Amen.

[IKTCA]

He remembers that we are dust. (Psalm 103:14)

When my body is sick, I prayerfully remind the Father that I am only dust. When I fail in my effort to witness the Truth, I come to the Father and confess that I am of dust.

I am weak and of little understanding. Unless the Father sustains, I am to perish.

Out of dust I came without wisdom and understanding.
From the dust I was formed into a frail and sickly body.

The Father knows I am dust. He knows he must breathe his breath on me. He knows he must feed me with his love and grace. He knows my weakness, and covers it with his hand.

To be loved I was born.
To be caressed I was formed.
Into his bosom I was created.

Father of Mercy and Love,
I praise Thee with all my soul and all my heart.
Unworthy body you hold up; unworthy soul you anoint.
Only if I could give all of me to you without holding any of me back.
In the night I praise you; in the morning I give thanks to you.

I kneel and bow to you, God of all glory and honor.
Amen.

 

[Ginga]

Amen

 

[Pilgrim1951]

Amen

 

[IKTCA]

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. (Ephesians 3:8)

Like my brothers and sisters, I know the richness of his grace and love. He loved me when I was not worthy. He still loves me when I doubt his promises. But unsearchable richness I do not know. I do not know the Lord enough to experience unsearchable richness.

When I read promises like this, I cannot but set my heart to know them firsthand. Secondhand experience - hearing from Paul - isn’t enough. If I hear from someone that chocolate milk tastes good, I must taste it myself.

The Bible is full of such promises. Going to the third heaven and hearing the words that man is not allowed to utter. Sickness being healed and demons cast out, bringing a great joy to a town. Ground shaken by the glory of God when believers prayed together. How I want to experience all these firsthand!

Lord,
My soul has tasted the goodness of your grace. But the Bible tells me there is more and more. I am already becoming anxious to know it firsthand until I, too, confess, “The richness of Christ is truly unsearchable.”

Take me to that place. But I don’t want to be there all by myself. How saddened will I be to live in the unsearchable richness alone! I want to be with my brothers. Take all of us together. Amen.

 

[Proverbs31]