fight the battle all by myself. I am afraid and scared. But your ascension comforts me. Help me to find comfort in it today. You have not left me. You are not gone or absent from my life. But you are over my life and present in it like never before. There is nothing that is happening or will happen in my life that will take you by surprise or that will overpower you. There is nothing that could happen that you are powerless against. You are powerful over it all. You are ruling over it all. You are present in my life with you power, with your grace, with your wisdom and with you love. Comfort me, dear Jesus with this truth.

Jesus is not gone nor is he absent from your life. You may not see his footsteps behind you or hear his voice in your ear. But he is still present, more than ever in your life. He is present with his power, with his grace, with his wisdom and with his love. You are never alone.