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Reflecting God’s Love, March 28
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalm 67:3
.
As Christians we ought to praise God more than we do. We ought to
bring more of the brightness of His love into our lives. As by faith we
look to Jesus His joy and peace are reflected from the countenances. How
earnestly we should seek so to relate ourselves to God that our faces may
reflect the sunshine of His love! When our own souls are vivified by the
Holy Spirit, we shall exert an uplifting influence upon others who know
not the joy of Christ’s presence.
The Lord is not pleased to have His people a band of mourners. He
wants them to repent of their sins, that they may enjoy the liberty of the
sons of God. Then they will be filled with the praises of God, and will be
a blessing to others.
The Lord Jesus was anointed also “to appoint unto them that mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the
garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called
trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified”
(
Isaiah 61:3
).
“That he,” Christ Jesus, “might be glorified.” O that this might be the
purpose of our lives! Then we should have regard even to the expression
of our countenance, to our words, and even to the tone of our voice when
we speak.
The melody of praise is the atmosphere of heaven; and when heaven
comes in touch with the earth, there is music and song—“thanksgiving,
and the voice of melody” (
Isaiah 51:3
).... Let there be singing in the home,
of songs that are sweet and pure, and there will be fewer words of censure
and more of cheerfulness and hope and joy....
As our Redeemer leads us to the threshold of the Infinite, flushed with
the glory of God, we may catch the themes of praise and thanksgiving
from the heavenly choir round about the throne; and as the echo of the
angel’s song is awakened in our earthly homes, hearts will be drawn closer
to the heavenly singers. Heaven’s communion begins on earth. We learn
here its keynote.
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