Psalms 118:19 (NAS)
Open to me the gates of
righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the LORD.
Psalms 118:19 (NLT)
Open for me the gates
where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the LORD.
You
used to be dead and in a grave because of the sin in your life. But God did not
leave you in that state. Like Lazarus, the Lord Jesus called you out of the
grave and gave you new life. He loosed you from your grave clothes and let you
go free. He then opened wide the gates and doors of His city to you.
When you chose to go through the gates, Adonai bestowed
righteousness on you, making you right. He cleared your record of any wrong
doing, for justice had already been rendered through Jesus's blood sacrifice.
You were now legally able to enter into the blessings of God and to receive the
prosperity that He desired to give you.
In
all of this you have no other recourse except to throw up your hands in worship
to the Most High God. In reverence, you confess, praise, and give thanksgiving
to Him. When you open your hands before the Lord in adoration, He fills them
with His bounty. You, then, are able to draw strength from the Lord of Hosts.
Therefore, continue to yield yourself to the One who freed you and put you
before a wide open gate!
(Originally written
5/19/08)
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