Joy in Leading
JOY IN LEARNING
“An for Gad, Kis sence fr prefer”
(Psat 120%.
POR EARTHLY whinge we meqeice cacthts widoas uc ‘fem apicitoal things oe require apdtitual wisdom. We ape shat erctythieg that in of God 4 perfect and orderly. “Wis way it perfect” Whanerer Cod does is perfect. entire, complete and help, and He woes to being you wd nt. who inta @ perfeor wey, as He hm promised io pera 37 of the estat Pigs: Fle “maketh my may per. feu" We shall ee how Hin dive bows will mabe er jor fall and coupons.
God abeepr Jooks at che end feo che beglneing. Whatever He omy be doing dn che present, He i abso ‘beeping His eyes on use ende-“'declering the end fon the peglnnlag’” (lem, 46,10), Thin ia something ther we Kroes belongs cimntt exally onderstmd, but if we Fan pomlensty, Goel Hiei? will ceech um, Ger need ts be. this tenght of God is very great. In chin cimpter me shall try te Thosteace chin point by Eurther examples Geom he Efe of Darbd,
. Brean the titer God exiled Devil He bad for hl a very high md beaeendy pumpore, thomeh Dorie aid not peace this for many your. We ako, wheo we fine was ote oot Lord im open, do on iow whet oom che lod of God fee ot in ig A Kut Bena We wre only comcatieed about being forgiven, FJ THE POY OF THER LOR wooed, elstored, and made righteoum before God, md weit He diet begin to teach us His om way we begin we quemfoor tim ov even pelt Hin Bet we cee from che Weed of God chit, cbtough difficulties of different Hinds, Gad, seeds wo reneg] His med cbeaddy and pre grewirely im ous, After he experience of New Birch, everything experienced in Eft begins oo hawt a deeper add 4 mere beavsoly and eternal meaning. We fod tba God lp kadlag ut ix His oma may, according tu His. eae mind, cheoghe end plan, Even though obturclly we may ke exoemely clever, 9s HbA find ther ae have bo wait very potiestty im Lee the odnd ef God, J
‘From the vere terlomdog Daved eas full of wisdom, ‘He Wes “Poudent im mutters, end a comely person’ Thee was anid of him io his youth. For God bad begun “malo David La peeret pices os be followed and cored foe the abeep. Yet be bad 0 Walt ciioy years in know Gods mind Bren sheogh he was very ise when coo pemed with ocher young men In he coma ex in hin sourty, and eveo though be had every enviabhe quali. Beaton ood wen mm of wax, ond wos endowed uth wisdom and strength aud Lewoty, pec it mor God cony Fema tg abow hita why He bed lowed hin and chosen:. ‘thin.
That 4 how the Lord Jess deals wih eng) oo of ua. Tie scores of all His dealings wih ux ip Hix Sonndiess ere, Whoever you omy be, though ya cusp have lived in ain, end though your way of life muy have been slumefal, God loves you and fealvet U0 cleus mod renew pow. Mage me ak hum ‘ Ir 1 LEARNING n ‘beloge here falled 10 sie kere to pm by smiling and betting funds ane] eo ont, Bert dlr Eethures orfll nor cheat Ge?r love fr you, We cll yen, Bom God's Weed iid with God's anthorsty, chat He doves pow, 0 cinner| He bores pom with an everlesping fore Eves though
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“Fie Low thy Gad im he waite af chow ib weighiys te mY teed, few ragice cewe har oni jays dy ll ie. a le Rotid, he ll Joy over char omih ringing” (Zep $a}, -
"You bare ween human beings booking happy and perf, wad perhaps Reve cached them, but here you ever em God looking Mapes? You Bers stom expegence of uum jogs of difikreny Hinds; bor note of it iat drum how our Crear Foss when He ds jopfel, Tot it ie coe bat God rejoices. ‘The Leed thy Good... rill seboicn weer this, Ha will jap seve shes with slngiog.'.
