"Cornucopias of praise,, praises springing from the city like grass from the earth...blessed God, Israel's God, the one and only wonder-working God! Blessed always his blazing glory!"
(Ps. 72:16,18, THE MESSAGE)
What a wonder this would be, especially in these days. Imagine the city--any city--all cities--expressing love for God by praising! Think! Praise after praise springing up from the concrete and blacktop like the earth's grass, green and thick. The city whose sidewalks are stained and whose neighborhoods harbor gangs and trouble, this city is praising God! There it is! Praise for God's blazing glory!
If it were only so! On any stated moment all battles would be forgotten, all traffic stopped, men, women and children halted in their work, their play and raised shouts of praise toward God Himself. Yes...They would see God's blazing Glory. Yes...What a wonder that would be!
Imagine, too, God's tears...maybe on His cheek. Would He raise His mighty hands in forgiveness and welcome? What a moment that would be! Could it ever be? Do you think it might be something like the day that Christ died on the Cross? God received profound Love from His Son that day. But praises from his newest children might bring Him a little Love, as well. We can hope. Yes. God might shed a tear of gratitude that His Glory and Love was seen and received by His newest children.
Yes! Praise for the blessed God!
Lord God, May we see that day come when all cities will praise You in grand unison and we would see and know forever your "blazing Glory!"
Happy waiting, Jo
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