What a good way to begin! Blessing!
To be showered with goodness!
Having an umbrella of favor at all times!
God's face shining upon you!
Happy!
A state of being that most have tasted of, but few remain in........
Enjoying well-being........
Contentment.......
Satisfaction........
Enviably Fortunate!
Others are witnesses of your happiness and blessing.....
Others desire it...........
Eternally blessed with promises that will be fulfilled on earth and in heaven.....
And Spiritually Prosperous!
Having eternal riches stored in abundance........
Wealth that cannot be stolen, killed, or destroyed!
Gain that comes from repentance and fellowship and holiness........
That is,
Possessing the happiness produced by experience of God's favor!
The happiness Mary felt when told she was chosen of God for a special assignment........
The happiness that Zaccheus felt when Jesus said to him, "I am going to your house today"
The happiness that the adulterous woman felt when Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you......."
The happiness the woman at the well could not contain but had to spill on a whole community...
The kind of happiness that can only be possessed by unmerited and undeserved favor!
Especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace!
Oh the precious revelation of His grace!
His divine nature extended to us because of Grace!
Spiritual eyes open wide with wonder!
Awe!
Ephesians 1:17-19
"[For I always pray] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation........of insight into mysteries and secrets.......in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,
By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints........His set-apart ones...
And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe...........
Seeing what those in the world cannot see or even imagine!
Regardless of their outward conditions!
Regardless of circumstances!
Regardless of conflict!
Regardless of rejection from others!
Regardless of pain and suffering!
Are the Pure in Heart!
"Katharos".........the Greek word for pure.
Definition: Being cleansed.
A heart that has been washed.........
purified........
that is undefiled, whiter than snow, because it has known the cleansing power of the Blood of the Lamb, Jesus!
"What can wash away my sin, nothing but the blood of Jesus!
What can make me whole again, nothing but the blood of Jesus!"
"Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow" (Psalm 51:7)
"Create in me a clean heart, O God!" (Psalm 51:10)
Justified! Just as if I had never sinned!
Pure!
For they shall see God!
The purified are privileged.........
They will recognize the fingerprints of their Master........
They will experience forgiveness...............
They will witness the majesty and beauty of His handiwork.........
They will marvel at the display of His Grace and Mercy.........
They will see His works...........but more than that..........they will see HIM!
They will see God!
They will see Him as He is!
Such special grace to see God!
And so they are:
"Blessed..........happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous [that is, possessing the happiness produced by experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions].........
are the pure in heart................
for they shall see God!"
In Awe~
Cheri
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