Post-o-Matic 3.16† 0 Report post Posted September 22, 2009 Morning May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.—For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.—“One pearl of great value.”—The ruler of kings on earth. His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.—Head over all things.—He is the head of the body, the church. His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.—He could not be hidden.—His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.—“No one ever spoke like this man!”—His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.—Make your face shine on your servant.—“Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!” Ps. 104:34; Song. 2:3; Ps. 89:6; Song 5:10; Matt. 13:46; Rev. 1:5; Song 5:11; Eph. 1:22; Col. 1:18; Song 5:13; Mark 7:24; Song 5:13; John 7:46; Song 5:15; Ps. 31:16; Ps. 4:6 (Read full verses...) Evening “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.” “I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.”—He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.— In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. “Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?”—“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.” Matt. 26:39; John 12:27; John 6:38; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 5:7, 8; Matt. 26:53; Luke 24:46, 47 (Read full verses...) << Sep 21 | Sep 22 | Sep 23 >> Excerpted from Daily Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:01:00 -0700 at http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/daily.light/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
