Wednesday, May 18, 2011
. . . and I walk in Your faithfulness (Psa 26:3)
FATHER, earlier today I read an article concerning the blood covenant and it referenced the one between You and Abraham. You were the sole initiater and participant – that it was all Your doing, Abraham was just the recipient of Your love; the beneficiary of Your blessing. It was and is Your faithfulness that brings life and provides the very air that we breathe – physically and spiritually. David knew this, his heart was ever before You. You have caused me to walk in Your faithfulness and I can think of no place I’d rather be. Your faithfulness is amazing. It is Who You are – faithful and true.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Mercy and Justice
We are in a dangerous place when we regard God’s mercy towards us as our right. . . No one is ever unfair for not giving mercy. (Rom 9:14-16)
FATHER in reading about mercy, it has confirmed to me the need to understand how You define things, to see them from Your perspective. I think because You are so merciful that we sometimes expect it as our right, when in truth it is not what we deserve at all and we take for granted something we should be humbled by and grateful for. And yet, we are to have confidence in who we are as Your children, Your adopted sons; co-inheritors with Christ. It is Your nature to be merciful, but it is always Your choice – because it is also Your nature to be just. Help me to see things as You see them and to understand, so that I may not sin against You or dishonor You in any way.
FATHER in reading about mercy, it has confirmed to me the need to understand how You define things, to see them from Your perspective. I think because You are so merciful that we sometimes expect it as our right, when in truth it is not what we deserve at all and we take for granted something we should be humbled by and grateful for. And yet, we are to have confidence in who we are as Your children, Your adopted sons; co-inheritors with Christ. It is Your nature to be merciful, but it is always Your choice – because it is also Your nature to be just. Help me to see things as You see them and to understand, so that I may not sin against You or dishonor You in any way.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Groanings too deep for words
Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
FATHER, coming across this verse this morning brings a sense of Your peace, Your faithfulness and Your call on my life. Even before I “knew” You, You were working out Your plans and purposes in my life. For as a child, I knew I wanted You and asked You into my life – not knowing You as I do now, but knowing You as a child. You heard my hearts cry, came in and Your Spirit remained, quietly waiting and working “with groanings too deep for words” until You brought me to that place of sweet surrender, ongoing and deepening with each passing day. ABBA, FATHER I love You so.
FATHER, coming across this verse this morning brings a sense of Your peace, Your faithfulness and Your call on my life. Even before I “knew” You, You were working out Your plans and purposes in my life. For as a child, I knew I wanted You and asked You into my life – not knowing You as I do now, but knowing You as a child. You heard my hearts cry, came in and Your Spirit remained, quietly waiting and working “with groanings too deep for words” until You brought me to that place of sweet surrender, ongoing and deepening with each passing day. ABBA, FATHER I love You so.
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