January 29
“As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee” (Isa. 62:5).
The above verse indicates at once that the object of all His dealings with us is fellowship with
Himself. That goal, towards which He is drawing us on step by step, so that we cannot draw
back, is the highest joy of perfect oneness and union with our Lord. The Bible says: ‘the
bridegroom rejoices over the bride’. That speaks of the pure joy that rises only from a
fellowship of life, which is the gift of God.
God’s purpose in giving Eve to Adam as a companion was for fellowship. God wants us all to
have that true fellowship. This word fellowship is a unique word in the Bible and no one can
truly understand it who is not born again. The fellowship with the Father and the Son is wholly
and solely and entirely for those who have received new life from Him, and who abide with
Him and in Him forever and ever. That is how we define the love of God. It is the life of God
flowing into us and our life flowing towards God. True fellowship is mutual and will bring into
us a real divine likeness and conformity to the image of His Son.
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God wants you | January 30
January 30
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb, is come,
and his wife hath made herself ready” (Rev. 19:7).
In Revelation 21 the Church is compared to a bride adorned for her husband — a bride
prepared to receive in fullness the love and joy and wisdom of God and the very heart-secrets
of her Lord. When you go to heaven the Lord will share everything with you without any
compulsion, and yet you will be glad to be in subjection to Him throughout eternity.
Now do you understand why your Lord wants you to be His? Now do you understand why He
is calling you, loving you and disciplining you? It is even that He may rejoice over you with
heavenly rejoicing, and that you may have intimacy with God the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost that the angels can never know. It is that you may enjoy the sweetest love through
all eternity — that you may know the great joy of being loved with a heavenly, everlasting
love.
All the heavenly powers are waiting to see God’s glory and beauty in you and God wants you
to be the object of His delight and affection. Will you not allow Him to bring you into that
enjoyment?
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God seeks dwelling place | January 31
January 31
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psalm 16:11).
God will not rest till He has received from us that for which He has been waiting from eternity.
The mighty and Holy God offers to you His own righteousness in which there is no flaw or
fault. God wants to present us spotless in His own presence before the angels of heaven. The
righteousness of God in you is of such a nature that if you possess it, even the angels cannot
point a finger at you in condemnation. Have you received such a righteousness or are you
still trusting in something else?
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts
thereof” (Rom. 13:14). “And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the
Lord shall name” (Isa. 62:2).
God seeks a dwelling place in us – a rest such as He cannot get even from Heaven without
us. He is gathering out of this earth a church, a company of chosen people to give Him
pleasure and rest and satisfaction. It is this joy which is your strength, and it is this joy and
great love which we offer you in the in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Covenant of the Lord | January 22
January 22
“Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound
of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and
harps…. So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God” (1 Chron.
15:28; 16:1).
When the land had been purchased by David, he longed to bring the ark of God there, but
once again he failed the Lord. He wanted to do so by a worldly plan, with worldly means, and
in a worldly way.
In the book of Numbers, the Lord had given His heavenly pattern for the transport of the ark.
No man has any power or authority to change the divine order. God brought David to his
senses and in 1 Chronicles 15, he gathered the Levites to carry up the ark of God to that
same spot purchased from the Jebusite. What a happy day it was for David!
With great joy and gladness they brought up the ark after many years of wondering – “with
instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals sounding by lifting up the voice with
joy”. It was a time of great joy, — with singers singing right from the heart on that day of
gladness and David himself joining in the celebration (verse 27).
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Is Joy of Lord your strength? | January 23
January 23
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith” (Heb. 10:22).
When we eventually see the ark of God coming into its place, we shall be filled with great joy.
The Ark is a type of the Lord Jesus Christ. He must be given His rightful place in your heart,
in your home, and in your church order. When that is so, there is great joy. David won many
battles but none gave him the same joy of heart as that which he had in seeing, the Ark of
God coming to rest in this very spot that he had purchased from Araunah. This is our joy and
strength, when we see the Lord Jesus Christ enthroned in believer’s hearts as king of kings,
in their families as Head, and in the Assembly as Lord.
There always are three things to be observed: Firstly, the Lord Jesus is to be your personal
Head; secondly, He is to be the Head of your family; thirdly, He is to be the Head of the
assembly of which you are a member. Only when this is true have you brought the Ark of God
into its proper resting place. That is our Joy, but again it is only the beginning.
Can you truthfully say that the Joy of Lord is your strength? Because you are entering more
and more fully into the heart of God, is your joy increasing?