Pure Delight
The Joy of Knowing How Loved You Are
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Filled Our Lord, beyond our imagination is the power of Your life in us. Those chosen by You to pen the New Testament used one main word to describe Your fullness in us: pleroo, the Greek word for full to overflowing. When Solomon dedicated the temple with a humble, penitent prayer, fire came down from the heavens and consumed all the sacrifices, and Your glory filled the house of Yahweh. When Your Spirit returned and filled Your temple in Acts chapter 2, it was a temple of human souls surrendered to You in love and with gratitude: the church of the redeemed. Redeemed! Oh, how we glorify and praise You, that You chose to redeem us and fill us with Your love. How could they have crucified You, Lord of glory? How can we ignore You and rebel against You still? Truly, it was our sins that nailed You to the cross. And You loved us then, as You love us now. “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life” (Romans 5:10). You fill us with Your love, Mighty God, our Redeemer. Thank You for the tears that have flowed from my heart for my sins, as well as for my yearning to be with You, Jesus. This desire burns so deeply, I weep to know You more, my Lord. I want to walk with You and know You by sharing Your desires. I want to know You by feeling Your selfless love for others. I want to know You by longing to honor the Father through obedience the way You did. There was a time, years ago, when I thought what I needed was to put more effort into praying. All I really needed was simply to fall on my knees and spend time with You. You’ve taught me, Lord, that prayer is effortless. Truly, prayer is the closest thing to having wings and being able to fly. You set us free from gravity. Upward we soar to be held in Your arms. It’s effortless because You lift us up to heaven in prayer. We are lost without You, Lord Jesus. With You, we have all we need. Come into our hearts; we welcome You! Daily we seek You to lead us by Your hand of grace, our King, our Savior. Every moment with You is a spiritual retreat that restores our souls. Fill us with Your peace. Fill us with Your love. This is Your presence in us. We are Your holy temple, filled to overflowing by You.
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Prayer keeps our hearts in the correct posture before God. There’s no place for pride at the foot of the Cross, only worship, with our hearts drenched in God’s transcendent glory. God does this for us. He revives our souls, makes the simple wise, rejoices our hearts, opens our eyes to light, and makes us clean that we may endure forever. Yahweh treasures each of us with a love that is personal. All people seeking God are blessed to discover He was there all along, holding you in His arms, waiting for you to open your eyes and see Him smiling over you with love. After that, life is never about us, ever again. Prayer reaches out to hold Christ’s hands. In prayer, God embraces and heals our souls. Moments with God are rich with wonder and joy. Pure Delight is a wellspring of prayer, a place to dip our hands into the waters of faith and drink, recalling the wonders of God and our longing for intimacy with Him. We can’t deserve this—it is grace, God lavishing love on us. Why wait another minute to experience the wonder of hearing and feeling God spiritually so near He leaves you breathless with joy?
About the Author
After beginning his career as a journalist and pastor, Jeff Ziegler has spent the past thirty years serving others as a registered nurse. The passion in his prayers is fueled by two great love stories: the miracle of how God saved his marriage, and the wonder of divine love that healed his brokenness and swept his heart into the boundless joy of intimacy with God.