The power of the commandments of the Lord are not just words but are the very thoughts and plans that brought creation into existence. The Lord saw into our present-day and foreknew that we were part of that plan, a plan that we would be carriers to bring that creative word into our world.
The purpose was so that the word would change us and prove to
all creation that there is a God in heaven who loves and desires us and that
we are of extreme value to Him.
Jesus is
the Word of God and He is the perfect representation of the Father. Our God is not a God of punishment and wrath
as some have thought, but of love and mercy. He consistently reaches out through
all creation to proclaim His love and affection to all who would listen and hear His voice.
The loyalty of the Lord has never changed, He has lovingly
committed Himself to us from the beginning of time, like a husband is committed
to his wife to be a lover, protector, and provider to her all the days of her
life. He has never deviated from that
position of loyalty, His fidelity is sure. He is the true Bridegroom and our kinsman redeemer.
We are brought close into His very near presence, into His
chamber room that He might embrace us and cast His shadow over us as a sign of
His desire and good pleasure for us. His
shadow is His covering and protection which also speaks with us, constantly reminding
us of His good intention for us. He
speaks with us of His love as to never let us doubt that He only has our best
at the forefront of His mind.
The Lord made all that is on the earth for Himself and it
continues today as it did from the beginning because He made everything for
Himself, His commands do not fall short but obey Him at every turn.
Does not creation experience pain and suffering as part of
the natural order, yet, Joy is the by-product of this relational interchange
between the Lord and His creation, and great strength over pain and suffering
comes as joy is found. Joy is found in
the Word Himself, in the very near presence of the Lord of all creation. He comforts us, binds our wounds, and
releases pain from tormenting that He may be everything to us, our provider, healer, friend, and lover.
The Lord sees our helpless state and our desperate condition and recognizes that we cannot sustain ourselves without Him abiding in us, so
He places His shadow as an abiding presence to constantly speak to us of the
goodness of His ways and of His desire for us that we not lose heart and become
discouraged. We are receivers of this
message, that the Lord loves us and all of His creation to such an extent that He would
die to protect us.
We have always been His creation since the world began and
the first man took a breath and life entered His body. We are a living spirit which is part of the
living God who has breathed life into all of us.
The whole purpose of our Lord loving us was that we would
produce new life, much like a husband and wife produce new life in the form of
a child, we produce the new life of Christ in our bodies as we interact with
the Lord as He overtakes us and consumes us.
We become filled with a new identity, we are one in Christ.
King David saw this in part, but we now see this in its
fullness through Jesus Christ. Jesus is
our bridegroom, our lover, our deepest friend. He demonstrated the Father’s love and brought
us close to Him in ways we could never have known apart from Him.
Words alone can never express the heart of
thankfulness for a life redeemed and purchased by a sacrifice that was so great
that we could only marvel at the magnitude of the suffering and pain that this divine
gift required, and what it has brought us.
Oh, how He loves us!
Be Blessed;
Stephen Barnett
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