June 23, 2010

  • You have performed Your words, For You are righteous. (Nehemiah 9:8)

    Yesterday I was rereading in Nehemiah 9 with the intent to continue on after my last post/prayer on Nehemiah 9:1-3 by focusing on how the leaders of the people led the way in confession of sin during corporate worship. I began reading . . .

    Nehemiah 9 (NKJV)
    4 Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the stairs of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God. 5 And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said:

          “Stand up and bless the LORD your God
          Forever and ever!

          “Blessed be Your glorious name,
          Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

     6 You alone are the LORD;
          You have made heaven,
          The heaven of heavens, with all their host,
          The earth and everything on it,
          The seas and all that is in them,
          And You preserve them all.
          The host of heaven worships You.

     7 “You are the LORD God,
          Who chose Abram,
          And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
          And gave him the name Abraham;

     8 You found his heart faithful before You,
          And made a covenant with him
          To give the land of the Canaanites,
          The Hittites, the Amorites,
          The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
          And the Girgashites—
          To give it to his descendants.
          You have performed Your words,
          For You are righteous.

    That last phrase in verse 8 caught my eye and my heart:

    You have performed Your words,
          For You are righteous.


    I've written about God's calling to me to pray for revival and starting up tent of meeting most recently here, and at greater length here. If you are relatively new to tent of meeting, I would encourage you to read those posts.

    Today just as the leaders of Israel did in Nehemiah 9, I would like to cry out with a loud voice to the Lord my God, to bless Him and His glorious Name for how He has performed His words to me in this calling for He is righteous.

    You alone are the Lord!
    You have made the heavens and the earth and all that is in them.
    You preserve them all.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You have formed me and given me breath.
    But then You breathed new life into me by Your Spirit.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You chose me to be Your child.
    But then You called me to intercede for Your Church.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You called me to intercede for Your Church,
    Yet I had no desire to do so, but You put it on my heart, You gave me the desire.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You know how I have fumbled and stumbled in this calling.
    Apart from You I could do nothing. You persevered with me so I might persevere in this calling.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You kept me coming back to Your throne of grace,
    Despite my disenchantment, doubt, loneliness and weariness.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You called others to intercede for Your Church.
    They have come alongside me to encourage me.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You renewed my strength when I was weak. You turned my eyes back to the ruins.
    How could I give You rest so long as Your Church is a reproach to Your Name and not a praise in the earth?
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    You opened up the heavens to me in ways I could not imagine.
    Prayer has begun to become sweet communion and a joy to my heart.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    You alone are the Lord!
    How can I not tarry in prayer alongside You in the heavenly places?
    Jesus, Great High Priest, You ever live to intercede for us. O, continue to melt my will into Yours, Sovereign Lord.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    You alone are the Lord! You are the LORD God.
    You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    Ah, LORD God, what kind of God are You?
    You alone are the Lord.
    You are the God who calls us and then works in us the calling.
    We are faithful only because You are faithful. Preserve us here, Lord.
    LORD God, I want to bless You and bless Your glorious Name today and forever and ever.
    Truly You have performed Your words, for You are righteous!
    You have worked immeasurably above all I could have asked or imagined.
    The God who called me has been faithful. You have surely done it! Glory to God!

    As the Spirit leads you, please add your praises to the Lord for His faithfulness to you to perform His words.

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