Christ is Crowned

Read:  Psalm 8 / Proverbs 28 / Job 16 / Revelation 1

 

Psalm 8:5 ~ For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Proverbs 28:5 ~ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Job 16:10 ~ They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Revelation 1:5 ~ Jesus Christ… the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth...  loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.

 

Christ set aside His outward splendor

To thus accomplish our salvation.

He came to die as our Defender

And now is crowned with exaltation.

 

Behold the Lamb for sinners smitten,

The First Begotten from the dead!

He purged our sins, as it was written,

When He was wounded in our stead.

 

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Consolations of Christ

Read:  Psalm 7 / Proverbs 27 / Job 15 / Jude 24,25

 

Psalm 7:10 ~ My defense is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Proverbs 27:12 ~ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Job 15:11 ~ Are the consolations of God small with thee?

Jude 24,25 ~ Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

 

How great the consolations are

From God who is our Hiding Place!

We know the Lord is never far

From those who humbly seek His face. 

 

These consolations are not small

That Christ so graciously extends,

For Jesus bore the sins of all,

And those who trust Him, He defends.

 

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Truth for the Troubled

Read:  Psalm 6 / Proverbs 26 / Job 14 / 3 John

 

Psalm 6:8 ~ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Proverbs 26:27 ~ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Job 14:1,4 ~ Man that is born of a woman is… full of trouble. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

3 John 4 ~ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

 

The Lord has heard the sinner’s prayer

Who weeps with humble lamentation.

He lifts him from his dreadful snare

And rescues him with His salvation. 

 

Since man is troubled from his youth,

There is no hope without the Savior.

How gracious is the Gospel truth

That promises His saving favor! 

 

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Face to Face

Read:  Psalm 5 / Proverbs 25 / Job 13 / 2 John

 

Psalm 5:3.8 ~ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up… Lead me… LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Proverbs 25:12 ~ As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Job 13:3 ~ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

2 John 12 ~ Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

 

There is a two-way conversation

As I lift up my prayer each day

And as the Lord of my salvation

Communes with me along the way. 

 

The Lord instructs me in each season

And leads me forth with truth and grace

By wise reproof and perfect reason

Until I see Him face to face. 

 

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Stand Still

Read:  Psalm 4 / Proverbs 24 / Job 12 / 1 John 5

 

Psalm 4:4 ~ Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Proverbs 24:32 ~ Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Job 12:9,11 ~Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?... Doth not the ear try words?

1 John 5:20 ~ And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true… This is the true God, and eternal life.

 

Let us be still and stand in awe

As we consider very well

The price that Jesus Christ foresaw 

Which would deliver us from hell.

 

Let us consider in creation

His handiwork so wonderful

And stand amazed at His salvation

That satisfies and saves our soul. 

 

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Lifted by Love

Read:  Psalm 3 / Proverbs 23 / Job 11 / 1 John 4

 

Psalm 3:3 ~ But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Proverbs 23:26 ~ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Job 11:13-15 ~ If thou prepare thine heart… then shalt thou lift up thy face… thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.

1 John 4:19 ~ We love him, because he first loved us.

 

The Lord has lifted up my face,

Though sin would bow my head in shame.

He rescued me with truth and grace,

And now I live to praise His name. 

 

All those who will prepare their heart

And set their hope on things above

Shall find the joy God will impart

As they explore His wondrous love.

 

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Where is the Wisdom?

Read:  Psalm 2 / Proverbs 22 / Job 10 / 1 John 3

 

Psalm 2:1,10 ~ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?... Be wise now therefore, O ye kings.

 Proverbs 22:20,21 ~ Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Job 10:15 ~ If I be wicked, woe… I am full of confusion.

1 John 3:1 ~ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

 

Why is it that the nations rage?

Where is the wisdom of such kings?

Have not they seen the Scripture’s page

Where God declared prophetic things?

 

There is no reason for confusion,

In view of what the Lord foretold.

This is our obvious conclusion

As we declare what we behold.

 

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