In His discourse with the disciples in this verse, Jesus is predicting their abandonment of Him in the Garden of Gethsemane. (Matthew 26:56) But earlier in John 8:29, He had also told them, “The One Who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone.” So today, we can take much comfort from this fact… that even when we feel deserted and left behind by people, the Lord has not, nor will ever, forsake us. In Deuteronomy 31:6 it tells us that, “The Lord goes with you, He will never leave you nor forsake you.” which is also repeated in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Thus, with this kind of Divine reassurance, we really don’t have anything to fear, for the Lord is always with us. (Isaiah 41:10)