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Thursday... We must thoughtfully consider.


Psalm 107:43 (AMP), "Who is wise? Let him observe and heed these things; And thoughtfully consider the lovingkindness of the Lord." 

Thursday... We must thoughtfully consider.

I am reading each morning a chapter from the Psalms, a chapter from Isaiah and a chapter from Acts of the Apostles.

Now Isaiah is looking at the children of Israel and their captivity. That was not a very good time. And then the last few chapters of Acts are about Paul and his trip to Rome and his shipwrecks. And then today I came across in Psalms 107 this verse. Verse 43 (AMP) says, "Who is wise" Let him observe and heed these things; And thoughtfully consider the lovingkindness of the Lord." And these things are things that we too need to look at and consider.


Looking at verses 39- 42 (NLT) they say, "When they decrease in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, the Lord pours contempt on their princes, causing them to wander in trackless wastelands. But he rescues the poor like flocks of sheep. The godly will see these things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent. And verse 43 in the New Living Translation says, "Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord."

Those who believe they are smart many times have a thought about why we need not serve God because of oppression, trouble, and sorrow. They have their answers. But those who are wise have a different perspective and too many times we turn to smart during those difficult times instead of the wise. The wise "thoughtfully consider the lovingkindness of the Lord."

Paul didn't use the shipwrecks or the fact that he lived the last years of his life as a prisoner. He used that time to write letters and share with people the Good News not the depressing news. And Isaiah shared the reason why they were in captivity and that a savior was coming.

It is so easy for us to get off tract by what we consider.

Verses 1-3 of Psalm 107 starts this way, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south." God is a good God and a loving God and he knows what he is doing and has done and will do. Whatever we are going through must go through God's love and his goodness. And that is what we must thoughtfully consider.

I don't know what you are going through but if you have a relationship with God and you are putting your trust, hope and your life in his hands then stop and "thoughtfully consider the lovingkindness of the Lord." Now that is the wise thing and the smart thing to do. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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