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The Lord will perfect that which concerns me (Psalm 138:8) Thought for the day, Nov 1, 2017 - YouTube 0:00 2:01 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me (Psalm 138:8) Thought. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it. lxxxv. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Will the disclosures of that day fill us with joy, or cover us with shame? Those who are always hearing pure and high principles set forth as the guides of life learn to value and to know them even faster than they can learn to live by them. But God's eye penetrates the darkest abode, the deepest cell, the obscurest corner, the blackest night. 18 " Ep., cxxx. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. | 28:00 min. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? He is a "faithful Creator," and if you are seeking to answer the end for which He made you, His everlasting honour binds Him to fulfil His part. And lest the presence of God should be too much for us, Christ has taken human nature on Him, and has provided that He will be always with us as long as the world shall last. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. 18, 19. (Isa. And do you not know that you, as do even the best of men, often sin, often transgress God's commandment by thought, word, or deed?" [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. Never; but it issues in eternal glory. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. He was saying I am certain, I am confident, I have no doubt in my mind that God will perfect that which concerns me. And though we thought that we had suffered loss from the tardiness of their coming, yet we find gain from their more abundant charity; seeing that from this delay in point Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the GreatThe Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius, The Saints' Final Perseverance Secured by the Mercy of God, The saints' final perseverance secured by the mercy of God, David praises God for the truth of his word, He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God. 2. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. 19-22).3. To reveal the supreme interest of human life. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. G. T. Shedd, D. D.: One of the most remark. so his questioner asks again; and the psalmist is at no loss for reply. "(Archbishop Temple. 1. Chapter i. It is perfectly plain from the elevated central point of view where we now stand, and in the focal light in which we now see, that no man can be justified before God upon the ground of personal character; for that character, when subjected to God's exhaustive scrutiny, withers and shrinks away. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? GOD ACCURATELY AND EXHAUSTIVELY KNOWS ALL THAT MAN KNOWS OF HIMSELF. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. Chapter i. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. vi. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. You may say, It is the promise. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . But if that knowledge whereby man knows himself is mysterious, then certainly that whereby God knows him is far more so. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. It is perfectly plain from the elevated central point of view where we now stand, and in the focal light in which we now see, that no man can be justified before God upon the ground of personal character; for that character, when subjected to God's exhaustive scrutiny, withers and shrinks away. You can speak to a dry hopeless situation and the spoken Word can effect a change (Ezekiel 37:1-10). Jesus knows the difficulties of life today. That of adoring and constantly thoughtful reverence (vers. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. Rom. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. He professes his confidence in GodDictionary of Bible ThemesPsalm 138:86708predestination8125guidance, promise8441goalsPsalm 138:7-81265hand of GodLibraryFaith in PerfectionIn the opening, I must remark that this is not the heritage of all mankind. He is a man like ourselves; but as we look on him, we note how bright his eye, how radiant his countenance, how calm yet how joyous his tone, how happy in his conviction he seems to be, as he keeps saying to himself, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. He sees the whole of everything at the same time. To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into a society where justice rules, where love shapes everything. (Weekly Pulpit. ad probam IV. v. 22). v. 22). vi. Our hearts will put us in mind of God's eye being upon us every now and then involuntarily. The so-called "Lord's Prayer," which actually is not the Lord's Prayer (that's in John 17) in Matt. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. 19-24). Let the path I daily walk in not be a crooked, corrupt and perverse path. 23, 24). Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. Rom. How full are the New Testament pledges to this effect that He will complete His work in our character Philippians 1:6. Then is the moment to choose whether or not we will live in the presence of God; then when the finger of conscience is pointing to Him and saying, "He is looking at you. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. But whatever does really concern me, and especially my soul's full salvation, I am sure the Lord will perfect. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II.