Thursday... This is such a good thing to do

Psalm 66:16 (NLT), "Come and listen. all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me."

Thursday... This is such a good thing to do.

I really do appreciate each one who stops and reads, Todays Beginning. Stopping and telling is such a good thing for those of us who are followers of God.

If you have noticed, that is what the Bible is. It is people who have stopped to tell something of meaning about and from God and waht he has donee for them. Now this Psalm is a song. It tells what it is but itdoesn't tell who wrote it. But in verse 16 the writer says, or maybe sings, "Come and listen. all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me."

They go on to share about what God did for them personally. They says in verses 17-20, "For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke". Now that is a very good thing to do. Praise is an acknowledgement of who the one I'm crying to is like and that gives us confidence. "Praise him as I spoke."

Now this is good, verse 18 says, "If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." And that is so important for us to know, isn't it? So let's confess.

Then verse 19 says what the result is if I have confessed. It says, "But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer." And that is what we want and need. We need God to listen.

And then verse 20, "Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me." And that shares what he did not do and a very real and important attribute of God. He has unfailing love and he doesn't want to withdraw it from us.

Now that was such a good thing to know and hear and I glad this person shared it. I'm glad you stopped and listened to what God wanted you to know. So lets share with others what God has shared to and done for us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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