Some Benefits Of Trusting The Lord

Psalm 16:8-9

I have set the Lord always before me.

Because He is at my right hand, 

(1) I will not be shaken. Therefore

(2) my heart is glad and

(3) my tongue rejoices;

(4) my body also will rest secure.

O my Lord, because I have trusted in You, (1) I will never forsake You; so (2) my heat is glad, the joy of the Lord fills and colors my emotions; (3) my tongue rejoices, I will speak positively of good things and focus on the good, lovely, honorable, etc. (see Philippians 4:8); and also, (4) my body rests secure, I sleep peacefully and restfully. All because I trust in You! You alone are worthy of my full confidence.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

"What Is Truth?"

John 18:38 & 19:7-8

"What is Truth?" Pilate asked.

The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law He must die, because He claimed to be the Son of God." When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid. . . . 

Pilate expected no answer to his question. He had no interest in Truth. But he was afraid. When he found out that Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, he was even more afraid. People do extreme things out of fear, so he handed over the Son of God to be executed as a criminal! Even after he admitted he found no basis for a charge against him (18:33).

Father may I do nothing out of fear, but in confidence in You.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Willing And Obedient

Isaiah 1:18-20

"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be as wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

The key here is "willing and obedient." I must will, I must want to do God's will rather than my own; then I must actually do whatever it is He asks of me, not putting it off or discounting it. Not refusing, in my laziness, to get up and do; not turn over and go back to sleep!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Unknowable

Matthew 24:42,44

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know what day your Lord will come. . . . so you must also be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a hour when you do not expect Him.

O my Father, please help me and strengthen me to continue to seek You and walk in Your ways. Grant me Your faithfulness to always keep my feet on level paths, not turning to the right or to the left. Let me be Your hands and Your feet and Your voice; let me be Christ to my family members who do not know you, and all others whose path touches mine. Let me not let any opportunity slip by.

Even so, come Lord Jesus!

Hollow And Deceptive

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

O my Father, I know that some of my family members and relatives have been deceived by the human traditions and the sciences of this world, just like I once was. Please let me be Christ to them, in His humility, gentleness, kindness and truth. Help me and strengthen me with Your strength and faithfulness.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Kindness, Justice And Righteousness

Jeremiah 9:24

But let him who boasts boast about this: That he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on Earth, for in these I delight, declares the Lord.

Kindness. Justice. Righteousness.

O my Father, teach me how to be Jesus to others, in practicing kindness, justice and righteousness in all my relationships with my family and friends and others.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Whoever Is Wise

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord.

O my Father, always remind me of "these things;" how You have satisfied my thirstiness and filled my hunger with good things (v. 9); how You have brought me out of darkness and broke away my chains (v. 14); how You have saved me from my distress, healed me and rescued me from the grave (vs. 19-20). Help me continually to tell of Your works with songs of joy!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!