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Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!  And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates!  Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory.

The Temple gates swinging open, symbolize the people’s desire to have God’s presence among them.

This Psalm is not only a battle cry for the church, but it also looks forward to Christ’s future entry into the new Jerusalem to reign forever. (Revelation 19:11-21).

“And because of Him  you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption. so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 1:30-31 ESV

… That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.”  MSG

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 21:2

 People can find an excuse for doing almost anything, but God looks behind the excuse to the motives of the heart. We often have to make choices in areas where the right action is difficult to discern.

We can help ourselves make such decisions by trying to identify our motives first and then asking, “Would God be pleased with my real reasons for doing this?”

 God is not pleased when we do good deeds only to receive something in return. One must do good deeds out of divine selfless love.

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of his heart.

Proverbs 20:27

God has given each of us a conscience to tell us right from wrong. Without it, we would be unaware of the harm caused by certain actions, and we would not know how to do good either.

The conscience searches us and exposes our hidden motives. Because our consciences are not perfect, we need the additional light of God’s Word (see Psalm 119:105).

 The best way to stay on God’s path is to use both lights at once—our conscience exposing our motives and the Bible directing our steps.

Now here He comes

Now here He comes

Now here He comes

And when He comes

A change is going to come

 

A new heaven and earth

A life of no more pain

No more tears

No more suffering

No more evil

 

Just a life of perfect peace

The Day we enter God’s Rest

Face to face in God’s presence

Worshiping and praising king Jesus