“…No one is good except God…” Mark 10:18 CJB
“…:You are good, and You do good… teach me…” Psalm 119:68 CJB
Every once in a while Father, we have those moments when we are struck by Your goodness… manifest in Your creation… Your creation of all things… what else is there… that isn’t the work of Your hands?
Celestial clouds in the deep blackness of space… out of which new stars and heavenly bodies are formed…the music of waters gurgling as they pass over stony creek beds, to the palpable silence of the deep woods…the beauty of wild flower meadows… from the humbling largeness, to the infinitesimally small, the simple and complex, all intertwined into oneness… living beings with the capacity to be moved in their spirits by the beauty and wonder of it all, to value it, look from it to You and sense… How wonderful, how good and how awesome You are… and in whom is the potential and to whom You have given the opportunity… to come close to You… to be like You.
What started out as a question mark in our minds as to how to be joyful before You… “only joy”… to actually feel it… when the noisy sounds of the world are all around us… well… it becomes easy when we redirect our focus from the madness of the world to the beauty of Your goodness… and keep it there.
Thank You for the appointed times, the rehearsals… and especially the final one… likened to that day of creation when all is prepared, all are ingathered and placed into Your prepared place… the goal at which we aim… to tabernacle, one another, with You…Creator… Saviour…
Things are not alright here Father, but let us progress towards Your planned outcome…let those who are against You hasten events… to their own destruction… let those who love You continue to give themselves over to continuing trust and reliance on You… to complete obedience of the Words You spoke, and Israel heard, at Sinai and have preserved for the world… and to the Words of Yeshuah Messiah to be light, to spread the Good Word… that all, whosoever will, may enter into covenant and fellowship with You.
“…Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts…”
You…are… good…Father…
Give us strength… Father.
Guide us in Your ways.
We bless You…
We praise You…
We love You…
In Yeshua’s name…
Amen.
Zechariah 4:6 AKJV