Yee hurt ein om cing I Let os mppope chat rou sould Rave tee priviinge of Bearing the mngels ming. Tht ” bemrenoky song woud be fat dence promt and jopfol thm amy song here. Bor suppose: you could bear the Lond ‘Himuelf almging| You here hound poured sloging, sou. iar bead other singing, yon bert beerd le imagine Riot the angels singing. How them would poo feel Uf yew
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Yet this be Godfa word to ua After He he Jered mm, sored you, ind poured Hae bore inn pear beer, cn THE jor OF THE LOL He will begin ve alag for juy over you. Waith 4 maqler dai a new-born tabe, She Is mo folk ef love Wor abe line ome, biapglog nd kleeog it oll over, pad even pening ine feet Leto ber mou! Ak her wher wee is deiog? Shel tell you thar abt & poorog out ber lore oo hee baby. Het thee Hgts up wh joy, and bor woo I oweex mp she pours het here into Ber baby's benet. God ino WIM alng orct us like this, when we are newly born agen ond candy ac recat Hie hive.: Then you wali bear Tim singing a bog Fer beeecer this aay angel's cong, Such 4 the joy of the Lend—the I oy cohich He dageriences by pearing Hix I ates deg ws mre: fed tore, Seeh noube fey that Gf ws with divine
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We we from the Ward of God chat we hive wo be piven a copecity and ability te recelre och bemmdien Jove, The love of God his fryr mighty dipeninen: halghe, depth, dength, and bresdch That i divine love. Homan Jove bee only one dlmention and lara er aly yar 30 07 pechepa yo pears. It begins mrdey and is gone boro. Bar the Jove of God bon ot Lai, Tp extends from teeny to edmmbty, fem eaves it sears I the deeper depths to which mah cas ge f YYout 4ios tay digg pon to kbs very depibs of bell, pour slafal deeds cosy rake you te the ple of corruption, year Lasts wary take you to places of darkens og ith, where, +. fake che peintleal, your Sted is awine’s food, Yet the gore of God Wale te pull you owt ef chat omirm, afd He you up oo high
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you are ubarered', Your brothers and abtett may be ubamed esd eefose to cred dn beatae od poe simtol Tifa Bren preacher: may #Ry! "The man bas obeclutely po hope of being weed. Yer our Lord will never give you up. There a all hope for you.
However deep you kaye gone into rin, howewr tow you my ove filled mocelly, bomever mubihom joe mop have boro if part year, the love of God le able ta agave po “He in able also to fave them to the utter moet that cooks onto God by film. (3eb. 7.25).
hh is the copiers — ake you with all your ehemefol page can become God's coworker Thi is che nareck of His lowe, and it is Gookume chet love is 30 gee that yaa need so kg A time co discover im full: Tmemning, He boos sone lbmlnnians, but He loved Fo, and Hila fvenclon ja co Lead you eo that e7a0e I which He win poe co be. Set you host allow God m ++ prepare pom, eo tain you foe that etcvlge, thar enlmisery
for which He bes called you.
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When God fie che Dovid, wore wes 09 doubt wach jey in che wbole family. Tbe farher, moeeer, bemabers, were alk averored botau nf Smmetl's saxbomncenaner. Ver naa domily eber coukl iblok Af
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on mune thin eafthiy Mogehlp, They mney here teooghe that bey would gad adminge ame privilege by remem of Davida posidoe, ot it wm aot fer wort earthly Flngdom ther God wee calling Derid, He had for him 8 Hogdom far higher enc goewter thin hit.
We beve seem che gre of joy in Droridts life, stage by smmge, ond one barre neces ela ik was that poe beh we God and a Dawid the greeintt vetieltction, even the revelaciom te him of God's plim and pattern’ fot Min temple. Now te want ts undatind mcenerkdag of tho taining the Lid op me chet.
Refare God could reveal Hes pln tm kim, He bad, fa we fue meen, to bring Dhorid by 0 path of iow to the threhingioor of Arummab, the Jetmita Thin Devi relied tat that aloe pled Of pfoeod pon which be trait Ga attr end tuanct peevce oMEeringy ores Treated bp the Lord co bulld Hie comple, Giod cond borer cold Deeld from ke very beginoding wo build His boos in ther place, tue Teel wep oe rege then to recipe _ such a command ov imetroceioa. Tt in only when we wre trofp reedy and prepared that God cm give kt oF ‘the ingirictioda of His beet.
When David tealied that God meoded cht pect of lind Bor Hie cermple, bt wet acd offered «price to te omer, and Araupils, the Jotuul, semmeeed: ‘Vou we my king, Fou can uke Je echo mney”. Buc David onseeed, *T will cake necking for the ‘Lord that bax cost ome nochimg,' 1 Devt had been amoodero Christies be might ove umd: ‘Pree lend Tet IN LEARWING n
Tosaill ake Wy ware |Tl be rary bape tee dt eed Brot (God will not accept anything which lus cost pom mochlog.
Remember che price that Derid bad steady pad a vial very ume threvking-floor. A threahing-floos [a the piece Where you bepétete tbe bret fe the che At the beginning of py fs all core sept whet a lea mum Devil was, bur chowoghoot bis history, chose often appeared little ele but chai in bib brain, He thought De ta Full of wisdom, bur thrwagh bie failun God: sail to hie: ‘Took ac che choi Cnly after beng boougtt m many “threshing-fbor,' wm David's bern delivered Grom the chef Thoagh be wis a king, bee ad to bt tebuked by God omy ules, and had to pay great poke for dellremace.:
We bare all of os to pey a béwry price bo be Ghads TereIM. We bette no be prepared to be deleted > from our chadf, aod fier of all from che chef im cor bral I Whar Je phat chaff In Good's sight it de all thet we lume seomed themgh our onn intel ctoal ability, Jo Teal go we reed “ALL flesh ib gre.” And In Remara 7.78 Pad us; “In ay Mak, deck leh mo good ching”. Nowe that Pool said thee winch afte bis coureniew. Vet oo offon wouie Od Poe pened to be delivered from ome cow Io Joke oz ay ee Lond Himself seid: “Becepe @ com of test fall inte the proud ood dis, it abiderh aloe: bor Bir is, it beinperh fort much fruk™ He in the grils of whet—He im oor toe wiedkee. AB ctr “y THE OF THE LoED
empeckenoté aru itlgeed to wach wa to depend ow chet vendo alin.
