The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.—Ps 37:23
I love knowing that my every step has been ordered by my God, AND that He DELIGHTS in my way! As a parent and a grandparent I KNOW what it is like to delight in a little one! What interests them, interests me...even if it is Thomas the tank engine or Blues Clues. As they grow and their interests change mine change right with them. Even if they turn aside from me and go in the wrong direction, my heart prays for them and desires their best. What concerns them, always concerns me. If this is true about me, a fallen human being, how much more intense must God’s delight be for us His children?
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
5 You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.—Ps 139
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Testimonies to God’s Grace...
However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.—Mark 5:19-20
Each one of us are and have a testimony of God’s compassion and grace residing in our hearts. May we proclaim it boldly and live our lives in obedience to our God...keeping our behavior excellent among the unsaved. Let’s crush the critics by doing good and for whatever reason they may slander us as evil-doers, MAY they still observe our good deeds and by His grace come to glorify God on the day He visits them...on the day He looks on them with mercy and compassion.
Each one of us are and have a testimony of God’s compassion and grace residing in our hearts. May we proclaim it boldly and live our lives in obedience to our God...keeping our behavior excellent among the unsaved. Let’s crush the critics by doing good and for whatever reason they may slander us as evil-doers, MAY they still observe our good deeds and by His grace come to glorify God on the day He visits them...on the day He looks on them with mercy and compassion.
Exodus 34:29
Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him—Exodus 34:29
2 Cor 3:18 (NKJV)
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Psalm 90:17 (NKJV)
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
Acts 4:13 (NKJV)
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:7-18. ❤️ as a commentary on Exodus 34.
2 Cor 3:18 (NKJV)
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Psalm 90:17 (NKJV)
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
Acts 4:13 (NKJV)
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:7-18. ❤️ as a commentary on Exodus 34.
Leviticus 18:18
And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.—Lev 18:18
This verse popped out at me today bringing Jacob, Rachel and Leah to my mind specifically the heartache that a shared husband brought to these sisters. Ideally, families should be a safe haven...a soft place to fall. Rachel and Leah’s households were filled with strife, selfish ambition and rivalry...probably a hundredfold more than a bigamous marriage without the complication of the other spouse being your sister. Nothing could ever be peaceable and pure in Rachel and Leah’s life after that. All...even the best of life...even the births of their children were tainted by conflict and bitterness. Obviously, Jacob, Leah and Rachel lived before the law was given. Today we have no such excuse. Sin of any magnitude always causes heartache and pain and defiles all who come in contact with it...however innocently.
I am thankful this morning...
—that God’s word is true,
—that I am under grace and not the law
—that His commandments are not burdensome but are for our good.
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This verse popped out at me today bringing Jacob, Rachel and Leah to my mind specifically the heartache that a shared husband brought to these sisters. Ideally, families should be a safe haven...a soft place to fall. Rachel and Leah’s households were filled with strife, selfish ambition and rivalry...probably a hundredfold more than a bigamous marriage without the complication of the other spouse being your sister. Nothing could ever be peaceable and pure in Rachel and Leah’s life after that. All...even the best of life...even the births of their children were tainted by conflict and bitterness. Obviously, Jacob, Leah and Rachel lived before the law was given. Today we have no such excuse. Sin of any magnitude always causes heartache and pain and defiles all who come in contact with it...however innocently.
I am thankful this morning...
—that God’s word is true,
—that I am under grace and not the law
—that His commandments are not burdensome but are for our good.
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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