This is our God

What refreshing reminders of the Lord's character and provision I found this morning in Psalm 145! Just a few things to meditate on as I move into my day...

He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, great in loving kindness, good to all! (Ps 145:8,9)

He sustains all who fall, raises the humble, provides what we need when we need it, opens His hands to satisfy our desire. (Ps 145:14-16)

He is righteous and kind in everything He does, near to all who call upon Him in truth, keeping those who love Him. (Psalm 145:17-20)

Don't we serve a beautiful God?!

Psalm 95:1-7

O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD,
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

For the LORD is a great God
And a great King above all gods,
In whose hand are the depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are His also.
The sea is His, for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture
and the sheep of His hand.

What an amazing God! What a priviledge to be counted among the "people of His pasture"!

Abundance

Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens,

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;

Your judgments are like a great deep

O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

For with You is the fountain of life;

In Your light we see light.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,

And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Psalm 36:5-10

Proverbs 3:5,6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He will make your paths straight.

The word "trust" is used in the OT in (1) literal physical sense: to physically lean upon something for support and (2) figurative sense: to rely upon someone or something for help or protection

The “heart” functions as a metonymy of subject encompassing mind, emotions and will

"Acknowledge" The verb yadah, “to know” includes mental awareness of who God is and the consequential submission to his lordship. To know him is to obey him.

(Notes adapted from the NET Bible)

Teach me to trust You with all that I am, Father - mind, emotions and will. Show me what it is to acknowledge You in all things, in all of life.

Living Hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you... 1 Peter 1:3,4

Born again to a living hope - I don't want this amazing theme to become commonplace in my life - I pray that God will give me an ever-increasing amazement for His gracious gift of salvation through Jesus!

Are you rejoicing over your salvation today?

Mercy

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindess.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Psalm 103:8,10,11-13;1

Food for my soul this morning...

Our soul waits for the Lord,
He is our help and our shield.
For our heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.

(Psalm 33:20-21)

Psalm 73:23-26

Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
With Your counsel You will guide me,

And afterward receive me to glory.

Whom have I in heaven but You?

And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

My flesh and my heart may fail,

But God is the strength of my heart

and my portion forever.