Verse of the Day 3/6

Through the Bible - Deuteronomy 3-4

Good morning,

For the last couple of mornings we've looked at the will, ours and God's. Jesus obeyed, followed the will of the Father all the days of His life. In John 4, after His encounter with the woman at the well, Jesus spoke to His disciples:

John 4:34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. NKJV

Jesus was sustained, strengthened by doing the will of the Father, having complete faith and trust in His will.

Today's verse comes from Mark chapter 7 where Jesus had been going from place to place healing people of various ailments. After seeing all of this those present were amazed.


Mark 7:37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
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The deaf person that can now hear appreciates hearing more than someone who has always been able to hear. The blind person who is given sight aprreciates it more than those who have always been able to see. The person who has been mute appreciates the ability to speak more than those who always have been able to. After Jeff's accident he did not speak a word for over two years, well beyond the time that doctors said that there could be any improvement. His (Jeff's) words, though limited are truly a blessing and I praise God for the gift.

Octavius Winslow wrote, “‘He hath done all things well.‘ Yes, from first to last, from our cradle to our grave, from the earliest pang of sin’s conviction to the latest thrill of sin’s forgiveness, from earth to heaven, this will be our testimony in all the way the Lord our God has led us in the wilderness. In providence and in grace, in every truth of His Word, in every lesson of His love, in every stroke of His rod, in every beam that has shone, and in every cloud that has shaded, in every element that has sweetened, and in every ingredient that has embittered, in all that has been mysterious, inscrutable, painful, and humiliating; in all that He gave, and in all that He took away, this testimony is His just due, and this our grateful acknowledgment through time and through eternity — ‘He hath done all things WELL.’” The Sympathy of Christ (Harrisonburg, Va.: Sprinkle Publications, 1994), 48-49.

Having seen what Jesus did and accomplished in submitting to the will of the Father, having seen what God has done up to this point in our lives, may we show more trust and more faith in submitting to His will knowing that "He has done all things well."

Adam Clarke's commentary sums it up: [He hath done all things well] This has been, and ever will be, true of every part of our Lord's conduct. In creation, providence, and redemption, he hath done all things well. The wisest philosophers are agreed that, considering creation as a whole, it would be impossible to improve it. Everything has been made in number, weight, and measure; there really is nothing deficient, nothing redundant; and the good of the creature seems evidently more consulted than the glory of the Creator. The creature's good is everywhere apparent; but to find out how the Creator is glorified by these works requires the eye of the philosopher. And as he has done all things well in creation, so has he in providence: here also everything is in number, weight, measure, and time. As creation shows his majesty, so providence shows his bounty. Its preserves everything he has made; all depend upon him; and by him are all things supported. But how glorious does he appear in the work of redemption! How magnificent, ample, and adequate the provision made for the salvation of a lost world! Here, as in providence, is enough for all, a sufficiency for each, and an abundance for eternity. Its loves every man, and hates nothing that he has made; nor can the God of all grace be less beneficent than the Creator and Preserver of the universe.


In Christ,
Mike
mikevw@bellsouth.net
http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com/
Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
Mark 7:31-8:1

Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute
(Matt 15:29-31)

31 Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. 32 Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. 33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. 36 Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."

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