"Believe it or not, God himself seems to enjoy "stringing pearls." Do you remember the scene in which Jesus is baptized by his cousin John? Listen how the father spoke from Heaven at Jesus' baptism (Mark1:11) :"You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."
At face value, this seems like a simple, though wonderful, affirmation. But it's so much more than that. Did you catch all the references? If not, here they are:
"You are my Son" is from Psalm 2:7: "He said to me, You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
"whom I love" is from Genesis 22:2: "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
"with you I am well pleased" is from Isaiah 42:1: "Here is my servant , whom I uphold; my chosen one in whom I delight;I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations."
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Scriptures are simply the language of God. When we speak them back to Him, we are showing Him the greatest honor mortally possible.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say this has happened often, but I've cherished the times it has happened when I've prayed spontaneously His beautiful words. I know I had help from the Holy Spirit and those words I spoke to Father just lifted my heart. What precious pearls they are. May we all 'string pearls' when we address our God.
What an inspired post this has been Donna!
Beautiful.
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