At our church we often sing the beautiful song by Ron and Carol Harris: “In This Very Room.” It begins, “In this very room there’s quite enough love for one like me.” This song reminds me that although there is great encouragement in gathering with other Christians for worship, the important thing is that Christ is present. But it goes beyond that. He is with us not just at church but in every room of our lives.
I wonder where you’re reading this—a kitchen, a coffee shop, a prison cell, a military post? Perhaps you’re in a hospital or a courtroom. It may be a room that reflects everything that’s right in your life or a place that represents all that’s wrong. And you might be afraid.
In the aftermath of the awful reality of Jesus’ crucifixion, His followers met in a familiar room. John records that “when the doors were shut [locked] where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ‘Peace be with you’” (John 20:19). A week later it happened again when Jesus entered through locked doors to bring peace through His presence (vv.26-29).
Wherever you are today, “There’s quite enough hope and quite enough power to chase away any gloom, for Jesus, Lord Jesus, is in this very room.” — by: David C. McCasland (Our Daily Bread; 3/4/12)
When in the midst of life with its problems,
Bent with our toil and burdens we bear;
Wonderful thought and deep consolation:
Jesus is always there. —Lillenas
Our loving God is always near—forever by our side.
READ:John 20:19-29
19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
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I’m in the comfort of my bedroom reading this and responding. I am so glad to be able to live in the USA and be blessed with all that I have. Even though I was kicked out of a church last year, I still keep loving because it was my Savior’s first command.Having said that, Mychal,I appreciate all you do as a writer and I’m blessed to be able to read an be encouraged by your words. Have a great day!
clara: you are kind…thk you much…
Wonderful. Thank you. This made me listen again to “The Prayer” Bocelii &Dion. Let this be our prayer…I pray you’ll be our eyes and help us to be wise….Lead us to a place…Give us grace so we will be safe…
‘In this very room’ no matter where we are, Our Savior is with us. When we invite the Lord into our lives, He will guide/lead and we shall follow.
marilyn: a beautiful thought…and an even more beautiful truth…
This article, “In This Very Room” was copied from today’s, March 4, 2102 “Our Daily Bread” and is written by Dave McCasland, not by Mychal. http://www.odb.org
larry: if you read same you will see that I accredited David at the end of the devotion…as I do every Sunday…
actually it doesn’t on firefox, had seen this type of thing before and meant to mention it.
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Mychal – who has written 285 posts on The Daily Rant: Black Conservative Mychal Massie’s Hard Hitting Commentary on Race, Obama and Politics.
Mychal S. Massie is National Chairman of the conservative black think tank, Project 21
dmacleo: that’s odd…it is at very end before the prose before the scripture…
I just checked with IE9, Opera, Chrome, and safari and seeing same thing.
not sure how you’re setup but are we maybe (dns wise) coming in from different pathings?
I am first accessing site here:
http://mychal-massie.com/premium/
then clicking title In This Very Room – Sunday Thought For Today
also possible, with WP, that the attribution is only being seen by a certain level of access, re: us little people (non-obamas LOL ) are seeing a default setting :)
dmcleo: I don’t know what you folks are looking at…lol…but the attribution is there here is last ppg taken right from the article as it appears on blog: “Wherever you are today, “There’s quite enough hope and quite enough power to chase away any gloom, for Jesus, Lord Jesus, is in this very room.” — by: David C. McCasland (Our Daily Bread; 3/4/12)” …I’m not going to tease anyone about needing reading glasses…but…
I see, I was looking at the larger post written by statememt and missed the other attribution, sorry about that.
dmacleo: hahaha…understood…
Some genuinely superb info, Glad I noticed this.
richissime: thk you…