I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: To Your Praise

Sunday, April 23, 2017

To Your Praise

Michael E. Wood

April 21, 2017

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Is. 55: 6-11

For those of us whom God has given the capacity to both read and comprehend His Word to some degree, we can easily find ourselves reading passages repeatedly with a disciplinary mindset. This is not bad but if we are not careful we can very well find that in the habit of reading we are doing just that, reading out of habit rather than seeking to know Him and desiring to see His face in the reading. While our heavenly Father is pleased to see, us reading His infinite Word, and has promised it will not return void but will accomplish that for which He has sent it, the benefits which we receive through reading are greatly increased as we are empowered by His Spirit to hear His voice through the scriptures and enabled to do what He says to the praise of His glory.

Words of glory, words of grace

Help me through them seek Your face.

Not mere duty but with glee

Brighten more my eyes to see

The wonders now of who You are

My Jesus, My bright Morning Star.

In seeing more, Oh, make me then

Renewed in mind so that within

The change will wholly demonstrate

You save for Your own glory’s sake.

So now in time and end of days

Oh, may my life be to Your praise.

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AnonymousApril 24, 2017 at 1:55 PM
Always greatly encouraged and inspired by your posts. This one is particularly good.
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My Prayer for Michael

Lord, Whose power is infinite and wisdom infallible, order things that they may neither hinder, nor discourage him, nor prove obstacles to the progress of Thy cause.

Stand between him and all strife, that no evil befall, no sin corrupt his gifts, zeal, attainments. May he follow duty and not any foolish device of his own. Permit him not to labour at work which Thou wilt not bless, that he may serve thee without disgrace or debt.

Let him dwell in Thy most secret place under thy shadow, where is safe impenetrable protection from the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the strife of tongues, the malice of ill-will, the hurt of unkind talk, the snares of company, the perils of youth, the temptations of middle life, the moumings of old age, the fear of death.

Cause him to be entirely dependent upon Thee for support, counsel, consolation. Uphold him by Thy free Spirit, and may he not think it enough to be preserved from falling, but may he always go forward, always abounding in the work Thou givest him to do.

Strengthen him by Thy Spirit in his inner man for every purpose of his Christian life.

Cause him to give all of his treasures to the shadow of the safety that is in Thee—his name anew in Christ, his body, soul, talents, character, his success, children, friends, work, his present, his future, his end. Take them, they are Thine, and he is thine, now and for ever.

Dianna

Sunday, April 23, 2017

To Your Praise

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