I rarely think of God as ‘beautiful’. Maybe because to me it makes God appear less powerful, and a bit more pansy. Nonetheless, God is the perfection of beauty and that is something I cannot deny.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth. (NKJV)
And what is real cool about it is that we were made in His image, the perfection of beauty Himself. And thus to think yourself otherwise is really to deny the creative power of God. Be that living image of God and let Him shine forth!
Filed under: Cogitations, God, Life, Psalm
December 14, 2009 • 10:42
I am extremely grateful that I have it easy. In the sense that I don’t have to worry about what’s going to happen to me after I die, or even whilst I’m living.
I’m secured in the knowledge that I don’t have to work hard to make a name for myself, after all just like the psalmist here says
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
Because the riches of this world are temporary, though that temporary is a lifetime of 80+ years, it is but a minute in eternity. Spending all that time to build up wealth to pay off the ransom that is over each of our heads since the fall of man is futile.
Yes we may spend millions and even billions of dollars, and even sacrifice years of our lives to do good deeds, out of philanthropy or altruism or God forbid, self-centred desire to be famous and popular, whatever the motive, it will not get you out of the pit.
And like I said, I have had it easy. I don’t have to work hard for something that I think might get me to heaven. All I had to do was believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross as a ransom for my sin, and for everyone else who so believes in Him and accepts Him into their hearts.
I may or may not have the capacity to richly bless myself as the world understands, ‘but God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me (v15)’, is a blessing and miracle far greater than which I could ever fathom.
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9 Within your temple, O God,
we meditate on your unfailing love. (NIV)
I really like this verse. Not as overt as Psalm 46 to be still, but just as poignant.
It elicits this idea within me that in God’s presence all we need to do is remember about His love. Just soak and bask in it. And really that isn’t hard to do at all! Especially with what I’m sure are the countless blessings from God that has occurred in each of our lives.
And it is here in God’s presence where you are secured. Though around you, ‘ when kings join forces, when they advance together’ (v4), they trembled with fear and fled because they saw the God that is in me. Leaving me to meditate on God’s love.
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Last week and half or two whatever it is, has gone by pretty quick. Much has happened, but I’ll save the greater details in it’s own discrete post, if I can get around to doing it.
Right now though, time is flying by so fast, little did I realise it has been one and a half months since my resignation. And as time progresses in the best and only way it knows how to, my affixation with my lack of income grows.
I’ve got so many prophecies and words regarding the blessings from God that are about to come, that it should alleviate my anxiety. Maybe that’s the problem, I refuse to fully acknowledge my anxiety simply because “I know I shouldn’t”. Irrational belief perhaps? Only I can deal with God, and He with me on that matter.
And this Psalm today lends further comfort to my situation.
4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. (KJV)
I was a little hung up on the use of words affecting the tense of this verse. That is in the NIV it is “He chose”, in the NKJV, “He will choose”. Then I realised that it doesn’t matter, because in the end God has an inheritance unique to each one of us, regardless of time.
In His sovereign will, His full inheritance for each one of us be revealed and manifested. Simply because we are His pride and joy, and He loves us so.
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November 26, 2009 • 10:38
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth! (NKJV)
Last night, this was the theme that filled a special prayer meeting at my place. Out of the blue my friend Billy messages me asking if I was free at night, and of all things he wanted to do, he wanted to pray. Strange as it may be to me because I’ve never had such an invite before, I was extremely excited.
So he came about 10ish and we just worshipped God and prayed to Him in the darkness of my room, and I believe that this verse pretty much highlighted exactly the main theme of what God was speaking to us last night.
The two of us are going through some similar stuff in that life changing decisions have to be made. For me it’s what do I do now from here on end, I mean, I got a pretty decent idea, and talking it through with a few others, there seems to be a resonance in the spirit, but maybe I’m just waiting for my confirmation.
But last night, God was just reminding us to not jump the gun, to not try and do things on our own strength. Instead to be still in Him. And only when we are still, will the nations, and the earth around us see that it is not us, but God who moves. Then will He be exalted.
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