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Our state. God's provision. Both shockingly inclusive.

No good thing within.

No good thing withheld.

And how to arrive at the second from the first.

Here, notice this from my reading this morning in Daily Light on the Daily Path:

“I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing” (Romans 7:18).

That made me think of the other time “no good thing” appears in the King James Version:

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).

That is shocking in its inclusivity. What a motivator to walk uprightly before God today!

Well, here are two more excerpts (read it all | buy the book):

“Perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD” (Ezekiel 16:14).

“Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us” (Psalm 90:17).

God’s beauty upon us? Wow!

Who will see it upon us today?

And it is not yet revealed what we will be.

Darkness still reigns.

But somewhere, no longer so far east of here, dawn relentlessly pushes my direction. Steadily, it presses the darkness westward. Slowly, it drags the day along.

It. Is. Coming!

So is perfection. But it comes slowly.

The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. -Proverbs 4:18

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. -Philippians 3:12

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. -Hosea 6:3

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. -Matthew 13:43

We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. -2 Corinthians 3:18

When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. -1 Corinthians 13:10,12

Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. -1 John 3:2,3

Daily Light on the Daily Path — August 8, Morning

Perfection doesn’t come all at once.

That is God’s method — let’s work with it . . . and thrive in the process.

Those who walk in the light need not be discouraged. So take renewed courage and hope!

earth spinning animated gifPS: Dawn really does travel more quickly that it seems — 734 miles per hour here at the 45th parallel.

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