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Psalm 104 – Wrapped in Light
By Mark D. Roberts | Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Excerpt
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
O LORD my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty,
wrapped in light as with a garment.
Psalm 104:1-2
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Prayer
Wrapped in light? Indeed, You are, dear Lord. Yet on this Christmas Day we remember another wrapping: “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” You were wrapped up, dear Jesus, just like any other baby born into Your culture. Just like any other baby, except, of course, for the unsettling humility of Your bed.
How I honor You, my Lord, for Your willingness to put one human clothing, indeed, human nature! You took off Your radiant glory and put on a different glory, a humble glory, a gracious glory.
All praise be to You, Lord Jesus, in Your amazing and surprising glory!
Postscript
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. . . . No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.
John 1:14, 18
Topics: Psalm 101-105 |
January 5th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
You my Lord Jesus will always shine light like a fresh ray of hope in the darkness of my soul. I know that at night I can look up to the skies and see how your millions of galaxies are always shining the glory of God. I’m but a particle of sand upon the beach, I’m but a drop of water in the ocean and I walk blindly if not for you My Lord. Thank you that each day and each night I’m wrapped in the light of your promises. I’m never to be afraid when the night comes with the thunder for even the terrifying clapping of your glory you will be the light that lights up any shades of confusion, and stress.