Because God loves me, I am determined to be the best that I can be, to do whatever He might ask of me, and to make sure I pay attention! Yes, that is probably the simplest thing we can do, to pay attention; but it is also the thing we neglect the most, mostly because of distractions and our own will to do something else. Regardless of that, and as wrong as it might be, God still loves me!
This might be the hardest thing that I have ever tried to explain, because it just it too easy except, but very hard to understand. But! Isn't that something interesting to think about: But God, but He loves me, but He has this for me, but He did that; it all comes down to what God does, that matters, simply because He is GOD! He can do no wrong and everything He does is just right; right now, and in His perfect timing.
As we look at this, seemingly very heavy object, it might be better to think of it as having longer poles, like it requires more people to carry it than just four. Oddly enough, the part we are looking at today just does not quite match the object that we are talking about; it might match the road on which it travels, but it does not match or fit into the chariot or palanquin. That is unless you are speaking of the labor that went into making it!
Yes, it is no doubt the Lord loved doing His Father's will more than everything else; but it is also no doubt that the Father's will was to demonstrate His love to us. This love we are speaking of is just that, one that sets out to prove itself; whether we are talking about love between a man and a woman, a man and himself, or God's love to His people; it is love that comes with action, even though it is a feminine noun! Simply put, if you love yourself, then you are going to do the things that treat yourself as being loved by you; as you will do to your friend, your lover, and your God.
It's the word, "midst," that gives it this action, because it is between two or more persons. Add to that, the part about it "being paved," it does not end, nor has it reached conclusion; it is still being paved; the stones are still being put into place, because His love never ceases. What makes this even more difficult to understand, it is somehow for the daughters of Jerusalem; which is so incredible, it is just like putting on the garment that you get handed at the door...
"Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning all flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, theses are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed." (Romans 9:4-8)
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