Saturday... He emphasizes through repetition...

Saturday... The writer of Psalm 136 emphasizes something that we need to hear and something we need to do and he does it through repetition.

Verses 1-3 (NLT) say, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever." And then verse 26 says, "Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever."

Yes, He is good, yes, He is the God of gods, yes, He is the Lord of lords, yes, He is the God of heaven and yes, we need to remember that. There is no other other. He is it, He is the One we serve and He is the One who faithfully loves us and we need to repeat that in our hearts and minds each and everyday we live.

And we are to thank Him. Over and over we need to show how thankful we are for a God such as this who faithfully loves us, who takes care of us and for what He has done and for Who He is. That is the way we need to start each day. There is no other like Him and He faithfully loves us. He does. Thank Him.

Verse 4 says, "Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles. His faithful love endures forever." There is no one like that in the world we live in today except God. There are some mighty people out there but not mightier than God and no way does their love endure. Just do something they don't like and see what happens.

Here's another one, verse 23 says, "He remembers us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever." He still loves us even when we blow it even when our weakness shows up.

I don't know where you are today, but He does. He knows what you are going through and you can know that His faithful love for you is still there. He has not forgotten you, He remembers you and He is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the God of heaven and He is good and He does mighty miracles and His love for you will endure forever. You can count on that.

So thank Him and believe Him and love Him back. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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