Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
If you have known this, you have been blessed with happiness. If this is new for you, then your day is "made"--now and forever: "Blessed is the man [or woman] who listens to Me, watching daily at My gates, waiting at My doorposts. For whoever finds Me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord" (Prov. 8:34, 35).
The word "blessed" means "happy." From your first moment of consciousness when you awake in the morning, your thought becomes a prayer: "Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation" (Psalm 51:11, 12).
Your first wakeful thought is not a desire for a cup of coffee; but you are hungry for some word from the Lord, you are thirsty to "listen" to the Holy Spirit. And we are talking about "blessedness," which is true happiness for here and now. Not a "pie-in-the-sky" kind that leaves you miserable.
There is a prayer that is 100 percent sure to be answered, and it does not depend on some so-called worthiness on our part. The most unworthy sinner in the world can pray this prayer and know that God hears it and treasures it: "God be merciful to me a sinner" (Luke 18:13).
It's true--the Lord loves sinners; they are dear to Him because Christ came very close to them, in fact, He was "made to be sin, who knew no sin" (2 Cor. 5:21). His enemies complained, saying, "This Man receiveth sinners" (Luke 15:2). Jesus was happy that they said this!
His job is forgiving sinners and cleansing their hearts and preparing them to be at home and to be happy in His eternal kingdom. Let Him do it for you!
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: November 17, 2008.
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