My Verses and Song for the Year 2006

’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to take Him at His Word;

Just to rest upon His promise,

Just to know, “Thus says the Lord!”

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!

How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!

O for grace to trust Him more!

[notice that I changed the words of the song for 'just' to pervade, forgive me, dear hymn writer].

'Just' is an interesting word. It means 'only', 'simply', 'period'. Nothing else matters - not excitment, not anxiety, not worries, not successes, not failures, not even victories matters - safe Christ and His Word alone. 'Proved' - another interesting word. Christ, being God need not prove Himself anymore to mankind. But how often, we crucifiy Christ anew with our doubts and worries. We are the ones who need constant assurance that God is truly in charge of our lives, we are the ones who need to prove Him over and over.

Prayer: That my life would not be tossed high or low with the events of the year ahead but rested and anchored upon Your promises and to be easily, completely satisfied by 'Thus says the Lord'. In all this, I am so thankful that you have given us grace to trust you even more each day!

Grace - Divine Enablement to Desire His will and to Do His Will

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. " 2 Corinthians 9:8