The Lord is at hand. COLOSSIANS iv. 5.
God is at hand, near to every one of us; but Paul here alluded not to God, but to the Lord Jesus Christ as at hand,—that is, very near,—although he had been crucified. What is nearer to us than our hands? When we say "Morning is at hand," we mean that dawn is coming. When we say "Justice is at hand," we mean that Wrong will not be "forever on the throne."
In saying Christ was at hand, the apostle meant that the time was near when Truth would be better understood, and made the guide of human lives. He was right! Truth was at hand, though it was long in making its presence felt, and was for centuries buried under the rubbish of materiality. Even now the Lord, or Truth, is at hand,—nigh unto every one of us. Look up and see!
