But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Before Him by Cathy Vinson |
There is one place in the universe, if
considered, will recover our hearts from irreverence. It is the positioning before God.
(emprosthen-place or position, in front of, in the sight of, before the presence of.) In Job 1:6, it says, "One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord..." Before God was the place they were to present themselves. Will we be presented one day here, too? Are we already? Before the Lord is the place of His sight. He can be well-pleased and have pleasure with what is before Him. One pleasure to Him is giving revelation of His Son to babes (those without the power of speech), while hiding (apo-away from) the same things from the wise and intelligent. This is a pleasing sight to the Lord. "Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight (emproshen)" (Mt 11:26). Oh, might we find out what comes before Him and pleases the Lord! What can be positioned before His throne? Here we can have involvement. We can bring and insert people into that looked upon and presented spot! Paul writes "We give thanks to God always concerning you, making mention of you in our prayers, unceasingly remembering you...before (emprosthen) our God and Father..." (1 Th 1:2-3). Wouldn't we, too, like to be pleasingly and unceasingly remembered in that awesome place? |
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