February 20
Psalms 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
God enjoys our fellowship.
He is pleased in our company.
He wants to be with us like a best friend or companion, enjoying life together.
He wants it so much that he sent His own Son to give His life and restore our fellowship with Him.
He is like one who takes the blame for the divisive offense in order to preserve the relationship.
There is no doubt about God’s relationship with us. It is mentioned in the book of Revelations that God created us for His pleasure (Revelations 4:11).
Is there a doubt about our relationship with Him?
Do we look forward to the pleasure of being with Him? Do we have that same intensity of anticipation of desire when we think of being in His presence? When it comes in the way of other activities, does it involve a sacrifice on our part, or is it its own reward?
Do we have our fun or pleasure with those who ‘fear’ (Fear: have respect towards, revere) Him, or do we have our fun with the ‘worldlings’?
Do we look forward to our time with Him with the excitement of a child whose
Do we look at our time with Him something that we have to do and get over with so we can go have fun, or is He our ‘fun’ and pleasure, like we are His pleasure?
Looking at His children, we could easily deduct otherwise. It seems that time with the Father through His Word or through fellowship with those who ‘fear’ Him is something that has its own time and place. It is scheduled like a chore or a necessary duty. In any case, it is far from being looked upon as the ultimate goal, something we take pleasure in, as He has with us in our presence. Pleasure and enjoyment on the contrary would seem to be everything that has to do with the ungodly world.
This I pray today, that before persecution makes it harder for us His children to take part of the elements of the world, we can learn to draw our main pleasure from spiritual fellowship with God. God’s presence is the godly’s only reward. I pray that being with God through His Word and fellowship with his family becomes our only and ultimate sought reward.
Mat 22:35-37 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, (36) Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
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