Malachi 4: 2 “But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.”
Dear God,
What a blessing You and the scriptures are? I am grateful for all they teach me and the hope and joy they bring to my life, at various and needed times over the past year. I appreciate the good news and warning that there is judgement coming upon the world, along with the end to all wickedness; when Jesus, our King of Kings and Lord of Lords, comes back to earth and redeems the righteous and takes them back to heaven to live with Him.
By Your grace I plan to be among the righteous, even though at this time, I have no inherent righteousness to commend me. It is so wonderful and amazing; the scriptures teach me, that You Father God, view me as righteous, when I confess all my sins, and receive cleansing by the blood of Jesus, followed by being covered by His righteousness. But my rescue from sin does not end there, for in the strength and righteousness of the Holy Spirit, I will treasure Jesus Christ and all that He has done for me, and never view it lightly or unthinkingly.
I can see that I have no hope apart from You dear God, and that You are the answer to my every soul need, as well as my every physical, mental and emotional need. Today I give You all my praise, and please give me extra insight, into all that I can give You praise for, and then fill my mind and mouth with songs and praises to You.
I think today of the admonition to the people of Israel given through Malachi 4: 4”Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.” They were being bought back to Your code of living, before Your predicted judgements were to come upon them. This is our need in these days also, and it is good for us to think again upon Your 10 Commandments, for they reveal Your character of love and how we should love and reverence You our God, as well as hallow Your appointed special day, the Sabbath on the seventh day, all the while loving and treating our fellow man with fairness and honesty.
I am glad that we are not left to wonder how we should live out Your code for living, because Jesus our Saviour lived and demonstrated all the given principles, perfectly whilst on earth; for they are based on love and reverence for You with love for our fellow man: and that was His life and ministry.
Throughout the time of man on earth, we have never been left by You our God, without sufficient warning and instruction on how we are to live, and so avert for us, the predicted retribution for wrong doing. We have warning, such as Elijah gave, calling the people back to You, so we can prepare to choose You first in our hearts, for it is not yet too late.
I choose You first again today, and am encouraged by the promise of Malachi 4: 6 “And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” For me I take courage that this is surely for mothers also!
Amen