“O Give Thanks Unto The Lord
(2)”
SIH’s Think On
These Things: Psa 106:1-2
Ps 106:1-2 (KJV) … for [he
is] good: for his mercy [endureth]
for ever….
In our last devotional
we saw the need to give our Lord all the praise and thanks for what He has so
graciously done for us. In this morning’s
devotional, I would like us to emphasize why we are to praise and thank
Him. It is because He has been so good
and merciful to us….
for [he is] good:
Our Lord is good in many
different ways. He is morally good; it
is beneficial to us to be acquainted with Him; and He loves His people, cares
for them and graciously works in their midst. He gives us many blessings that
we do not deserve. What a blessing it is for us to be able to serve a kind,
loving God. Think of what life would be
like if we served a tyrannical God. He
would be only concerned about Himself, all the while enslaving us to His
servitude.
for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Our Lord is not only good, but He is merciful as
well. He withholds from His people much
harm that they rightfully deserve. The
perfect example of this is His withholding judgment from us. We all are sinners deserving of eternal punishment
in the Lake of Fire; but God, through the work of Christ has withheld that
judgment from us.
God’s mercy and goodness are very much related….
He shows us His MERCY when He withholds from us harmful
things that we deserve.
He shows us His GOODNESS
when He gives to us beneficial things that we do not deserve.
In our devotional series
this month, we have seen a variety of ways in which the Lord shows Himself to
be both a merciful and good God. As we
look back upon our life, we can see an innumerable number of displays of His
kindness to us. Also keep in mind, many
times, He intervenes and shows His kindnesses to us without our
recognition. For example, keeping us
from an auto accident by delaying our departure, or causing our immune system to
destroy harmful bacteria with which we have unknowingly come into contact. These are just two of a multitudes of possible
ways that He can be showing us daily blessings.
Let us be thankful to
our Lord for both His goodness and His mercy…. Every blessing we receive from
Him flow to us because He is a good and merciful God.
May the
Lord bless us as we “Think On These Things”.
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