I HAVE MANY REASONS TO
PRAISE GOD!
Psalm 40:1-3
1 I waited patiently
for the Lord;
he inclined to me
and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up
from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon
a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new
song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our
God.
Many will see and
fear,
and put their trust in
the Lord.
HE is my God! What a privilege to think about our loving God.
1 - He loved me before the foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1:4-5 …even as he chose us in
him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons
through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
2 - He loved me when I was His enemy.
Romans 5:8 …but God shows his love for us in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
3 - He loved me when I was not even looking for Him.
Romans 3:10-11 as
it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one
seeks for God.
4 - He loved me, so He sent His Son Jesus Christ to
die for my sins
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good
shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
5 - He loved me, so He gave me His Word.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by
God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training
in righteousness, that the man of God may be
complete, equipped for every good work.
6 - He loved me and sent the Holy Spirit to guide
and comfort me.
John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and he
will give you another Helper, to be with you
forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells
with you and will be in you.
7 - He loves me, so He has sealed me with the Holy
Spirit.
Ephesians 1:13-14 In him you also, when you
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in
him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the
guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of
it, to the praise of his glory.
8 - He loves me, so He protects me.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a
very present help in trouble.
9 - He loves me, so He disciplines me.
Hebrews 12:6 For the Lord disciplines the one
he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
10 - He loves me, so He gave me the church.
Ephesians 4:11-13 And he gave
the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and
teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building
up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the
faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to
the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
The list could go on and
on… You are probably thinking that I forgot some other wonderful reasons to
rejoice in our God! This is the God Who saved us and walks with us. David knew
this holy God, the eternal, perfectly wise, powerful-without-limit, loving God who
chose to reveal Himself to us, and graciously chose to love us when we could
offer nothing to Him. We cannot even offer our ability to remain faithful,
because it is He Who gives and sustains faith.
David waited for Him in
his times of distress, and found in Him the comfort he was looking for.
God listens to our cries,
He hears what no one else hears, He knows the pains that we do not even know
how to explain. What a wonderfully comforting image inspired by God, in verse 1,
to portray Himself as kindly inclining toward His distressed child!
God is perfectly able to
bring us out of the deepest, most destructive hole we will ever be in. In fact,
there is no deeper or more desperate place than our state before He saved us. God
places us in a safe place, where our steps are secure. He guides us, informing
us about how we should walk through life, what our goals should be, where our
joy should come from, where we should place our confidence, what we should
avoid, what we should actively run from.
Our eternal destiny is
secure, our present is cared for, and our future is sure. He is our God! Do you
know the God of the Bible? He is not a god created by man. As you study the
Bible, you will find out that He is more holy that you ever imagined, that you
are more unworthy than you ever understood, that He is far more wise, powerful
and loving than you could ever comprehend. You cannot know Him through your
thoughts, feelings or imagination. Your only valid source of information about
God comes from His Word, which is the Bible. All other supposed revelations
about God are NOT true and are not worthy of belief.
So then, how should you live,
when you are related to God as His believing child, and thus an inheritor with
Christ of all spiritual blessings?
A new song of praise
should be the natural outflow of this awareness. Why is it not always like
this? Because we lose sight of the grace of God. What should we do if we find
ourselves failing to praise God? Stop – reflect – meditate – thank – praise.
God never changes, no
matter the circumstance or the trial we are facing. He is consistently faithful
to His character and His promises. He is, at all times, worthy of our praise.
A praising believer will
cause others to become aware of the God of the Bible. Our lives will attract
others to Christ, when, in the midst of our trials, we rest in God and praise
Him for His help.
He is my God! I will
praise Him for revealing Himself to me, for transforming my life, for giving me
a sure hope of eternal blessing, and for using me to shine for Him. It is
definitely worthwhile to wait on God!
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