River of your delights

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.

~Psalm 36: 7-9

I want to drink from the river of your delights, Lord!

Waiting on God

This is what my Streams in the Desert devotional by Mrs CE Cowman says today about waiting on God...

"Blessed are all they that wait for him. Isaiah 30:18

We hear a great deal about waiting on God. There is, however, another side. When we wait on God, He is waiting till we are ready; when we wait for God, we are waiting till He is ready.

There are some people who say, and many more that believe, that until we meet all of the conditions, God will answer our prayers. They say that God lives in an eternal now; with him there is no past nor future; and that if we could fulfill all that He requires in the way of obedience to His will, immediately our needs will be supplied, our desires fulfilled, our prayers answered.

There is much truth in this belief, and yet it expresses only one side of the truth.While God lives in the eternal now, yet He works out His purpose in time. A petition presented before God is like a seed dropped into the ground. Forces above and beyond our control must work upon it, till the true fruition of the answer is given."

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;
he puts the deep in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants stand in awe of him!
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

The Lord looks down from heaven and
he sees all the children of man;
from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.
The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.

Behold the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
that he may deliver the soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.

Our soul waits for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.

~ Psalm 33

What a refreshing psalm for this new day! Sing to him a new song... his work is done in faithfulness... let all the earth stand in awe of him!.. the counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations... he is our help and shield... our heart is glad in him. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful... What a wonderful God we serve!

Spring is in the air!!!

Ahh it's the 1st of September and the first official day of spring! It also happens to be a stunningly beautiful day with a crispness in the air! I love spring; everything about spring excites me. The transition between winter and summer is such a special time of growth and renewal and rebirth. I think the beginning of spring always places a new hope inside of me and a new song in my heart! As I was reading my Psalm for the day I was filled with joy:

Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes in the morning...
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

~Psalm 30:4-5, 11-12

I hope this spring brings a new season in my heart; a new start, a new beginning. I'm so grateful we have the opportunity to start afresh in the Lord! What a blessing!