For Whose Sake?

"Remember me, Lord, when You show favor to Your people, come to my aid when You save them, that I may enjoy the prosperity of Your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of Your nation and join Your inheritance in giving praise....We have sinned, even as our ancestors did....Yet He saved them for His Name's sake...."  (Psalm 106)

In this "me-centered" world, it is refreshing for me to be reminded that the Living Triune God does not treat humanity as a race of spoiled brats.  Yes, the Living Triune God did, "show favor to [His] people," when, as John 3:16 tells us, ".... God loved the world this way...:"--- He gave Himself on the Cross for us. 

There is one particular note, however, I wish to make concerning the last sentence in our text.  "The Word of God," Jesus Himself, tells us something which too few contemplate, something which I encourage you to join me in meditation.  Jesus did not just give Himself for you and me, but He gave Himself, "....for His Name's sake."

Father, in Jesus' Name, in this obsessed me-centered culture, I pray I always live, "for His (Your) Name's sake."  Amen.  

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2

"....Jesus...Was Angry...."

"When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His Spirit and deeply moved."  (John 11:33, (HCSB)

The Word translated in this version (and the Interlinear) as, "angry," is translated by somewhat more subdued words in other translations, e.g., "deeply moved." 

Personally, I'm tired of, "deeply moved."  I want to look at, "angry."  Whatever the interpretation, our text is definitely a, "Selah," moment for me.

Father, in Jesus' Name, I want to be angry with what angers You.  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2

May This Song Be A Forever "Devotional"

"And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I shall lose none of all those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day....I Am the bread that came down from Heaven....Whoever eats this Bread will live forever." (John 6)

You know that you can access the words to the glorious worship song below at any time.  Am I in a personal "revival?"  Perhaps, but whatever it "is," our text is our Life, and I join the prayer of Clairvaux. 

https://youtu.be/eVpDnY8J6vg

Woody's Video, March 16, 2021

https://youtu.be/TIMUfttut5w