The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 101:1,
"I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise."
In this psalm David says he will worship the Lord and live his life in a way that supports his worship of him. I count 14 ways David says he will back up his worship of the Lord with choices he makes. Can you identify them? Count them, maybe I'm off a bit!
In any event, David points to the two chief qualities the Lord wants us to know of him: his love and his justice. These key attributes of the Lord show up over and over again as the Lord reveals himself to us in the pages of Scripture.
Here is a key passage for me that expresses what the Lord wants us to know of him, "Let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight." Jeremiah 9:24.
Another passage is when Moses asked the Lord to reveal himself to him. The Lord passed in front of Moses and said, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation." Exodus 34:6-7. The Lord's love and justice are on full display in this revelation of himself through Moses to us all.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise."
In this psalm David says he will worship the Lord and live his life in a way that supports his worship of him. I count 14 ways David says he will back up his worship of the Lord with choices he makes. Can you identify them? Count them, maybe I'm off a bit!
In any event, David points to the two chief qualities the Lord wants us to know of him: his love and his justice. These key attributes of the Lord show up over and over again as the Lord reveals himself to us in the pages of Scripture.
Here is a key passage for me that expresses what the Lord wants us to know of him, "Let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight." Jeremiah 9:24.
Another passage is when Moses asked the Lord to reveal himself to him. The Lord passed in front of Moses and said, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation." Exodus 34:6-7. The Lord's love and justice are on full display in this revelation of himself through Moses to us all.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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