A few weeks before the year 2010 arrived I resolved to read my Bible with focus and discipline, with delight and eagerness. It has been 6 months since that time that I began reading the Word of God systematically, and I have been immensely blessed. I cannot put into justified words my indebtedness to such inexpressible grace. What a joy it is to be blessed able to read the Word of God. And yet what are we but vile sinners worthy of Hell? Still in Christ, we are counted more precious than sparrows, more precious than the lilies of the field though we are but dust.
You are my God, my light,
my sovereign delight.
My treasure, my peace,
my never-ending bliss.
Dear God,
Of late, my heart has wandered far from where it once was in it’s affections towards You. In my life of holiness and in my profession of faith in Christ, I am utterly in shame. Shamed for my…
I know that the Lord is sovereign and all powerful. I know that every utterance from Him does not return empty. I know that no event happens on His universe without His consent or foreknowledge because He has ordained them in accordance to His pleasure and will.
Give me a man saved from the depths of the horrors of Hell and the fierceness of the Wrath of God… He knows what I mean when I speak of the all sufficiency of God in Christ Jesus for joy, for peace, for strength. He knows what it means to stand still in heavenly bliss in the midst of heart-wrenching pain.
A repentant heart, a tender heart that is endeared to the Lord. I think that is what we desperately need, what I desperately need. I should not at all be that surprised that in my previous battles with sin I have been repeatedly met with failures for I had a heart that is estranged from my dear Beloved, estranged and emptied of the heavenly. It shouldn’t be a surprise that my mind’s attention and my heart’s affection is easily captivated by so many things. What opposition can temptations meet in a heart that clings so little to it’s Savior?