Monday... He has stored it for us.

I don't know if you have had to rent a storage unit. We have had to, many times. Well, Psalm 31 tells of another type of storage.

Psalm 31:19 (NLT) says, "How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you." And we need to be reminded of this truth. Yes we need some goodness stored up, don't we? There is so much bad around us, isn't there?

David then continues, "You lavish on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world." Yes, this is where we go when we need some goodness in our lives. And he wants to lavish us when we come to him for protection. And those around us will see how good a God he is. And we waste this opportunity so many times because we don't avail ourselves of this blessing because all we see is the bad.

Verse 19 in the Amplified Bible says, "How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You, which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You, before the sons of man!"

We really can't fathom how good God is. The world doesn't see him as good but he is so good. And we need to show it before the sons of man.

Now one thing about this storage issue. When we have stored it we aren't using it. O we can go and get it and then use it because we know we have it but it is extra. It is in storage. It is ours but it is in storage.

The Message says, "What a stack of blessing you have piled up for those who worship you, ready and waiting for all who run to you to escape an unkind world." We worship him, we have a reverent relationship with him, and he is waiting for us to run to him.

Do you need his goodness today? Do you have a relationship with him? Then run to him, take refuge in him.

Yes, "You lavish on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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