January 28, 2012
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Vanity! O! vainglory! (Search my heart, help me see)
Musing on my habitation,
Musing on my heav’nly home,
Fills my soul with holy longings:
Come, my Jesus, quickly come;
Vanity is all I see;
Lord, I long to be with Thee!
Lord, I long to be with Thee!From: "Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah,"
original Welsh lyrics by William Williams (1745), translated from Welsh to English by Peter Williams (1771)Psalm 139
21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
* * *Vanity! O vainglory!
the fool's delight
bewitching light
restlessness and self-consumption
headlong on the path of destruction
running from the perfect Portionour fellowship broken
my joy incomplete
draw me, and I will run
back to Your mercy seatSearch my heart, help me see
To You I come, with You I plead
Try me, and know my anxieties
Purge me of all my iniquities
Born of incorruptible seed
O, Lord, I long to be with Thee!
True Vine, I long to drink of Thee!
I die unless I abide in Thee!Vanity! O vainglory!
earthly prizes
mesmerize
trampling down glorious grace
making shipwreck of my race
turning my back, not my faceour fellowship broken
my joy incomplete
draw me, and I will run
back to Your mercy seatSearch my heart, help me see
To You I come, with You I plead
Try me, and know my anxieties
Purge me of all my iniquities
Born of incorruptible seed
O, Lord, I long to be with Thee!
True Vine, I long to drink of Thee!
I die unless I abide in Thee!Vanity! O! vainglory!
the deadly drink
the prideful sink
wickedness and self-absorption
lapping up the devil's poison
running from the perfect Portionour fellowship broken
my joy incomplete
draw me, and I will run
back to Your mercy seatSearch my heart, help me see
To You I come, with You I plead
Try me, and know my anxieties
Purge me of all my iniquities
Born of incorruptible seed
O, Lord, I long to be with Thee!
True Vine, I long to drink of Thee!
I die unless I abide in Thee!I John 5:11-12
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God,
that you may know that you have eternal life,
and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered;
and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.I John 1 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— 2 the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Revelation 22
1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb...
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Related:- What is a nominal Christian?
- if it's not Your will for me, then it's Sodom
- Two Fountains ~ Where are you drinking? What is flowing? Don't waste your drinking!
- Kingdom-Obsessed People don't seek "great things" for themselves
- Be not an Esau (Genesis 25:29-34, Hebrews 12:15-17)
- My love affair . . . whose trumpet, whose glory & incomplete joy
- you say you want Jesus
- "Garbage In" (Are you truly His disciple?)
- Keep me away from the paths of the destroyer that I might behold Your face. (Psalm 17)
- Letter 25 on assurance and fighting for joy (a strong craving ≠ His joy)
- true repentance leads to joy (Letter 37 on assurance & fighting for joy)
- Are you a radiant Christian or a drunken old woman? (letter 82 on assurance & fighting for joy)
- escape the vial of deception
- occupy ~ do you seek your own – or the things of Christ? does His Spirit occupy?
- Why do I write poetry?
- tangled
- Blessed Thirst in the Valley of Baca ~ Psalm 84
- Ash Wednesday: Do you despise yourself? | Job 42
- What is Biblical mourning? (Ash Wednesday)
- Biblical mourning, assurance and false guilt
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Comments (2)
O for that living water!! Today we read about the waters of Marah made sweet by the Lord.
@quest4god@revelife - Hmm... reminds me of Joseph Hart's lyric in "Blessed Is the Man that Endureth Temptation":
For though our cup seems fill'd with gall,
There's something secret sweetens all.