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.
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void...
James conveys the idea that only when we submit to God will the devil "flee from you" as we are then committed to God ...
James conveys the idea that only when we submit to God will the devil "flee from you" as we are then committed to God ...