“Wait for the Lord, and He will save you...
The Lord is the One who directs a person’s steps” (Proverbs 20:22,24).
The Lord saves and keeps: “The victory belongs to the Lord” (Proverbs
21:31). Saving and keeping us, as He leads along the pathway of
discipleship, the Lord brings us to our final victory. This is the great
triumph, described in the jubilant words of 1 Corinthians 15:58 -
“Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
“At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem”, the keynote of the service was joyful thanksgiving. They gathered together “to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving” (Nehemiah 12:27). “On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy” (Nehemiah 12:43). They sang “songs of praise and thanksgiving to God” (Nehemiah 12:46). This joyful thanksgiving is only a foretaste of the greater joy and thanksgiving of heaven: “There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Revelation 21:4). In the city of God, “the glory of God” will be shining with everlasting brightness (Revelation 21:23). The Church of God will be “prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband” (Revelation 21:2). The beautiful picture of the godly wife in Proverbs 31 gives us an outline of what God is seeking to do in His people. It is summarized in Proverbs 31:30: “A woman who fears the Lord is to be
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