PSALM 19
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
I want a heart after God, not just after the "so-called" good things of God, (because all HE does is good), but after the "hard" to understand mysteries of His awesome wrath and righteous judgments. I want to experience the Joy of the Lord in all the things pertaining to the Lord. When He strikes down wickedness and has mercy on us by loving us enough to discipline us, I want my heart to rejoice and be full of the Joy of the Lord.
I know it must be true that Our God is the happiest of all beings, and who can even describe what that would look like for such an un-created being: One who created happiness and joy!
Lord Holy Spirit come and open my eyes to see the wonders of Your Joy in judgments, Your love in discipline, Your pleasing wrath.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
I want a heart after God, not just after the "so-called" good things of God, (because all HE does is good), but after the "hard" to understand mysteries of His awesome wrath and righteous judgments. I want to experience the Joy of the Lord in all the things pertaining to the Lord. When He strikes down wickedness and has mercy on us by loving us enough to discipline us, I want my heart to rejoice and be full of the Joy of the Lord.
I know it must be true that Our God is the happiest of all beings, and who can even describe what that would look like for such an un-created being: One who created happiness and joy!
Lord Holy Spirit come and open my eyes to see the wonders of Your Joy in judgments, Your love in discipline, Your pleasing wrath.
Colossians 1:18-20 (New King James Version)18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
Jesus, You are my example, the head, the first to know the Goodness of God in His wrath, the first to trust Father God fully in obedience even unto death. Jesus teach me Your ways! Let me rejoice in the righteousness of God in each and every expression it comes in. I stand on Your Word that Your ways are true and just every single one of Your ways, O Lord. Let my thoughts be in agreement, and pleasing to You Father God whom I love because You loved me first, long before time began. Thank You Jesus
9 But as it is written: (1 Cor. 2)
“ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
Isaiah 64
4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—
In these ways we continue;
And we need to be saved.
“ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
Isaiah 64
4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—
In these ways we continue;
And we need to be saved.
