The consuming nature of God's love is something that the more and more that I come to the LORD in keeping remembrance of the gospel, the more and more I "taste and see that the LORD is good" (Ps. 34:8).

Fire consumes. It's deadly. It burns.
It ruins houses, strips forests, and can bring great devestation. But, it is also a natural part of nature's course. It is actually ecologically needed to sustain this world in which we live. We can't live without fire, liturally and metaphorically...the heat, the passion, or the renewal that it brings.

There has been fire in my day...but, the fire has been in the form of what Paul writes as "flaming arrows of the evil one" (Ephesians 6:16). I was feeling useless, ineffective, tired, and confused. Why was this happening? Why do I feel so dreary? What's the matter with me? Why can't I be stronger?

My good friend said to me, "This is the anthem for the rest of my life: I fail, but the Cross is greater."

Today, I was realizing my failure: my failure to believe, my failure to hope, my failure to pray, and my failure to trust in the work of Christ to save me from my tormenting selfishness.

So, this is why I post this:



Jesus. Crucified. The Son of God absorbing the wrath of the Father who loved Him. For me. For me.

Oh, let my anthem be:
"Here I am without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me.
And, Thou hast bid me come to Thee...
OH, LAMB OF GOD, I COME."

Psalm 2 (ESV)

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against His anointed, saying,
3 'Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.'

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the LORD holds them in derision.
5 Then He will speak to them in His wrath, and terrify them in His fury saying,
6 'As for Me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.'

7 I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, 'You are My Son; today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
lest He be angry, and you perish in the way,
for His wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

***Okay, so that God would even invite us to know the Son, to kiss the Son with our allegiance is brilliant and wonderful to me! What a God! Oh, let us not delay our kiss upon Him who is worthy!

My Song:
Psalm 2

(This is probably my favorite song that the LORD has given me a melody and words for recently.)

Verse 1:
We, in foolish pride,
Stood against the LORD.
We took the yoke for our good
And tore it all apart.

Chorus:
Now, we're without protection
Before a Righteous God.
We deserve to be consumed
In the fury of His wrath!

Verse 2:
God has walked among us
To find is there's any blameless left.
There's no one who does good--
No, not even one.

Chorus:
Now, we're without protection
Before a Righteous God.
We deserve to be consumed
In the fury of His wrath!

Verse 3:
The issue of the LORD,
to the sons of man:
"I've delivered a Holy Son!
Now, take refuge in Him!"

Chorus 2:
Now, we have protection
before a Righteous God!
And, now we deserve to be consumed
in the fury of His love!

Now, we have protection
before a Righteous God!
And, now we deserve to be consumed
in the fury of His love!