January 20, 2025
May He send you help from the sanctuary and support you from Zion. (Psalm 20:2)
As I entered God’s throne room in prayer this morning and simply praised the Lord, I was overwhelmed with the work of the triune God on my behalf.
It was my Father that made me—fearfully and wonderfully. He made me like He is so I can join Him in what He does. He designed me in a way that I could be with Him and experience His near presence every day.
The Son, my Elder Brother, left heaven to come and rescue me. He did everything necessary to provide a Way, modeled true living for me, and invited me to follow Him there.
And it is the Spirit who has come to dwell within me! He convicted me of my need for Christ, regenerated me in the work of salvation, and then condescended to come and indwell me, giving me everything I need for every day!
Every act I do that is of value comes from Him. It is His initiation and empowering that uses me. His leadership that takes me to the right places. His understanding opens my mind to see things which “eye has not seen and ear has not heard.”
James sums this up so well.
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. (James 1:17-18)
This is why the Psalmist, as he prayed for others, asks God to bring them help “from the sanctuary,” i.e., from His PRESENCE, for everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything.
Look back over your life with eyes of faith as much as you can, and realize the magnitude of what God has done for you, the comprehensiveness of His work in and through you … and give Him thanks.
And then rise up and walk in humility today before your God.
February 20, 2025
If you have questions about how real, how present, how personal and intimate the Lord is, then just read six words of travelogue in Luke’s journal as he traveled with Paul.
February 18, 2025
I have known many people who have had great joy and power in the midst of great suffering. It is humbling that the slightest inconveniences deter many of us from following God. We have not gotten to the bottom—settled the issue. Most often, we live for our comfort, reputation, or gain. When any of those goals are touched, we are troubled and discontent.
February 17, 2025
The repentant who finds God gains everything. “He who has God and everything else,” said C.S. Lewis, “has no more than he who has God alone.”
