Reading: Isaiah 43
My Verse: "Fear not for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
am through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you (Isaiah 43:1,2).
One has only to read Psalm 139 to realize the awesome splendor, complexity and mystery we are as Your created beings! We can never truly know ourselves, but You, LORD God do! You know me to the very depths of me!
"You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from Your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me" (Psalm 139:5-10).
I love how Oswald Chambers paraphrases this.
"Thou are the God of the early mornings,
the God of the late nights,
the God of the mountain peaks,
and the God of the sea;
but, my God,
my soul has further horizons than the early mornings,
deeper darkness than the nights of earth,
higher peaks than any mountain peaks,
greater depths than any sea in nature --
Thou Who are the God of all these, be my God.
I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths;
there are motives I cannot trace,
dreams I cannot get at -- my God, search me out."
Until I come to a full realization of this I will never realize the wonder of Who You are LORD God or the wonder of the kind of person You made me to be and want me to be!
The thing that keeps me from this is sin, but You LORD God can cleanse and heal. You want so very much to cleanse and heal me from the stain of sin.
That most wonderful prayer of Paul's in I Thessalonians 5:23 states . . .
"And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through[separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ (the Messiah). (Amplified Bible)
Thank you for this prayer, LORD God. Oswald Chambers restates this truth most wonderfully.
"Cleansing from sin is to the very heights and depths of our spirit if we will keep in the light as God is in the light, and the very Spirit that fed the life of Jesus Christ will feed the life of our spirits." -My Utmost For His Highest
What massive, amazing truths!
Oh, LORD my God, help me here - to venture into this great vastness of YOU!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "Fear not for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
am through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you (Isaiah 43:1,2).
One has only to read Psalm 139 to realize the awesome splendor, complexity and mystery we are as Your created beings! We can never truly know ourselves, but You, LORD God do! You know me to the very depths of me!
"You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from Your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me" (Psalm 139:5-10).
I love how Oswald Chambers paraphrases this.
"Thou are the God of the early mornings,
the God of the late nights,
the God of the mountain peaks,
and the God of the sea;
but, my God,
my soul has further horizons than the early mornings,
deeper darkness than the nights of earth,
higher peaks than any mountain peaks,
greater depths than any sea in nature --
Thou Who are the God of all these, be my God.
I cannot reach to the heights or to the depths;
there are motives I cannot trace,
dreams I cannot get at -- my God, search me out."
Until I come to a full realization of this I will never realize the wonder of Who You are LORD God or the wonder of the kind of person You made me to be and want me to be!
The thing that keeps me from this is sin, but You LORD God can cleanse and heal. You want so very much to cleanse and heal me from the stain of sin.
That most wonderful prayer of Paul's in I Thessalonians 5:23 states . . .
"And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through[separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ (the Messiah). (Amplified Bible)
Thank you for this prayer, LORD God. Oswald Chambers restates this truth most wonderfully.
"Cleansing from sin is to the very heights and depths of our spirit if we will keep in the light as God is in the light, and the very Spirit that fed the life of Jesus Christ will feed the life of our spirits." -My Utmost For His Highest
What massive, amazing truths!
Oh, LORD my God, help me here - to venture into this great vastness of YOU!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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