Daily Devotionals

January 5
“I delight to do thy will, O my God” (Psa. 40:8).
When first we came to know the Lord, we did not know how to find the will of God, how to
hear His voice, how to recognise where and how He was working. But, as we begin to walk
with Him, and to live with Him more and more closely, we discover that ‘we are workers
together with God’ (2 Cor. 6:1). When we hear the Word of God preached and see the Name
of the Lord Jesus Christ being uplifted and received, and His work being done, then our hearts
leap with joy.
When the Lord is our delight, His Name, His goodness and His glory are our exceeding joy,
and we begin to long to know and to do His will. When we can say with joy: ‘Lord, keep me
here, or send me anywhere else’; when we can truly say with all our heart: ‘Thy will be done’,
then that joy will be our strength to do His will.
Do you want the joy of the Lord to be your strength? Then learn to take delight in doing God’s
will. Find time, make time, give time to discover His will, and then make it your delight to do
it. To do this, you may have to suffer hardships, and travel a long road, but the fact remains
that you will be doing His will, and it will bring you fullest joy and pleasure.

January 5
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power…” (Rev. 4:11).
In Matt. 2:11 we see wise men at worship. They fell down and worshipped the young child. Then they
presented their costly gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. By coming from such a long distance they
acknowledged His worthiness. When they brought such precious gifts, they acknowledged in a symbolic
way that, the One Whom they had come to worship is God Who became man (Gold), the One Whom they
had come to worship had come to suffer for them (Myrrh), the One Whom they had come to worship was
going to save them (Frankincense).
In Luke 7:37, 38 we read about a woman in the city, a sinner. The Lord’s presence made her conscious of
sinful condition. She wept in brokenness over her sin, and washed His feet with her tears. Her love was
spontaneous, and her worship true. She had an inward revelation of her sins being forgiven and she
worshipped Him, by pouring the ointment on His feet.
In John 12:1-3 we find Mary worshipping the Lord. She had known the Lord before, but now she had a
new and a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and power of resurrection and she poured out her
worship to Him by anointing His feet with a very special ointment with sweet fragrance which filled the
house. When we see Him working in us, we also worship Him in a new way.
In Matt. 26:2,6,7 we see a similar scene of worship, and yet different in its significance. Here it was only 2
days before the Passover, and we see her anointing His head, because she realized that He was about to
die for the sins of the whole world.
Finally, we see a more glorious sight which is described in Rev. 5:11-12. It is the glorified Church of the
Lord Jesus Christ, with angelic hosts – all in oneness worshipping Him.”… Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing”.
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After worshipping the Lord we take part in the Lord’s Table, saying, “My Lord is coming back! When He
comes back, the work which He began will be perfected”. We declare by faith that we are waiting for that
Day. We believe it will be a wonderful Day when we shall be like Him, and reign with Him. In His broken
Body and shed Blood, we see every provision made to make us like Himself. In me, I see nothing but
infirmity, failures and shortcomings, nothing but iniquity; but in Him, I see perfection.
In Eph. 3:18 we notice the importance of being together. His love and purpose can never be
comprehended by us. We need the help of all the saints. There is a great mystery here. We find love
coming in a greater and fuller measure, when we are brought together as one family. In this family, there
is no Jew nor Gentile: male or female. All are ONE. People from different families, countries, nationalities,
all partake of the same Lord.