The Lord examines our heart and knows everything there is to know about each one of us. He knows our thoughts, even when we are not thinking about Him, as well as everything that we say and do at all times. God places His hand of blessings on us as we follow His perfect plans for our life (Ephesians 2:10).
He is also aware of every time that we sit down or stand up, when we go on a trip or what we do at home, because He goes before us preparing the way and He follows after us. His detailed attention to every human being on earth, throughout every generation of time, is too amazing for us to comprehend.
These facts make our heart sing with joy. Since He loves us this much, it is easy for us to love Him with our whole spirit, soul and body. God is light without any darkness at all. Therefore, if we say that we are united with Christ, but continue to live a disobedient life, we are actually lying (John 14:15-21; 1 John 1:4-6).
We fool our self if we consider our self free from the guilt of sin; yet, when we recognize our pride and rebellion, and our sin that crucified Jesus on Calvary’s cross in God’s great mercy and unfailing love for each one of us, He has compassion on us, blots out and purifies us of our sins, and washes us free of our guilt (Psalm 51:1-6).
We give Him all the glory for His redemption and faithfulness to forgive us and to cleanse us from our sins, as His mighty power works in us. When we live in His light, then the blood of Jesus cleanses us from disobedience, and brings us into an intimate union with God, which brings us into the fellowship of other Born Again Believers (1 John 1:7-9).
He accomplishes so much more in us than we can every ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). He also blesses us abundantly, so that we have all that we need at all times in order to abound in the works that He anoints us to perform during our lifetime (2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 2:10).
Prayer:
Father God, You oppose the proud, but pour out Your grace on the humble; therefore, give us Your grace and mighty power to humble our self and to come to You for salvation. We give You all of our worries and concerns, because we know that You care for us (1 Peter 5:5-7). We look forward to You lifting us up as Your adopted children when You cause Jesus to return to earth.
This will occur in Your own time, and He will be our righteous King, Lord and Ruler over every leader and nation of the world. You alone are immortal, and right now we cannot see You or approach You physically; yet at Jesus appearing, we will serve You with Him as co-heirs of Your Kingdom (Romans 8:16-18). We give You all the glory, honor and power now and forever (1 Timothy 6:15-16).
Thought for the Day:
Jesus grew up on this earth in God’s presence, and there was nothing attractive about Him that would make anyone be drawn to Him; in fact, He was despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and grief for our sake; sadly, so many through the ages of time feel this same way about Him and turn their back on His free gift of salvation, even though He was punished for our sins, pierced in the side for our rebellion, beaten so that we can be whole, and whipped so we can be healed.
- Isaiah 53:1-8
