April 26
Psalms 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Our prayers can be so full of “gimme’s”. “Gimme” this, and “gimme” that, all in search of material blessings.
Two men stand in the tribunal of world’s opinion.
One is healthy, the other disease-ridden.
One is decked with gold; the other walks in rags.
One is wealthy, the other begs for daily food.
One has wit; the other is simple as a child.
One’s life seem wholesome; the other’s barely above sin’s flow.
One’s life is long; the other was dramatic and short.
Now my friend, in full honesty; do we not more easily equate the shining of God’s face on the one that seems to receive the physical blessings rather than on the other? Do we not more readily equate the blessing of God with popularity, abundance, long life, wealth, and wit?
Oh, that we would look at His Words in the way God looks at them.
Oh, that we would look at success in the way God looks at it.
Oh, that we would look at riches in the way God looks at them.
Oh, that we would look at death in the way God looks at it.
May God help us realize that your face shines upon us even now as we bathe in the clear light of your Words. There is no other blessing so precious that the sole light of your face. There is not benediction so dear as the enwrapping warmth of your precepts; no love so precious to be owned as the faithfulness of Your statutes.
James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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