The Lord was with Joseph. This preposition shows proximity or association God calls His people to be in fellowship with Him. It is used frequently to show the promises of God towards us, or to affirm that God is with us, or our petitions to God to be with us. Everywhere God meets us He places on us a moral demand.
James conveys the idea that only when we submit to God will the devil "flee from you" as we are then committed to God ...
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own...
Good Shepherd, you know us by our name and our identity is not hidden from you. Gather us to yourself as a shepherd gathers...
