Jeremiah 9:24 “………’I.am the Lord, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,’ says the Lord.’”
Dear God,
When I think about You, Almighty God in heaven; aspects of Your character, and what You have done in the past, as well as the many things You do now, I give You glory. It is then, that I am uplifted and my spirit nurtured.
We people are the rebellious inhabitants of the planet, earth, under the dictatorship of Satan; and I am so thankful this does not deter You from “exercising loving kindness, judgement and righteousness in the earth.” Which is just as well as none of us personally have anything to ‘glory in’ save You, God Almighty and what is done for us each and every day; and more besides.
Everything of human manufacture or achievement will pass away and be like ashes in my mouth, because any human wisdom, might, or riches, will pass away in death and at the end of this earth as known by each of us. It will only be my relationship with You, as my God, that will bring lasting satisfaction and endure into eternity.
I believe that I love You with all of my heart, then at other times I am brought up short, by the realization, that many times despite what I thought, I actually do not at all times, love You with all my heart. With gratitude I acknowledge, that I am not left to my own devices, and instead the Holy Spirit woos and leads me to You, and by His strength I am able to give all my heart to You at that time.
I like all of us, have choice, and need to daily keep in my mind, that I do not know when my life or time of probation will close for me. Each day I plan to tell Jesus to have my heart, so that He dwells in me, and I in Him.
In real joy I live in expectation for the day when Jesus comes back to collect all His faithful followers. I treasure You Holy Spirit, and ask that I be filled today. As I wait for the Lord’s harvest, I will not say as in Jeremiah 8: 20 “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” When Jesus and His angels are descending toward earth in triumph, there will be much gnashing of teeth by unrighteous people, and the calling for the rocks to fall upon them, announcing the glorious person of Jesus, King of Kings, Lord of Lords; with the backdrop of God’s cataclysmic events being unleashed up on the earth. Only those whom Jesus knows as His own people, will look up with rejoicing as the One of their expectation and strength comes for them at last. ‘O happy day.’
Today I give You my love and allegiance, and willingly invite that my heart be searched, then correction and direction given, so that I indeed will be prepared for the coming of our Saviour.
Amen