Certainly I Will Be With Thee

 

"And Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh
and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

God said, "I will surely be with you; and this shall be the sign to you
that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt,
you shall serve God on this mountain, Horeb (Sinai)."

And Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the Israelites and say
to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me,
What is His name?  What shall I say to them?"

And God said to Moses,  "I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM
 and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE;  and He said,  You shall
 say this to the Israelites,  I AM has sent me to you."

God also said to Moses,  "This shall you say to the Israelites, The Lord,
the God of your fathers, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you!
This is My name forever, and by this name I AM to be remembered to all generations."
(Exodus 3:11-15)

Mt. Horeb On The Sinai Peninsula 

(1858)

Francis Frith

(1822-1898)

English Photographer of the Middle East
Image courtesy/Wikipedia

"Certainly I will be with thee!"

Father, I have found it true;

To Thy faithfulness and mercy,

I would set my seal anew.


All the year thy grace hath kept me,

Thou my help indeed hast been,

Marvelous the lovingkindness

Every day and hour hath seen.

"Certainly I will be with thee!

Let me feel it, Savior dear,

Let me know that Thou art with me,

Very precious, very near.

On this day of solemn pausing

With Thyself all longing still,

Let Thy pardon, let Thy presence,

Let Thy peace my spirit fill.


"Certainly I will be with thee!"

Blessed Spirit, come to me,

Rest upon me, dwell within me,

Let my heart Thy temple be;


Thro' the trackless year before me,

Holy One, with me abide!

Teach me, comfort me, and calm me,

Be my ever present guide.

"Certainly I will be with thee!"

Starry promise in the night!

All uncertainties, like shadows,

Fade away before its light.


"Certainly, I will be with thee!"

He hath spoken, I have heard!

True of old, and true this moment,

I will trust JEHOVAH's word.

Photograph courtesy/Havergal Trust

"Certainly I Will Be With Thee"
(1871)
Frances Ridley Havergal
(1836-1879)
English poetess and hymn writer

"She was a bright but short lived candle in English hymnody"