Today’s devotion was 1 Peter 2:9-10.
“But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.” 1 Peter 2:9-10. (Emphasis added.).
I hope that you see this “proclaiming the excellencies of Him” in my writings.
In my Introduction to “Gold Mining”, in the tag on my Home Page at my web site, I wrote: “I conclude that we should focus more on who God is and what He has done than we should focus on us and what we have done.
“Thus says the LORD, `Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,’ declares the LORD. Jeremiah 9:23-24.” ”
Here is one letter in Gold Mining.
GOLD MINE 38: PSALM 40:10
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
April 29, 1996
Harry:
“I have not hidden Thy righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation; I have not concealed Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth from the great congregation.” Psalm 40:10 (emphasis added).
There is a seminar this weekend at my church called: “Seven Attributes of the Godly Man”. It may very well be a good seminar, yet the title made me think: “I wish there was a seminar on “Seven Attributes of God”.
Much more important than improving our righteousness is learning about the righteousness of God. Much more important than trying to be more faithful is learning about the faithfulness of God. Do we want to learn more about ourselves or God? Do we want to learn more about what we should do or more about what God has done for us?
Too often, we look down into our own hearts and try to improve ourselves, rather than look up to God and observe and meditate upon what He has done.
“Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which Thou hast done,
And Thy thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with Thee;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.” Psalm 40:5.
Many of us would paraphrase Psalm 40:1-2 to be: “I just did it; And God was proud of me. I climbed out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; And I made myself secure.”
However, Psalm 40:1-2 states: “I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay;
- Find two other “Attributes of God”.
Bill
But, in conclusion, even in addition to these eternal “Attributes of God”, I have tried to encourage us to notice and remember and report to others the many daily lovingkindnesses that we have received from God. Of course, they are not as important as salvation and the eternal “Attributes of God”, but they do encourage others, they do add up to show God’s faithfulness, and most importantly, they also do “proclaim the excellencies of Him”.
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