Today's encouragement comes from Malachi 3:16 & 17, which says this:
"Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him [God] of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. 'They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.’ " (ESV)Behold the blessing on those who fear the Lord. God overhears their fellow-ship, and is pleased with it. The Lord engraves them in His book of salvation; and He owns them as His own prized and cherished children. In the Bible, God goes to great lengths to convey just how committed He is to making those churchmen who fear Him very, very happy.
May we be numbered among God's select, sparkling, and rare gems of the earth—adorning His holy church with love for Christ and faith in Him.
[Puritan quote of the day: "A man who is spiritually alive is ever in motion, ever stirring and working upon himself when he is alone, and upon others when he is in company, drawing them still to a good opinion of God's ordin-ances and of His grace.” —Robert Harris, in, "The Way To True Happiness"]