"Thee aff dorcel ewe wp tle ark of fhe come off the Lard maith shrotiog, cond with roamed of ths cornet, cond Seth irmpe, cal silk ombel, woking oo noia oik Peatiries and bars. So the drengir re ate of Geet cont and ft he alee rico of eile rae whar Dhani Mad pitched for i and chey alferad Bure acerifiegs coal pence offend: Sefore Grad (L Chrow. 15-28; 14.1).
When che lane bed beeo porchesed by David, he Nenged co bring che ark mf God abere, bat once gui. he filed che Lomi Io 1 Cheomicles 13.t eo com cher Teved coceolied with the coptic of thousands md Iromdreds, mtd. with every Jemder. He wanted 2” bring the atk of God dato ite pice but he waned io do oo fey a worldly plan, with workliy obrane, and be a wodlddy mar. 1
Ta the book af Numbers, the Lond bed gives His I
+ esremly putters for the crmuport of the‘ack Yet here! ie woch oo wine, mid sitghty king ignoweet of divine town mod ung bic own wiedoo to ecoomplish the cewult. Bo ookn aptie Mee pine ary Gumtabed, No mm ie my pier ot achat be chates the divine ander, whether he be prescher or paste, Lodin or Huropesn pearer wesichy. Thank God for thar]
God beoeght David to bis seus and im I Cho toca LS be gathered chu Levite: bo comp mp the THE JOY I LEARWING 35 ak of God to that game spot porchesed from the Fabrosite. What a appy dey it woe Vor Derid]
Fb erent for and gidness choy brewghe ep the ark alter ump youn af weodenng. "And Fivid spake whe oblef of che Levies co appolec their brethren te be the singer, with inetroments of musick, pesleries and hacpe and cmmals, sounding, by lifting up the wise vith jog” (1 Chace. 15.06. Te woe a thm of greet Ro. Wleh dingers sine wighd From the heart oo that day of glidates atid Darrid himenlE joitdog in the cedebraen I were 27].
“Thus Darid bad tes ceo Sessa befor God allowed him to bare the joy of bringing the ark to ite sight place Firstly, be had tp om that bis brain met ‘be completely free from all cheff and straw co mabe room foe the veilom of God, Yceendly, he bed wo _ Resta that the divine order for God» Bouse mes be very meriedly aad thoctoghhy maimeoned. Le exp cake 03 any Fears to Kat there lensoos atid I undermond the divine ples for the werk of God snd ibe His dich. Bat ben we eventually bet tee ork of God coming inte ith - Bike, we shall be filled with great (ey.
The Ark isu gype of the Lord Jen Cliche, He mmo be given. His rightful phe in your heart, in pour ome, ahd im your church ones, When chor i an, there fe pew joy. Dawid wom macy taeikes ber mame gave bin the wayne bor ef beat ag chee whkeh be bed im newiorg the I Agk af God coming co coy io this very spot that bt had percbased from Azamnch ‘This x cur joy and sreogth,
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Thee words ara Found in many beeece: I “Chriee de the Bead of chs Howse!, Bur all 095 atten whom you MOP there fie mmo oe chee days, yous Hind obo fn orely the Bend there| ‘The wit i head and even the mbronglooking bambend trembles before kis wife. She coo change Bie mid —— bp geo tec: he bow bow, Bat ee wheel the Lord far thoet hens Where it Led if i deed the eed hive at rays unt thtce ublnge to ba obeorred: ELréis, that Lord Jeane loop be ur perenne Head; scoondly, He In mo pe the Heal of your fealty, ibitdly, He doo be che reed of the amenity of hich yea are g member, Coly when this oe kee inrgught the Arc of God itta ite proper rewiing place.
‘That ia our joy, bor ages ith only che beginning. God had a acemet joy foe Dawid. fe Ceonbclin 13 the ky seemed 90 reas, there wer uch Meglag tod plaging end dancing, Hot God han mech move tor Dad yet ae pom crumbly ary that the jeg of the Lard fe (poor mrengrh* Teewuse gou are entering mare end mace folly itn the heart of God, ir your joy mocming? Fre. ‘pier yam this joy it Hie Nieme.