Colossians 1:9 That is why we keep on talking to God about you since the day we heard about you. We ask him that you may know everything he wants you to do. We ask him that you may be very wise and that the Spirit will help you to understand.
10 We ask him that you will live the way the Lord wants you to live, so that you will please him in everything you do. We ask that you will do everything that is good. We ask that you will see the fruit from what you do. We ask that you will know more and more about God.11 God has wonderful power. And we ask him to give you all the strength you need to go through all your troubles, to be very patient in them, and to be happy.
12 Thank the Father who has made us ready to be with the people of God who live in his light.
Day 27—Today we continue with the rejoicing that comes to the overcomer. |
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What we are seeing in the Psalms, particularly about rejoicing, can go on with us into eternity. The words of the Psalms, particularly those of David, seem to increase as we open ourselves to the never ending supply of grace that flows to us from God’s Throne. It is grace that meets us at every fault in the road of our life. It never ceases to be the answer to our deepest need and most heartfelt cry.
Now, let me present what has come upon my heart regarding the Psalms that follow that most powerful and revealing Word of Psalm 2. David, with the strong realization that the wicked one will do his best to wear down those who will inherit the Kingdom along with God’s beloved Son, has written this section of the Psalms to inform and strengthen those who will reign with Christ. See this prayer from Psalm 13:3-5—
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
Just see those words, put there for us when the enemy has done all in his power to bring us down. What do we have in which to trust? What David called Thy mercy and Thy Salvation. I can say this, oh my dear friend, what I have discovered in the mercy and salvation of the Lord far out weighs any pleasure of possession or joy the world might offer. The truth is there is nothing in the world that can heal the wounded soul that has passed through the dark valley of failure, and through loss and despair, like the mercy and salvation that our Lord God. He offers it freely to whosoever will come to Him, looking to the Lamb that was slain to gain the propitiation for our sin. It’s just amazing! After we have tasted of that merciful salvation, it becomes our inclination to call God Father.
OUR FATHER in the heavens, let Your Name be sanctified and held as holy in our lives. Let Your Kingdom come into our lives. Let it be known in us and through us. Let Your will come into being in us, as it already is in heaven. Let it become the order of our lives. Give us the bread of Your presence, the food that satisfies and strengthens our souls, the provision that enables us to live our lives out to the fullest measure of Your pleasure. Forgive us the offenses, the faults, the sins that have been so heavy in our lives, as we also are forgiving those who have offended us. Keep us from trials that we have not the grace to bear. Rescue us from the evil one who has relentlessly pursued us.
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