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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Ruler, #10
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them [the ways of those who seek God and are able to reach Him in various situations]. Who passing through the valley of Baca [weeping] make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools [the grace and glory of Christ both from within and without]. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. (Psalms 84:5-7)
The saint who is becoming a "star," in whom there is a constantly-increasing development and shining of the Lord Jesus Christ, is described in Psalms Eighty-four (above).
The beginning saint is blessed and strengthened by the Lord for the particular situation. The mature saint has no strength whatever except the eternal strength of God, of which he has become a part.
The beginning saint is subject to victories and defeats. One period will be gloriously blessed. The next will be filled with doubt and discouragement.
The mature saint through experience has learned how to come to Zion with singing under many varying conditions. He or she becomes increasingly able to reach God regardless of the circumstances and pressures.
The stars do not shine by the reflected light of the sun. They have their own fire. The mature saint has Christ formed in him. That Light cannot be eclipsed. It is the eternal, indestructible, incorruptible resurrection Life of the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Lord's heroes of faith come to a place of sadness and weeping they turn it into springs of living water. The Lord then adds to those springs by pouring out rain from Heaven. What would have been a place of sadness (a valley of Baca) becomes a center of glory, of revival, of anointing, of joy and gladness in the Lord Jesus.
God's saints bring revival with them. Revival has been formed in them.
The Christian churches are subject to times and seasons, being victorious one moment and defeated the next. But the Lord's mighty men and women pass from strength to strength, from victory to victory, from glory to glory. Each strength leads to new and greater strength. Each victory leads to new and greater victory. Each glory leads to new and greater glory.
The victorious saints always are learning of God, always growing, always pressing forward in Christ. They are following on to know the Lord. They will move from strength to strength until they become filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19).
God's stars are Mount Zion, the eternal dwelling place of the strength of the Lord God of Heaven (Amos 1:2). As David's Zion was a fortress city that guarded the larger city of Jerusalem, so God's conquering saints are a first line of defense of the Church (Micah 4:13).
They appear before God continually because they seek God continually. They pray without ceasing because Christ is being formed in them. The Lord God of Heaven is becoming their prayer, their life, their strength, their praise, their joy, their health, their wisdom, their All in all.
They learn to depend on the Lord Jesus rather than to attempt to resolve their problems by scheming and manipulation. They have discovered that they know nothing at all. They must trust God in all matters.
To be continued.