JMD Devotional 185 Psalm 67:1-3 Grace Grace Grace and Blessings!
GOD BE merciful and gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us and among us--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!--
That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations. Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You.
We have been made painfully aware of our sins and short-comings; our rebellion has been pointed out, our transgressions recorded. Our earthly parents would have used that as reason to withhold rewards; but not God. God wants us to approach Him and ask for blessing upon blessing. He wants to be known as Good and Gracious and Forgiving; and He wants to make the 'outsiders' jealous for how He spoils His children, because we are His special possession. You cannot out grace God! We expect scolding and that keeps us distant; but reread the story of the prodigal son; the Father's heart leapt when He saw his tattered and muddy son returning home.
Praise God for a Father like that!
Dear God,
You are more wonderful than I can imagine; increase my imagination! Help me to approach You in faith that Jesus paid the full price for my past, present and future sins making me fully acceptable to Your Holy Presence. Bless me because I am yours. Help me to extend the same grace to others.
Amen
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That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations. Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You.
We have been made painfully aware of our sins and short-comings; our rebellion has been pointed out, our transgressions recorded. Our earthly parents would have used that as reason to withhold rewards; but not God. God wants us to approach Him and ask for blessing upon blessing. He wants to be known as Good and Gracious and Forgiving; and He wants to make the 'outsiders' jealous for how He spoils His children, because we are His special possession. You cannot out grace God! We expect scolding and that keeps us distant; but reread the story of the prodigal son; the Father's heart leapt when He saw his tattered and muddy son returning home.
Praise God for a Father like that!
Dear God,
You are more wonderful than I can imagine; increase my imagination! Help me to approach You in faith that Jesus paid the full price for my past, present and future sins making me fully acceptable to Your Holy Presence. Bless me because I am yours. Help me to extend the same grace to others.
Amen
All (but*) quotes are from The Amplified Bible, published by
the Lockman Foundation. (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
*New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
**Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. (Eugene Peterson's easy-to-read, contemporary Scripture translation)
If you know of someone who would like to subscribe to
my daily devotional, please forward.
jamesdinsmore_32907@yahoo.com
Short, concise, thought-provoking.
More features:
http://SaintJamesPoetry.blogspot.com
http://recoverydevotional.blogspot.com/
http://jamesezadventures.blogspot.com/
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