Psalms 40:16 KJV
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Memorial Day. My family will leave in only a few moments on a five hundred mile trek to decorate and remember family members who have gone on.
I have been especially trying to focus my attention on passages that speak of seeking the Lord. This prayer/proclamation calls on God to enable His seekers to be glad in God. We cannot make ourselves be glad in the LORD in our own power. While there are, I think, things we can do to make that joy perhaps more readily available to our souls. Like a good meal, we can prepare ourselves to enjoy it. But we must also recognize that this is a work that God does in our souls. The Psalmist prays for the saints to rejoice and be glad and we ought to learn to pray in the same manner.
And then the Psalmist prays that the saints would "...say continually, the LORD be magnified." Once again I see two ways this might be carried out; first in the power of human will. We might see this verse as a command to obey and therefore will ourselves to say those words, "The LORD be magnified." But then, there may be no heart behind it. Better far would be to have God's enablement to say these words with heart and soul conviction. And that calls us to pray once again. Pray for one another. Pray that God would lift us and strengthen us and cause us to rejoice and be glad so when we say those words they spring forth of the exultation of God in our lives.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Memorial Day. My family will leave in only a few moments on a five hundred mile trek to decorate and remember family members who have gone on.
I have been especially trying to focus my attention on passages that speak of seeking the Lord. This prayer/proclamation calls on God to enable His seekers to be glad in God. We cannot make ourselves be glad in the LORD in our own power. While there are, I think, things we can do to make that joy perhaps more readily available to our souls. Like a good meal, we can prepare ourselves to enjoy it. But we must also recognize that this is a work that God does in our souls. The Psalmist prays for the saints to rejoice and be glad and we ought to learn to pray in the same manner.
And then the Psalmist prays that the saints would "...say continually, the LORD be magnified." Once again I see two ways this might be carried out; first in the power of human will. We might see this verse as a command to obey and therefore will ourselves to say those words, "The LORD be magnified." But then, there may be no heart behind it. Better far would be to have God's enablement to say these words with heart and soul conviction. And that calls us to pray once again. Pray for one another. Pray that God would lift us and strengthen us and cause us to rejoice and be glad so when we say those words they spring forth of the exultation of God in our lives.
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