Devotional 117 - Season 7 - No Better Place on Earth!

Free Range Preacher on Prayer

Every once in a while, not often, but consistently, I come to a particular episode that I'm doing for myself. Today is one of those.

I have told my children, and then everyone else who might listen to this old guy, that the best place to be is at the foot of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in communion with Him—Payer in a simpler term. No matter my circumstance, sad or joyful in my present, the best place for me is at the foot of our Creator, God, Redeemer, King, Rock, and Refuge. Because of His love and compassion, He is our peace, even in fear.

Recently, I came across this quote

"My sins prevail over me, and the terrors of their guiltiness. I am put often to ask, if Christ and I did ever shake hands together in earnest. I mean not that my feast-days are quite gone, but I am made of extremes."

Samuel Rutherford

We are children of God, and yet we are children of extremes. We have exquisite love for God in our inner man, and our souls exalt in His truths as we let them wash over us. At the same time we are brought to shame and wonder at the depths of our sins, and also know the cries of Paul:

"Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?"

Romans 7:24

A song we referenced before is "Hallelujah," by Leonard Cohen. Whatever way, he came to this genius song verse:

"I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch. I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya. And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of song with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah."

"There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard, the holy or the broken Hallelujah."

We all come like Samual Rutherford and my hero/mentor David with great cheer and sorrow, but God accepts our holy and broken Hallelujahs.

"I have become dumb, I do not open my mouth, Because it is Thou who hast done it. 10 "Remove Thy plague from me; Because of the opposition of Thy hand, I am perishing. 11 "With reproofs Thou dost chasten a man for iniquity; Thou dost consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. 12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with Thee, A sojourner like all my fathers. 13 "Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, Before I depart and am no more."

Psalm 39:9-13

"My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises! 8 Awake, my glory; Awake, harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn! 9 I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to Thee among the nations. 10 For Thy lovingkindness is great to the heavens, And Thy truth to the clouds. 11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Thy glory be above all the earth."

Psalm 57:7-11

Our So what?

That is my witness; that is what I have to give to thee.

I know the depths of sorrow that says, turn away thy gaze from me. and I know his loving kindness is great to the heavens.

One of the great ends while we are on this earth of our prayer lives is that we learn. That he accepts our holy and our broken, hallelujahs.

Brethren, let's pray for one another.

"What a man is on his knees before God, that he is and nothing more." Robert Murray M'Cheynee

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