Tuesday... He can and he does!

Psalm 113:6 (NLT), "He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth."

Tuesday... He can and he does!

There are many out there who look down on people around them because they believe they are better than everyone else. They live, it seems with their nose up in the air. But not God.

Now God is better than everyone else and he does look down on us but for a different reason. Yes, Psalm 113:6 says, "He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth." But he stoops to look down because he cares about what is happening in our lives, and he is looking to take care of our needs. The whole fact that he sent his son to earth not as a prince which he was but as a baby says so much about him, it tells so much about God.

Now the Psalmist goes on. In verses 6-8 he says, "He stoops to look down on heaven and earth. He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!"

Yes, there is so much that God can and does do. He can and wants to make a difference in our lives. The Message says, "He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the forgotten who have been thrown out with the trash." That is not someone who looks down on us with his nose in the air, is it?

So let's celebrate the fact that God sent his son to earth to make a difference in our lives. Yes, he reached out first to shepherds with the news of Jesus birth. They were very common people and then he also reached out to Wise Men from the East. God cares about each one of us. And He can and wants to make a difference in each one of our lives.

Yes, "He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth." And verses 6-8 says (NIRV) "He raises poor people from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes. He causes them to sit with princes. He causes them to sit with the princes of his people." Yes, Jesus his Son is a prince. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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