Job 1:8 – “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
Oh what a great thing for the Lord to say of a person that they are “blameless and upright.” Delight of delights to be described by God as one who reverently knows Him with a personal knowledge that awakens a reverential fear of His might and power. What a rich gift from our God! Oh to know Him in ever increasing revelations causing us to be in such awe of Him, with understanding, causing us to walk ever closer to Him in a way that pleases Him. May we never be so proud, or so dull, as to be satisfied with our closeness to the Lord! Only the proud, the complacent and the dull think that there is a supposed closeness with God that is sufficient. Is it possible to love Jesus, to treasure Him, to have Him as one’s highest treasure and to be cry “Enough! No more!” Can one really know, did one ever know, the beauty of the Lord and then be able to say “Enough of You God! I don’t need or desire more of You?” Or are we so foolish as to having once loved with fiery passion, to then walk away and let the fire become lukewarm? (Revelation 3:16) God forbid! May we be the Lord’s burning bush that ever burns and is a perpetual witness for Him. May our cry always be “Lord, fan the flames of Your fire upon me!”
Please Lord, grant to us to walk this journey in a way that pleases You. Oh God teach us so that we may be fulfilled and that we may shun evil and please you. Lord God Almighty if You teach us then we know that we know.
May our God teach us to walk as He stated in Micah 6:8 “He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God.” May we do rightly before Him because He has made us to be like Him. Teach us to be just to each other. Oh Lord, please, every morning, mold us to be more merciful. Having received Your mercy, may we always richly treasure it and may the evidence of that be mercy flowing through us to those around us. May another never have their hands on the valve that controls the outflow of mercy from us, but may it be locked open so that mercy will perpetually flow.
May the flow of God’s love and mercy be so strong in us that when a boulder called offence attempts to stop or slow the flow, the raging river of His love and mercy through us immediately washes it away.
The Lord desires us to be righteous, but not for His sake, but for ours. Being made righteous and living in His righteousness is our completing and our fulfilling. Us being righteous does not add to God, perfection needs nothing. It is His love for us that leads us to His righteousness. We are most fulfilled and completed when the core of who we are is like Him. Walking with Jesus, in full recognition of Him with us, the joy of our salvation sings through every part of us. Oh Lord, please keep us ravenous for You! You Lord are our salvation and our joy! Only through you may we be blameless and upright. Forever we praise You!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”