“Where is the Word of the Lord? Let it come!” (Jeremiah
17:15). The Word of the Lord comes. It comes from above. It comes from
the Lord. The Word of the Lord - This is God at work. He is speaking to
us. He is working in us. We cannot create the Word of the Lord. We must
let it come to us. The Word is His. It is not ours. We must pray, “Let
the Word of the Lord come to us.” Let the Word of the Lord be God among
us, God speaking to us, God working in us, God working through us.
“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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