Psalm 119:57-64
English Standard Version (ESV)
Would you get up in the middle of the night just to offer thanks and praise to God? (These past few months, I'm usually up at midnight anyway, but I'm not praising God--I'm more often wondering why I have so much work to do. So I don't get extra credit, I think!)
Is your heart set on God? Do you recognize all that God has done in the past. The breath you just took was a gift of God. The last beat of your heart was a gift of God. Even if there is never another, or if the next is surrounded by the pain and trouble life often finds, God has given so many rich and wondrous gifts to us. God has given us these, and also forgiven our very sins, the deep pains we cause to the heart of God. So many gifts, poured out on you. At the cross, we catch a glimpse of the fullness of God's love, as he lays down his life for a relationship with us! This is what God gives. This is how much God loves you.
We need to think on these things, to let our hearts dwell on these things, that they might shape us into the kind of people who seek discipleship with all our hearts.
May we focus on God today
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