In February of this year, I decided to start reading through the Bible in chronological order. It has been amazing so far! God has been speaking to me through a lot of stuff in the Old Testament that I hadn't read in a long time. This week has been no different.
Today, I was reading through Psalms. I love all of the poetry in Psalms and the worshipping nature of it all. It starts to get redundant after about 100 (or so) of them. I seemed to be just reading them without really getting anything new out of it. Well, I got to Psalms 112 and I read a verse that caught my attention! It was one that one of my good friends had written on a birthday card she had given me last year.
Intrigued, I re-read that Psalm and was amazed at how much it spoke to me. It talks about the ways of a righteous man and how God loves him and blesses him.
Today, I was reading through Psalms. I love all of the poetry in Psalms and the worshipping nature of it all. It starts to get redundant after about 100 (or so) of them. I seemed to be just reading them without really getting anything new out of it. Well, I got to Psalms 112 and I read a verse that caught my attention! It was one that one of my good friends had written on a birthday card she had given me last year.
Intrigued, I re-read that Psalm and was amazed at how much it spoke to me. It talks about the ways of a righteous man and how God loves him and blesses him.
Psalm 112..
Praise the LORD.
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
who finds great delight in his commands.
His children will be mighty in the land;
who finds great delight in his commands.
His children will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.
Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely,
who conducts his affairs with justice.
Surely he will never be shaken;
a righteous man will be remembered forever.
He will have no fear of bad news;
his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is secure, he will have no fear;
in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.
He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor,
his righteousness endures forever;
his horn will be lifted high in honor.
The wicked man will see and be vexed,
The wicked man will see and be vexed,
he will gnash his teeth and waste away;
the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.
I cannot begin to tell you how my heart yearns to be like this man. I want to be rememered like him. I could blog about every word that I have highlighted in that Psalm. Alas, I do not have the time to do that, so I will be content with writing down my desires - my prayer..
I want to fear the Lord above everything else,
and to delight in His commandments.
I do not want to fear anything in this world,
but to have a heart that is steadfast in Him.
I want His light to shine in the darkness for me,
and to be generous with all that I have.
I want people to remember me,
not for who I am, but for who Jesus is.
I want to be bold and courageous,
not fearful and timid.
I want to stand over my enemy in triumph,
and look down on satan in victory.
I want the lost to see my life and be perplexed.
I want them to desire what I have - what I have been given.
I want my life to matter.
I want to be used by God.
Lord, take over and use me.
Cheers. :)
