Shalom,
Psalm 138:2:
2 I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else your Name and Your Word and You have magnified Your Word above all Your Name!
We KNOW that He has been given the Name that is higher than any other name (Ephesians 1:21)! But this is telling us that the Word of the Living God is higher even than His Name! "Magnified" here is the Hebrew word "gadal". One of the meanings of this word is: to evidence oneself as great. It also means to be powerful, significant or valuable. We know that the Word of God is ALL of these things, and so much more! Remember, also, that it is the spoken Word of the One, True God that gave Jesus the Name that IS above every name that is named! We hear a lot of people saying "In the Name of Jesus", but we don't hear people declaring and proclaiming the Word of God nearly as often! Make the adjustment here so that you can rise above every situation by the Word of God, which is HIGHER! Amen!
I also remind the LORD and Myself of verse 8 on a daily basis!
8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, o LORD, endure forever -- forsake not the works of Your own hands.
"Mercy and loving-kindness" here is the Hebrew word "checed" which we covered on Tuesday! "Perfect" is the Hebrew word "gamar", which means:to perform; to complete; to finish. Let's look at it in the Complete Jewish Bible:
8 Adonai will fulfill His purpose for me. You grace, Adonai, continues forever. Don't abandon the work of Your hands!
He won't! You can count on it! If YOU stay in continual fellowship with HIM, you won't ever doubt the Truth of that! Amen!
John 15:7 is another one of my favorite verses of Scripture. I have MANY!!! Verse 7:
7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My Words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever YOU will, and it shall be done for you.
Make His Word your VITAL necessity and you will be in position to do this! And then we have the command of Jesus in verses 12-13:
12 This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.
Jesus gave His entire life for us! He came, leaving Heaven; He ministered on earth, showing the WAY; He died paying the price for our eternal Salvation; now He ever lives to make intercession for us! Always US! For us to lay down our lives for a friend does NOT mean dying. It means giving everything we have to give here in this life so that others can be saved, healed, prospered! That includes time, energy, resources or whatever else you have to give that is needed by someone! When we do that, we look like JESUS! Hallelujah! here is a new song from Hillsong called "Unending Love":
Ezekiel 44-45 continue with Ezekiel's vision of the New Temple! One point of interest is found in verses 1-2 when he said that the Eastern Gate should be shut and kept shut. Suleiman thought that HE came up with that idea, but he got it from God! It will not open again until Messiah Jesus enters to begin His millennial reign! Come quickly, LORD Jesus!
Shalom in Him!
