Join In Righteousness

Psalms 40:5-10

I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
² He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
³ He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.

⁴ Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
⁵ Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”

⁹ I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know.
¹⁰ I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.

 

How grateful I am for the Word of God, a word that I wasn't going to let anyone take from me.  How good it is to read of someone who walked on this earth in pure, clean honesty.  I have yet to meet someone like this, and God knows, I try.  But guess what?  This is our brother the King who says - Imitate Me, as I imitate My Father.  He tells us to gird our minds for this journey He's about to take us on.  Verse 5 says, "Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered."  Who doesn't want a Father and Brother like that?  How many people in our life today can we say that about?  I had never even thought there were demons on us, and keeping us from true happiness, until, after making Jesus my life, and my all and all.  If we don't connect to the Word and work the word as we go through our trials, God might just leave us stuck in there.  We are to use His sword, and His word to fight our way out of every tests and trials.  Verses 6-8 says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. ⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. ⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.”  God needs our ears open to His truth and He tells us to delight ourselves in it, by working the fruits of His Spirit as we press forward (Philippians 3:12-16).  "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. ¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.¹⁵ Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind."  An idle mind is the devil's workshop.  God wants to do a lot of things for us, to show us His awesome works.  However, until we see God's word, through His eyes, we will miss this celebration.  (Luke 12:49-50)  " “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!"  The Holy Spirit is inside of us, to ignite the fire to righteousness.  Join in righteousness. 

 

 (Malachi 3:17)  "On the day when I act," says the Lord Almighty, "they will be My treasured possessions".

 

Blessing to all as we come together in righteousness.

 

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.

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