MEDITATING ON GOD'S WONDERFUL WORKS
If there is anything the humdrum of our daily living has taken away from us, it's the opportunity to think and the chance to meditate on the wonders of God. (Psalm 77:11-15) "I will remember the works of the LORD; surely I will remember Your wonders of old; I will also meditate on all Your work, and talk of Your deeds. Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; who is so great a God as our God? You are the God who does wonders; You have declared Yourstrength among the peoples. You have with Your arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph."
There are times we need to remember God's wonderful works. There are times we need to look beyond life's troubles and problems and focus our eyes on the wonders of God's doings. A famous philosopher once said, "The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature." A life fully given to the meditation of God's wonderful work is sure to re-invent faith and hope in God. By contrast, aman who meditates on his troubles and trials will not see when good comes. Rather than meditate on our failures and sad moments and become discouraged, the good Lord wants us to remember His ability to see us through troubles and trials.
At the funeral of Lazarus of Bethany, the Jews saw Jesus and remembered His past wonderful deeds. (John 11:37) "And some of them said, 'Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?'" Proper meditation and consideration of God's work in nature and in the affairs of men ought to strengthen our faith in Him. God's past wonders and miracles ought to make us ask ourselves similar question as the Jews asked: If God could do this what can He not do for us? As we can rightly say that: "Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every moment, if we can only tune in."
How true and sure? (Matthew 6:26-30) "Beloved, look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow or reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value then they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now ifGod so clothes the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"
Beloved, do always remember and meditate on the past wonders and miraculous works of the Almighty and Omnipotent God in the lives of others and yours.
May we continue to meditate on God's goodness in Jesus' name, Amen!
There are times we need to remember God's wonderful works. There are times we need to look beyond life's troubles and problems and focus our eyes on the wonders of God's doings. A famous philosopher once said, "The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature." A life fully given to the meditation of God's wonderful work is sure to re-invent faith and hope in God. By contrast, aman who meditates on his troubles and trials will not see when good comes. Rather than meditate on our failures and sad moments and become discouraged, the good Lord wants us to remember His ability to see us through troubles and trials.
At the funeral of Lazarus of Bethany, the Jews saw Jesus and remembered His past wonderful deeds. (John 11:37) "And some of them said, 'Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?'" Proper meditation and consideration of God's work in nature and in the affairs of men ought to strengthen our faith in Him. God's past wonders and miracles ought to make us ask ourselves similar question as the Jews asked: If God could do this what can He not do for us? As we can rightly say that: "Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every moment, if we can only tune in."
How true and sure? (Matthew 6:26-30) "Beloved, look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow or reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value then they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now ifGod so clothes the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"
Beloved, do always remember and meditate on the past wonders and miraculous works of the Almighty and Omnipotent God in the lives of others and yours.
May we continue to meditate on God's goodness in Jesus' name, Amen!
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