Today’s Reading: Psalms 8, 136, 138
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His love endures forever. – Psalm 136:1
God, my Creator, will love me with a love that will endure forever.
Soak in the meaning of just how incredible God is. He is a good God – a God who loves us with a love that will endure forever. His love will endure; it will suffer patiently. His love will bear…stand…suffer…tolerate…sustain…undergo.
Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully. His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters. His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights — His faithful love endures forever. – Psalm 136:4-7
God, my Protector, will love with a love that will endure forever!
He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm. His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.
He led Israel safely through, His faithful love endures forever. – Psalm 136:12-14
God, my Provider, will love with a love that will endure forever!
Do you catch that? Are you letting that completely soak in and saturate your being this morning? Don’t let a phrase you have heard over and over again lose its meaning. Take hold of this promise – HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!
He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.
He saved us from our enemies. His faithful love endures forever.
He gives food to every living thing. His faithful love endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever. – Psalm 136:23-26
As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength…
Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will protect me from the anger of my enemies.
You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me.
The Lord will work out his plans for my life – for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me. – Psalm 138:3-8
God, my Beloved, suffers patiently for me.
The God who created me will not abandon me because He loves me. His love is strong and can bear with me through my struggles because it is a love that protects and provides. The Lord will work out HIS plans for my life. He will part the “Red Seas” and bring me out of my “Egypt”. He will remember me in my weakness and provide for me according to His plan. His faithful love endures forever. I do not deserve this faithful God.
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers –
the moon and the stars you set in place –
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them? – Psalm 8:3-4
God, my Designer, will love with a love that will endure forever!
Sometimes I am overwhelmed with the fact that the God of Creation loves me and cares about me! The Psalms do not just tell us about God, they describe man’s relationship with God. As we read through this book, we do not simply increase what WE KNOW ABOUT GOD, we come face to face with the fact that WE ARE KNOWN BY GOD. We walk away with evidence that God loves us with a love that will endure forever!
Father God, we thank you for the blessings you bestow on us each day. We are grateful for the opportunity to live in a relationship with you. God of Miracles, we praise you for how you have acted on our behalf over and over again. Thank you for your protection and your provision; thank you for being a God who created us, designed us, and knows everything about us. You are a good God, and we make the decision once more to put our trust in you. Amen.