November 19
THE ENGRAVING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Psalms 34:17-18 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. (18) The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Jesus-Christ, in one of his most famous sermons tells us that the poor in spirit, the meek and they that mourn are blessed. He teaches us that they are blessed because through their poverty, meekness and sorrow, they have obtained the virtues that are imbedded in the spirit of righteousness (Matthew 5:3-5). Our dear lord instructs us that these people are blessed because of the humility of their spirit, and of the contriteness of their heart.
The righteousness that draws us nigh unto the Lord and the Lord nigh unto us comes at the price of the humbling of our spirit, of the drowning our ambitions, of the disillusionment of our ideals, of the failing of our strength, and of the breaking of our hearts. These all contribute to impart unto us the attitude of dependence on Him that brings us to the reality that when all is gone but Jesus, we suddenly realize that Jesus is more than enough.
Lord Jesus, when our ships come home with broken sails; when our best friends ignore me; when our dearest dreams turn to nightmares; when it seems that all is lost to no avail; help us to realize that beyond the sound of the devil’s gleeful snickering, the sweet cooing of the voice of your eternal Word engraves in our souls the principles of being ultimately yours in utter dependence to you.
Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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