You, Lord Jesus,  are truly the Most High God.

You are the One to be praised in worship,

adored in love,

exalted in amazement

and lifted up in reverence.

In worship our eyes are opened,

our understanding is enhanced,

our knowledge is deepened,

our souls transformed.

As a result we will say:

“Let those who love the LORD hate evil” (Ps. 97:10a).

Yes, Lord, to love you is to hate evil,

for you are purely good, being

so loving and kind,

so gracious and pure,

so giving and forgiving.

Therefore,

To you belongs all glory,

all honor,

all praise,

all exaltation,

both now and throughout all eternity!

Prayer: “Lord Jesus, help me to walk in the light of your marvelous presence today,

thinking your Word,

living worthy of you,

pleasing you in all I do. Amen.”

A glimpse of Jesus’ glory on the mount of transfiguration

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You “…O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.” Psalm 97:

Yes, You, Lord Jesus, are the exalted One, the Most High One, towering far above all creatures, all creation, all time, all eternity.

**You are the final Authority,

++the Almighty King,

–the Measure of all good,

>>the Determiner of what is right.

You see all, you judge all, and you will end all. Your righteousness shines out from your being; in your purity you bring light; in your holiness you illuminate the world. You are truly the Most High God.

May we live in the light of your love and grace, walking in the shining of your presence. May we worship you with thankfulness each day, all day long.

As we enter a new month and a new year, we wish you a year of walking in the truth that “Knowing Jesus is Enough for Joy!”

As Peter said several time, “So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body….” 2 Peter 1:12,13

He said this because we all suffer from what I call “spiritual amnesia.” In our culture if we’ve heard something once, we think we know it and move on to other things. But God knows how we often  know things only superficially, and forget important spiritual truths. Rarely do biblical principles come to our minds when we are confronted with a situation. For instance, I was driving the other day and got behind a guy doing 25 miles an hour! Then he slowed down to 20! My natural response is to be impatient, to complain and to do so out loud, involving my passengers with my natural negativeness.

But (and that’s a big but), Jesus immediately held out his hand and reminded  me with 1 Then. 5:18 , “Give thanks in all circumstances….” prompting me to respond with a biblical perspective, because I have memorized scripture like this. Repetition may be counter-cultural, but it is powerful. He brought another verse to mind, “My times are in your hands, Lord.” “Ok, Lord, you have control here, so I can relax and drive 25—or even 20!”

Left to myself, I often forget that the thrust of my life should be to glorify God, primarily by thanking Him in and for all things. I need to remember that He is using whatever circumstances surround me both for my good, and to bring about His will in the universe. Praising and thanking the Lord Jesus is such a freeing and empowering activity: “let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise–the fruit of lips that confess his name” (Heb. 13:15) “so that the power of Christ may rest on me (2 Cor. 12:9). Praise is one very practical way of taking “up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one” (Eph. 6:16).

Now those are truths we need to repeat to ourselves often so we can think the thoughts of God. How about memorizing I Thessalonians 5:18 to help remind yourself of this high and holy truth.

“For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens” (Ps. 96:5).

You stretched out the tent of the skies,

driving in its pegs firmly,

tying its ropes securely,

making it strong and sure:

it cannot be changed without your desire.

You spoke and the stars became,

you shepherded them into galaxies,

assigning them their places and names,

and at your command they settled there.

You spread the galaxies across the vast, empty stretches,

forming gigantic patterns,

beyond the perception and comprehension of man.

You, O Lord, are immense in power,

wonderful in wisdom,

awesome in creativity.

We exalt you in your greatness and your goodness; we bow before you in full and amazed submission, leading us to whole-hearted obedience.

We proclaim among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” You are truly God.

We  prostrate ourselves before you in awe, in smallness, in humility that flows from a vision of your holiness.

You are God, you do what pleases you and it is always good.

So We tremble before you, the Holy One, the great I AM, the righteous Judge, the faithful Father.

You alone are worthy of obedience, of submission, of trust and praise.

Prayer: “You reign rightly, O Lord. Reign in me today. Convict me of where I am following my own whims and desires instead of your great goodness; bring me up short, bring me to submission. Amen.”