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| “Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.” |
| —Psalm 112:1b |
We who belong to God through His Son, Jesus, live best when we live as vessels of His mercy, grace, and love. Even as we begin each new day, our hearts should be prepared to go out into a sin-darkened world and, as enabled by the Holy Spirit, shine the light of God’s joy into every bleak corner.
Where unrest prevails, we can become instruments of God’s peace. Where strife tears apart friends and families, we can become bonds of God’s healing power. Where so many words we hear are lies, we can become those who bring God’s truth to light. Where evil takes hold and ruins lives, we can become vessels of God’s mercy, grace, forgiveness, and love. In some many circumestances, and in so many ways, we can be vessels of God’s presence in the midst of a world that has determined to rid itself of God’s influence.
We do this ministry in God’s precious name for no selfish reasons of our own. Rather, we cheerfully serve our God because of our gratitude for what He has done for us. He has given us new life, through the life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of His precious Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Our thankfulness for this new life permeates the totality of our beings.
After all, the Scripture tells us that while we yet were sinners Christ died for us, Christ rose from the dead for us, and Christ now sits at the right hand of God making intercession for us. The Psalmist captured the true spirit of the kind of blessed subjects of the Great King that we are in Psalm 112:1-9:
Praise the Lord.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.
Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.
They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor.
This day and every day, let us rejoice in God our Savior. Let us purpose to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Let us be prepared to reach out to others in Jesus’ name. Let us determine to be vessels of blessing. And, let’s not be at all surprised when God continues to pour His choice blessings into our lives, until they overflow with His good and perfect gifts.
Based on a blog originally posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2015
