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Devotional: September 2nd

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Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might. 1 Chronicles 29:10-12.

This was the prayer and song of David, the king, when the people brought gifts to the building of the temple, many thousand hundredweights of gold and silver, and precious stones; for they gave gladly and voluntarily of an upright heart. Then the pious king rejoiced and praised God, the King of Israel. One may infer from this how full his heart was of the realization of the greatness and glory of God, the Messiah. He confesses that "everything in all the heavens and in all the worlds belongs to God, who is the Highest, above all authority, all princes, and all that are mighty, above everything high and low, and by whose hand all things are guided and directed. Our Lord is King in the three kingdoms which contain all things that were, are, and ever shall be. He is the King of heaven and earth, the kingdom of nature; King in the kingdom of grace, and King in the kingdom of eternal glory. Yes. Christ is the ruler of all things, as He Himself said, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth" (Matthew 28:18). How their hearts rejoice who own Him as their Lord, their Head, their Shepherd, their Brother and Friend!

Whatever they look at or conceive of in heaven or on the earth of it all they think and say, It belongs to my Lord and Brother. "The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof" (Psalms 24:1); "heaven is my throne, and the earth is my foot-stool" (Isaiah 66:1). How his heart swells in pride, the heart of him who is the sheep, the servant, the child of this Lord and King"! What should that heart fear which knows that all things are in His hand who has loved us and given Himself for us? Christ is ours; then is not everything that belongs to Him ours to salvation? Hence St. Paul says, "All things are yours. " If only Jesus dwells in us and has established His, kingdom of grace in our hearts, all His kingdoms, all things are ours. Therefore, see to it that Jesus dwells in your heart.

Thine shall forever be

Glory and power divine.

The sceptre, throne, and majesty

Of heaven and earth, are Thine.

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