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Tuesday... It is so easy to take so much for granted.


Psalm 50:15 (NLT), "Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

Tuesday... It is so easy to take so much for granted.

There is so much in our life that we expect and take for granted. Psalm 50:15 (NLT) says, "Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."

Yes, we have been given this thought over and over especially in the Psalms. We get in trouble so then we call on God and he will rescue us. And he does and we head on our living with expectations in our relationship with God. In trouble, call on him. Again, in trouble call on him. Yes that is what he says to do but there is more to it.


Verse 14 says, "Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High." There is more for us to do than just have the privilege of calling on him when we are in trouble and expecting him to rescue us.

We do that in our relationships not only with God but with others, especially in our family. We have these expectations. We take for granted what they do for us. And that may not be a wise thing to do.

Now there is a phrase at the end of verse 15 that is so important. The whole verse says, "Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory." "and you will give me glory."

The Amplified Bible says, "Call on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me."

Verses 14-15 in the New International Reading Version says, "Bring me thank offerings because I am your God. Carry out the promises you made to me, because I am the Most High God. Call out to me when trouble comes. I will save you. And you will honor me."

Yes, it is so easy for us to take so much for granted. It might be a very good thing to not save all your thanksgivings for that one day in November but to give thank offerings on a daily basis to God. And we need to also carry out our promises to God.

Again, "Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory." And it might be a good thing to also give thanks to those in your family. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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