I know I usually just link the scriptures that I am focusing on rather than including the text directly. But this time, I wanted to share directly with you this Psalm. I cannot read this Psalm and not respond with stillness and quiet in my heart. The wonder of truth in this scripture is very humbling. How great is the Lord's love for me! What I think I love the most about this section of scripture is the circumstances in which He loves me and the actions that He uses to show that to me.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
===> Just by being who He IS, He loves.
To him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.
Who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
who made the great lights— His love endures forever.
the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.
===> In and by His creation, He loves.
to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, His love endures forever.
and brought Israel out from among them, His love endures forever.
===> Even in acts that outsiders might deem cruel or unfair, He is demonstrating His love for HIS children. He is demonstrating that even in things that we cannot understand, He is loving us.
with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.
to him who divided the Red Sea asunder, His love endures forever.
and brought Israel through the midst of it, His love endures forever.
but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.
to him who led his people through the desert, His love endures forever.
who struck down great kings, His love endures forever.
and killed mighty kings— His love endures forever.
Sihon king of the Amorites, His love endures forever.
and Og king of Bashan— His love endures forever.
===> As He protects, leads, FIGHTS, for us, He loves.
and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.
an inheritance to his servant Israel; His love endures forever.
to the One who remembered us in our low estate, His love endures forever.
and freed us from our enemies, His love endures forever.
and who gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.
===> Even as we are totally undeserving, He blesses us with so much generosity of spirit. In His endless giving to us, He loves.
He loves just by being who He is and doing what He does. Everything that He does is an expression of His love for us. His nature, His creation, His protection, His gifts...... all examples and acts of His love. He loves in ways that I am incapable of loving. I can hardly love effectively when I try to, much less just by being who I am! The truth in this Psalm causes me to be still with the wonder of His love for me, and it brings me so much peaceful rest.
Father, thank you for loving me beyond all capability of my understanding. I know that I can never fully know the depth and breadth of your love for me. I pray that you would continue to reveal it to me, though and that you would continue to give me a heart that joyfully receives it.
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