‘O
Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You and praise Your Name… You have
done marvellous things’ (Isaiah 25:1). We remember what You, Lord, have
done for us. You sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Saviour. We
rejoice in Jesus. He died for us. We rejoice in Jesus. He rose again for
us. We look forward to His Return. We look forward to the Day when You,
Lord, ‘will swallow up death for ever.’ On that Day, ‘the Lord God will
wipe away the tears from all faces.’ On that Day, we will look back and
say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in Him, and He saved us.’ On
that Day, we will ‘rejoice and be glad in Your salvation’ (Isaiah
25:8-9). Here and now, help us to ‘trust in’ You. May we know that we
can trust in You ‘for ever.’ You are ‘the everlasting Rock’ – ‘the Rock
of our salvation’ (Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 95:1).
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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