…”Praise the name of God forever and ever,
for he has all wisdom and power.
He controls the course of world events;
he removes kings and sets up other kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the scholars.
Daniel 2:20-21
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Blessings of Knowing
…I will show my greatness and holiness,
and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 38:23
Blessings of Tenderness
And I will give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit in you.
I will take out your stony, stubborn heart
and give you a tender, responsive heart.
Ezekiel 36:26
Blessings of Priority
…let all my words sink deep into your own heart first.
Listen to them carefully for yourself.
Ezekiel 3:10
Blessings of Glory
All around him was a glowing halo,
like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day.
This is what the glory of the LORD looked like to me.
When I saw it, I fell face down on the ground,
and I heard someone’s voice speaking to me.
Ezekiel 1:28
Blessings of Crying Out
…I called on your name, LORD
from deep within the pit.
You heard me when I cried,
“Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!”
Yes, you came when I called;
you told me, “Do not fear.”
Lamentations 3:55-57
Blessings of the Morning
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
Lamentations 3:23
Blessings of Asking
“This is what the LORD says—
the LORD who made the earth,
who formed and established it,
whose name is the LORD:
Ask me and I will tell you
remarkable secrets you do not know
about things to come.
Jeremiah 33:2-3
Blessings of Looking Wholeheartedly
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD.
“They are plans for good and not for disaster,
to give you a future and a hope.
In those days when you pray, I will listen.
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
Jeremiah 29:11-12
Confessions of a Bible Scribbler
I’ve been writing in my Bible for several years now—highlighting phrases and sometimes talking out loud to God as I go; offering praise and laying out my requests. I sincerely want to absorb what he’s telling me through his word.
I have no magic bargaining chips or leverage power to use against the Creator of the universe; and our relationship is never enhanced when I’m impatient and demanding.
God, being himself, can show up whenever, however, and wherever he pleases and quite often surprises me; but when I go seeking him, I must approach him respectfully. Simply, I must acknowledge that he is God and I am not.
Lately I’ve been asking that God, the Father, give Jesus, the Son, all the names and faces that weigh on my heart; because Jesus said…
All that the Father gives me will come to me,
and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
John 6:37
What could possibly be any better than that?
