Friday 11 July 2008

Enjoy more of Christ!

Continuing my reading of 1 Chronicles I appreciated a further word on the enjoyment of Christ in Chapter 5, verse 20: "They [the children of Reuben, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh] cried out to God in the battle, and He was entreated for them because they trusted in Him". Here there is a corporate aspect [the various tribes] of their calling on the Lord. What's more the Recovery Version footnote sheds more light on the significance of this verse: "...crying out to God that they might defeat their enemies and possess their land is a pattern for us today..." In what way?: "We too should cry out to God, telling Him that we want to gain more of Christ, possess more of Christ, and enjoy more of Christ as our God-allotted portion". Praise the Lord. How we need more enjoyment of Christ! O Lord Jesus, I need to gain You, possess You and enjoy You much more!

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