Psalm 89:14-16

"Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presences, O LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness."

In the book I'm reading, "31 Days of Drawing Near to God: Resting Secruely in His Delight" by Ruth Myers, she gives a list of scriptures out of which we're supposed to choose one to meditate on. I chose Psalm 89: 14-16 today because I felt like it really exemplified my desire to know God more! I love that the person who acclaims God and who walks in the light of His presence rejoices all day long and exults in God's righteousness!

One of the first things I did when I was reading this verse was look up what "acclaim" and "exult" mean. I was interested to see exactly what the dictionary definition was because, I don't know if this makes me vocabularically-challenged (nice word huh?), I didn't really know what those words meant haha.

acclaim: "to welcome with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; to acknowledge publicly the excellence of (a person or thing)"

exult: "to show or feel lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; to be joyful especially because of triumph or success."

I think when you put those definitions into the scripture it really makes it that much more amazing! To know that those who welcome God with shouts of joy and approval and who walk in the light of His presence are blessed! And that by doing such things they are able to rejoice in His name and rejoice exceedingly and triumphantly in His righteousness! That is so cool!

I love it! :) It's so good! I want to be the person who publicly acknowledges the excellence of God! How cool is it that we get the opportunity to do that?! So awesome! I want to always be walking in the light of His presence and I want to be able to rejoice in Him and His righteousness every day! That's the cry of my heart! :)

Another Notable Quote:

"God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful, that He can without anything other than Himself meet and overflow the deepest demands of our total nature, mysterious and deep as that nature is." -A.W. Tozer

God can meet all of our needs and satisfactions. Ruth Myer wrote, "This is where we find the kind of love we most deeply need-- not in human relationships, but in God. If we want real love, ideal love, perfect love, God's heart is where to find it. It's the only love big enough to meet the deep needs in your life and mine."

A good song by J.J. Heller that I feel is a perfect song for the day! :)



Lyrics:

I don't need a thing
My good shepherd brings me all
You are all I need
You let me catch my breath
Even in the valley of death
You are all I need

All I need to be complete is your love
Your blood that covers me

You lift up my head
You provide the wine and bread
You are all I need
There's no need to fear
Even with my enemies here
You are all I need

All I need to be complete is your love
Your blood that covers me

Goodness and mercy are following me
You are all that I need
You make a home for me
With pastures of green as far as I see
You are all I need

All I need to be complete is your love
Your blood that covers me