This
song just keeps running through my mind. The promise is unbelievable!
“It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only...
Great are You, Lord!”
Do
you realize what that means? God Himself, the Creator, is the One who gives us
every single breath we breathe! When we realize that, it frees us up from worry
about tomorrow. He will determine our days (Psalm 35:15). Wow!
Charles
Haddon Spurgeon said (and you might need to read it over twice):
“If this God is your God by His gift of
Himself to you, what more can you have? If Jehovah has been made your own by an
act of faith, what more can be conceived of? You do not have the world, but you
have the Maker of the world; and that is far more...”
No matter what your
situation is today, these are just a few
reminders of what we have as the children of this Almighty God:
1. A Saviour, A
RISEN Saviour! Mark 16:6 “... But he said to them, “Do not be
alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen!” And when
we believe that Jesus died and rose again to give us eternal life, we have...
2. Forgiveness/MERCY.
(one of my favorite words) - Psalm 103:8 “The Lord is merciful
and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (12) As far as the east is
from the west so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” If you haven’t
read Psalm 103 lately, do it today. And if you don’t have peace that you are
God’s child, ask Him to forgive you and make you His child today. Why today? Micah
7:18: because “He pardons iniquity and He delights in mercy.”
3. His Good
Spirit to instruct us. Nehemiah 9:20: “You gave also Your
GOOD SPIRIT to instruct them...” He doesn’t leave us on our own. Exodus
15: 13 tells us that God in His mercy leads us. Even when our way seems
so dark and discouraging, Psalm 112:4 states that He gives us
“light in the darkness.” How?
4. His Word of
truth...the only book that is totally truthful and has endured through the
ages. The Bible is so very practical. It not only tells us about our God and
the way to Heaven, but it also instructs us for today on how to live, how to
talk, how to listen, how to handle temptation, how to help the poor, how to
handle illness... (Read the book of James).
5. His personal
concern and care for us. His eyes are always awake, watching and
caring for us, and His ears ready to listen. Psalm 121:3 and 4: God
never slumbers nor sleeps. I Peter 3:12: “The eyes of
the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their
prayers...”
6. I have to
include His beautiful creation that speaks of His power, His love for
order, for beauty, for ways to delight all of us who enjoy the moon, oceans,
flowers, snow, mountains, birds, giraffes J, fall leaves...to name a few.
7. All of this and Heaven,
too. In John 14, Jesus promises that
He is preparing a place for us; where He is, we will be also.
As the Psalmist
said in Psalm 104:34: “My meditation
of Him will be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord.” I hope you take a few
minutes right now to meditate on the goodness of our mighty God because:
“It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only...
Great are You, Lord!”
Maylou- I so love that you continue to write and encourage us at Grace. You’ve quoted some of my favorite scriptures here and my heart needed to be reminded of them. Thank you! 💜
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