Psalms 70:4 KJV
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Within this prayer are three requests for the people of God:
Let all those that see thee rejoice and be glad in thee
A good description of a Christian is someone who seeks the Lord. The believer ought to be the kind of person who pursues a close and ever increasing relationship with the Lord. The idea of seeking implies that what we seek is always kept out of range. The Christian should never be content that he has attained the relationship he seeks in the Lord. We will not fully have that relationship until we reach heaven. But in the seeking, we may find true joy (though never absolute satisfaction). There is gladness in the pursuit after the Lord.
Let such as love thy salvation say continually
Here we find another good description of the Christian; he loves God's salvation. He is not interested in a man made type of salvation. He could care less for a salvation he has worked up for himself, but he loves the salvation that
God has devised
God has provided and
God offers to any who humbly come to Christ
Of those, the Psalmist prays that they will offer continually the third prayer of the passage
Let God be magnified
The Christian's most constant motivation is to see that God be magnified in this world. How we ought to pray first that more Christians call on men to magnify God and that more men come to know Christ and magnify Him.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Within this prayer are three requests for the people of God:
Let all those that see thee rejoice and be glad in thee
A good description of a Christian is someone who seeks the Lord. The believer ought to be the kind of person who pursues a close and ever increasing relationship with the Lord. The idea of seeking implies that what we seek is always kept out of range. The Christian should never be content that he has attained the relationship he seeks in the Lord. We will not fully have that relationship until we reach heaven. But in the seeking, we may find true joy (though never absolute satisfaction). There is gladness in the pursuit after the Lord.
Let such as love thy salvation say continually
Here we find another good description of the Christian; he loves God's salvation. He is not interested in a man made type of salvation. He could care less for a salvation he has worked up for himself, but he loves the salvation that
God has devised
God has provided and
God offers to any who humbly come to Christ
Of those, the Psalmist prays that they will offer continually the third prayer of the passage
Let God be magnified
The Christian's most constant motivation is to see that God be magnified in this world. How we ought to pray first that more Christians call on men to magnify God and that more men come to know Christ and magnify Him.
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