1 Peter 2:9-10 Amplified Bible
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Word of God for the Children of God
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
On my mind today is formulating A Prayer to See Myself Through God’s Eyes.
Am I praying for revelation from God of the very final digit of the value of Pi?
105 trillion digits
Pi calculated to 105 trillion digits, smashing world record. A U.S. computer storage company has calculated the irrational number pi to 105 trillion digits, breaking the previous world record. The calculations took 75 days to complete and used up 1 million gigabytes of data. For trivia buffs that number is 6 six.
What is the 300 trillion digit of pi? For Trivia fanatics that digit is 5 five.
Will pi ever be solved?
The number π is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers, although fractions such as 22/7 are quite commonly used to approximate it.
Consequently, its decimal representation never ends, nor enters a permanently repeating pattern.
It is a transcendental number, meaning that there cannot be a solution of an algebraic equation involving only finite sums, products, powers, and integers.
So, I guess then, that to expect a revelation from God; A Prayer to See Myself Through God’s Eyes; will not occur any time soon, if at all – perhaps the very exacting last moment of Eternity? But by then, where will be to recognize it?
If we could see ourselves through God’s eyes, can we imagine how light we would feel?
What a weight would be lifted. All the burdens, condemnation, and judgment would be gone.
We can be so hard and judgmental on ourselves that we believe God thinks the same way towards us.
That’s why I’m reminding you that God sees us through Jesus Christ’s finished work on the cross.
Remember, God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, and his ways are not our ways.
Isaiah 55:6-9 Amplified Bible
6
Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
7
Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
It is so easy to doubt our salvation and dismiss our righteousness, forgetting it is our own.
The first is a gift, and the other was imputed to us through Jesus’ sacrifice.
When God looks at us, He sees that our debt has been paid in full, He sees the righteousness we wear through Christ, He sees we are chosen by Him, royal priests, a holy nation, and His very own royal possession.
The sacrifice of Jesus was so complete and perfect that no one is able to pluck us out of God’s hands. Once we belong to him, we are His forever.
Our God doesn’t do half jobs; what he starts, he absolutely completes.
In God’s eyes, even before the world began, before Jesus chose to be the sacrificial lamb, the Godhead saw our worth. They wanted to give humanity a way out because we were all destined to a Christ-less eternity.
That is when Jesus chose to die for us.
When parents are blessed with a child, whether through adoption or biological birth, we see those children as beautiful.
The way they smell, their complexion, down to their tiny toes, is just perfect.
God saw us vulnerable, helpless, and destined for hell and chose to love us and save us. When we see ourselves through God’s eyes, we see ourselves as loved.
Not on a surface level, but unconditionally. Whether we love him back or not.
If we mess up after we trust him, he still loves us.
His loving gaze towards us is steadfast, unchanging, and unfailing.
Where we fall short is when we think of God as merely human.
We would write off those who treat us unjustly, but God is not a man that he should lie.
John 3:16 is very true.
God loves us.
When he looks at us, we have been forgiven.
Our sins have been cast into the sea of forgetfulness, never to be used against us again.
The Bible says as far as the east is from the west, so far has our God removed our transgressions.
Knowing that when God looks at us, he is not looking at us in condemnation should cause us to give him praise.
It makes me want to worship, sing, dance, and magnify the name of the Lord.
I stand in awe of his mercy and grace and thank God that I get to love him back and praise Him.
I also want to share my faith with those outside the fold.
Sin separates us from God, so seeing myself through God’s eyes motivates me to live a holy life. It doesn’t cause me to want to sin but encourages me to resist temptation so I can continue to enjoy the sweetest fellowship God and I share.
In the name of God, the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit ….
Praying ….
Psalm 27
By David.
1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation.
Who is there to fear?
Yahweh is my life’s fortress.
Who is there to be afraid of?
2 Evildoers closed in on me to tear me to pieces.
My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell.
3 Even though an army sets up camp against me,
my heart will not be afraid.
Even though a war breaks out against me,
I will still have confidence in the Lord.
4 I have asked one thing from Yahweh.
This I will seek:
to remain in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life
in order to gaze at Yahweh’s beauty
and to search for an answer in his temple.
5 He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble.
He keeps me hidden in his tent.
He sets me high on a rock.
6 Now my head will be raised above my enemies who surround me.
I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy in his tent.
I will sing and make music to praise Yahweh.
7 Hear, O Yahweh, when I cry aloud.
Have pity on me, and answer me.
8 When you said,
“Seek my face,”
my heart said to you,
“O Yahweh, I will seek your face.”[a]
9 Do not hide your face from me.
Do not angrily turn me away.
You have been my help.
Do not leave me!
Do not abandon me, O Elohim, my savior!
10 Even if my father and mother abandon me,
Yahweh will take care of me.
11 Teach me your way, O Yahweh.
Lead me on a level path
because I have enemies who spy on me.
12 Do not surrender me to the will of my opponents.
False witnesses have risen against me.
They breathe out violence.
13 I believe that I will see the goodness of Yahweh
in this world of the living.
14 Wait with hope for Yahweh.
Be strong, and let your heart be courageous.
Yes, wait with hope for Yahweh.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Loving God, Living God, Loving Hope, Living Hope, Loving Living Life His Way! "Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues." - Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), Practicing the Presence of God (1692). 