May 30, 2012

The Lord is good.  Fully of favor and grace.  The Lord is my light and my salvation.  The lifter of my head.  The Lord is my strong tower in times of trouble.  I will forever praise him for His constant love never dies and never changes.  He is my rock.  I will raise to worship him and His words will fill my heart and burn within me till His gladness over shadows every dark place in my heart.  He will bring light to my path and cut off every wayward way in me.  I need not worry about the trials and foes in my life for the Lord will go before me this day and make straight my path and lead me away from trouble.  He will show me the words to speak aloud and the ones to speak in prayer.  I am forever grateful for my maker that he has chosen to be an ever present help in times of trouble and brings me to the still waters for rest and repentance.  For the Lords presence is ever around me like the noon day sun.  Warming me clear to my bones.  Lord forgive me when I find your presence to be to hot to bear.  Forgetting that you will take me by the cool water.  Lord all that I have to be thankful for and all that I have to cry over dimly compare to the surpassing greatness of being with you.  For you are a jealous God desiring that my 1st affections be shared with no one but you.  That the love and attention that I lavish on others be only at the direction your hand.  For any other way creates an idol our of them as a God before you.  Lord forgive me for loving myself more than you.  For putting my own happiness above yours.  Lord forgive me for not believing firm that it is you and you alone that restores my souls and brings joy to my heart.  Any other way to happiness will not last.

2 Sam 15:22-16:23, John 18:25-19:22, Ps 119:113-128, Pr 16:10-11

John


36 Jesus answered, (P)“My kingdom (Q)is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, (R)my servants would have been fighting, that (S)I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, (T)“You say that I am a king. (U)For this purpose I was born and for this purpose (V)I have come into the world—(W)to bear witness to the truth. (X)Everyone who is (Y)of the truth (Z)listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, (AR)“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (AS)he who delivered me over to you (AT)has the greater sin.”

Lord please show me full well this Kingdom you have gone to prepare for us.  Lord let me see and hear of all that is yet to come.  Not that I may boast in what my eyes have seen but that I may preach of what your word has made alive in me.  For your word is more than words on a page it is your love letter to us.  Living and active.  Father my heart, my passion, is for all that call on your name to meet you in the pages of your word.  For the person of Christ, God the Father and the Holy Spirit to leap out of this book and to embrace every man, women, boy and girl.  Lord let your word go down like a warm cup of coffee stirring folks at their very core.  Lord help us that have seen the light of life found within to pass it on.  Father let no one that hears my testimony of your grace feel condemned by my words.  Lord discipline is but our only responsibility.  Lord wipe away every misconception that to know you is hard.