'Reach Forth Unto Those Things Which Are Before....'

Lamentations 1:16
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.      

This verse stuck out to me this morning. The first chapter of Lamentations tells of Jeremiah mourning for Jerusalem. God had come to the point that He rejected the people for their rebellious ways. They had turned away from God and He finally had enough. What a horrible place to be .... 'the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me' .... to come to a point where God allows the enemy to prevail over your life. If that doesn't make you want to stay with God, I don't know what will.

 

Romans 6:23-

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

It is a new year.  A perfect time for new beginnings.  Leave the whatever holds you back in 2011.  Nothing is worth missing heaven.  We need our Comforter.  I'm searching my heart today. I hope you will too.  It's time to 'reach forth unto those things which are before.'

Philippians 3:13-
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

~My Soul Thirsts for Jesus~

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

-Psalm 63:1-8