HEAVENLY INCLINED...: I WILL EXALT THEE, O MY LORD, INDEED!!!

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

I WILL EXALT THEE, O MY LORD, INDEED!!!

I WILL EXALT THEE, O my LORD! YOU, alone, are worthy of ALL PRAISE, WORSHIP, PROCLAMATION, and EXULTATION! Because YOU LOVE me, because YOU have compassion, MERCY, and even pity upon my state, I WILL LOVE you until the ends of time, from the depths of my being! I THANK YOU, O my LORD, for ALL YOU have done, do, and will do, for ALL, mine, and myself! YOU, alone ARE the constant in my life, for which, I AM eternally indebted, ever grateful, ever appreciative, and so, to RAISE YOU before the world, is the least I can do; not only that, but WHO but YOU deserves it?!!

I stand before THEE, even bowing down, in humbled awe of YOUR MAJESTIC GENIUS, with respectful regard for YOUR EVERY instruction, as I KNOW that YOUR every instruction works FOR THE GOOD OF ALL IN CREATION, and FOR our well-being! The closer I inch towards YOU, the more understanding I am of the sound sensibility of YOUR tried, tested, and proven instructions for our lives, for they have ONE end goal, to BRING us safely home to YOU, and to provide for us along the way, diversely, that we are more enabled to fulfill YOUR WILL!!!

My heart is overfilled with sincere admiration for YOU, there is NONE in existence comparable to YOU! So far beyond my limited capacities is the breadth, height, and measure of YOU! YOU who CREATED ALL that is in existence, and maintains, with but a thought, a word, a hand, with LOVE as that which melds, and holds it all in PERFECT synchronicity! More than intelligent, more than brilliant, more than human words could hope to depict are YOU, my LORD, *GOD*, and SAVIOUR! If we had 1/10TH of YOUR DIVINITY, we would be doing well!!!

Much of my life did NOT HONOUR YOU, yet, I have left that behind, to make sure the rest of the time YOU grant me, IS spent HONOURING YOU, be that in thought, action, or reaction, for YOU DESERVE the BEST of me, in the ARISING of my spirit, which belongs to YOU! May YOU guide, and direct me, in my attempt to do so!!!

I open myself UP to YOU, to do with me as YOU WILL! I PRAY that YOU TEACH me, while refining me into a worthy servant! I TRUST YOU, and shall ever FOLLOW YOU, for I have SEEN, and experienced that YOU, solely, HOLD ALL I NEED, WANT, and DESIRE; the world enticed me for a while, but has NOTHING to offer in contrast to the ENDLESSNESS of YOUR PROVISIONS!!!

I have always been filled with LOVE, yet, from worldly standards, the LOVE I NOW find IN YOU, FROM YOU, and THROUGH YOU, is magnified beyond description! It is more powerful than all of the waterfalls of this world combined, and yes, gushes forth from me, to others, which LORD, is not always well-received, or even appreciated, but I have LEARNED from YOU, that LOVE needs NO reciprocation, because it HAS to be forwarded, in it's mystical, marvelous ways!!!

BLESS YOU, my LORD! PRAISE YOU, my LORD! ALL GLORY BE UNTO THEE, forever, and ever, and ever, for YOU, alone, ARE GLORY!!!

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