I watch, and I am like a lone sparrow on a housetop. Psalm 102 :7
This verse typify the Lord in His affliction and expressed His continued dependence upon God the Father as a lone sparrow on the housetop. This was His living, and He prayed not for Himself but for the Father's heart's desire. To such an extend, the Father's desire was His desire, not caring for His own desire. This reminded me of two important things: 1) To spend time with the Father 2) To pray according to the Father's desire.
A life of prayer is a must for every child of God. Even, if it is a legality, I say, we must pray. This habit must be inculcated in every believer. And this must be our living every day. Once one spends time daily and regularly in prayer He will all the more be infused with the Father's desire and his interest and desire will be only of the Father. Once this is done, then v.14, "For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to her dust." Once endowed and burdened with the Father's desire, we will take pleasure in her "stones", the believers in the church and show favor to her "dust", the ground of oneness.
To take pleasure in her stones requires maturity in the divine life. To see the saints as beautiful as the Lord Himself requires the Lord's life Himself as one's life and living. Yes, the saints may be weak and fallen, but still their sainthood by virtue of the divine birth never changes. What makes the beholder the difference is with what heart he beholds. With God's heart all the saints are beautiful.
To show favor to her dust is to favor the ground of oneness where the church stands. The ground is the mingling of the Triune God with the believers. The ground of oneness, of God's choice where His name is and where He should be worshipped. And this view is possible with the heart of the Father.
The Lord inspired me these verses today to regularly spend time with the Father and be burdened with His burden for His heart's desire and have His view towards the saints and the church. The saints are beautiful, the churches are glorious!
This verse typify the Lord in His affliction and expressed His continued dependence upon God the Father as a lone sparrow on the housetop. This was His living, and He prayed not for Himself but for the Father's heart's desire. To such an extend, the Father's desire was His desire, not caring for His own desire. This reminded me of two important things: 1) To spend time with the Father 2) To pray according to the Father's desire.
A life of prayer is a must for every child of God. Even, if it is a legality, I say, we must pray. This habit must be inculcated in every believer. And this must be our living every day. Once one spends time daily and regularly in prayer He will all the more be infused with the Father's desire and his interest and desire will be only of the Father. Once this is done, then v.14, "For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to her dust." Once endowed and burdened with the Father's desire, we will take pleasure in her "stones", the believers in the church and show favor to her "dust", the ground of oneness.
To take pleasure in her stones requires maturity in the divine life. To see the saints as beautiful as the Lord Himself requires the Lord's life Himself as one's life and living. Yes, the saints may be weak and fallen, but still their sainthood by virtue of the divine birth never changes. What makes the beholder the difference is with what heart he beholds. With God's heart all the saints are beautiful.
To show favor to her dust is to favor the ground of oneness where the church stands. The ground is the mingling of the Triune God with the believers. The ground of oneness, of God's choice where His name is and where He should be worshipped. And this view is possible with the heart of the Father.
The Lord inspired me these verses today to regularly spend time with the Father and be burdened with His burden for His heart's desire and have His view towards the saints and the church. The saints are beautiful, the churches are glorious!
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