Coffee With The Lord

I know what side of this issue I want to be on! … “The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”  (Proverbs 12:18 NIV)

Here’s the lessons I learned today during my time of “coffee with the Lord” from Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple (1 Kings 8.22-61 – Great passage!!)…

• There is no one/no God like the Lord! He keeps His covenant and shows his steadfast covenant love to those who serve Him with all their heart!
• What God promises we can ask Him to fulfill!
• No house of worship or temple that we build could ever contain God! Heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain Him! Yet He pays attention to the prayers we pray, the pleas we make, and the cry of our hearts in places like that!! (Not only that; He makes His presence known in places like that when we honor Him!).
• God knows our hearts and when we sin, if we will acknowledge our sin and ask for forgiveness, He will hear us, forgive us, rescue us, deliver us and restore us!

Today, I make Solomon’s confession and prayer my own! “Not one word has failed of all Your good promises! … The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers! May He not leave us or forsake us that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways!”

“PROSPECT” is one thing – “RETROSPECT” is another.

What can you say when you look back on a life in retrospect? Paul, the old apostle who had been through so much for the Lord, said these words (I read them again this morning during “Coffee with the Lord”):

“I have fought the good fight! I have finished the race! I have kept the faith! Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on ‘that day,’ and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.” (2 Timothy 4.7-8)

On second thought… Paul’s words are both retrospect (looking back on a life lived for the Lord) and prospect (looking forward to God’s favor on “that day”)!  Just let it be said, I’d like Paul’s words one day to become truthfully mine… in both respects!

I’ve been around long enough to see some great old saints claim them truthfully as their own – both looking back and looking forward!! (Didn’t I hear Paul say…”and not only for me but all those who have loved His appearing.”?)