The Lord will Perfect that which concerns me.
The LORD will perfect that which concerns
me.
The LORD will perfect that which concerns
me. (Psalm 138:8)This scripture hit me like a ton of bricks today... I've read
it and heard it hundreds of times over the years. But today the Holy Spirit
impressed me deeply with this scripture. I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to
teach me. Here's where this exciting quest lead me:First, the Holy Spirit lead
me to find what some of the saints had to say about this scripture:* Charles
Spurgeon was also greatly impressed with this scripture. He wrote, "....I
opened the envelope and I found this text, and it charmed me. It contains in
itself the very essence of the grace of God. It reads like music to the soul,
and is like a bottle of water in the desert to the thirsty lip. Let me read it
again, and remember it, and dwell upon it, and digest it during all the year.
"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. Thy mercy, O Lord,
endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands."*
"
Another way of looking at this is "that is God's providence, God's
work upon us, the will of God which directs the events of our life. Not chance
or fate or bad luck or forces emitted by the colliding or arrangement of stars
or random choice or statistics. But the active, the wise, the all-comprehensive
will of God who performs all the thoughts of His heart, whose counsel shall
stand "and I will do my pleasure," He says. That will of God is like
the hands of God molding the clay on the wheel, pleasant sometimes, yet
sometimes difficult - sunshine and clouds. God will use all things to
accomplish His own will upon us." http://www.reformedwitnesshour.org/1999/1999feb21.html*
Matthew Henry writes, "(The Lord will perfect): That which is most needful
for me; and he knows best what is so. We are careful and cumbered about many
things that do not concern us, but he knows what are the things that really are
of consequence to us (Mt. 6:32) and he will order them for the best. 2. That
which we are most concerned about." By far the best for me personally was
when I was then led to explore the meaning of the phrase "the Lord will
perfect" and from this I was lead into the gospel of Mark. The first step:
I broke it down into parts: THE LORD WILL PERFECT = Latin perfectus, past
participle of perficere, to finish : per-, per- + facere, to do; perfect - make
perfect or complete; " Perfect as a verb:optimise, optimize - make
optimal; get the most out of; use best; "optimize your
resources"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better;
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; " On Line
Dictionary. The Hebrew Text Translation = (gamar) = TO END, IN THE SENSE OF
COMPLETION OR FAILURE.
.Finally, the Holy Spirit revealed to me from MARK
14:62-72. Focus on making something perfect by bringing that thing to an end
which could be also considered to be a failure. Since God never fails, it would
be that man would consider something a failure, but God's ways are never man's
ways. Mark 14: 62-72 are the final scenes of Christ standing before the chief
priests and the council. These are the culminating verses of where all the
tension now is released and has now become unimaginably intense when all of
hell bears down on the final moments of the mock trial. I'd say that this scene
would be of grave concern to even the most casual observer.
To a disciple, it
was unbearable. Peter's standing outside vigorously denying His Lord. (vs. 67 -
72) Here, the Holy Spirit revealed that God is in the midst of completing the
mission of Christ to perfection in verse 64 when the religious leaders
pronounce the death sentence. A death sentence is as final as you can get.
*Conclusion: The Holy Spirit revealed that any situation that concerns me, God
is in the midst of it and in control of it and will bring it to HIS COMPLETION
and often it may look like failure to man, yet in heaven it is A DIVINE
CONCLUSION FOR MY LORDS DIVINE PURPOSE.. and I'm a part of it. WOW!this death
sentence = the crucifixion which offers lost man Salvation, Redemption,
Sanctification, and future Glorification.
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