Thursday... Do we really realize what we have? Do we?

Thursday... Do we realize what we really have? Do we?

We have access to the greatest of all greats who has ever been and will ever be and it is so easy for us to take Him for granted. The Psalmist didn't. In Psalm 48:1 (NLT), he says, "How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise."

Oh we love to throw the word great around. Wow, Gonzaga is a great team. Mookie Betts is a great baseball player. NCIS is a great TV show. And we love to give them praise. And maybe they deserve our praise. But "How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise." He really deserves our praise. What have all these others done for us? We just love to throw that word, great around.

Verse 9 says, "O God, we meditate on your unfailing love." Just stop and think, meditate on what He has done for you, what He is doing for you. Here, the greatest of the great loves you with an unfailing love. He really does and He shows it to you everyday. He deserves our praise. "O God, we meditate on your unfailing love."

Then verse 14 (AMP), "For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even until death."

Some of my heroes are no longer alive. Oh I still remember them but they haven't lived forever and ever. But God has and will. (NLT), "He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die." Yes He will.

Oh God, You are great, You have unfailing love for us, You will live forever and You will guide us if we let You until we die. We cannot say that of anyone else. He really does deserves our praise doesn't He? And we can have and I do have a relationship with Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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