“Sing to the Lord a new song,
for he has done marvelous
things…All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.”
Psalm 98:1-3
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Every
morning, upon rising, is a brand new opportunity to say “Thank you” to God for
the many blessings He bestows on each and every one of us. Not sure of how
blest you are? Well consider this…
It is
vitally important to give credit where credit is due as we go about our day. With
God, there are no coincidences in this life. Giving God credit for all that is
does in our lives through His grace is essential to growing in gratitude. For
whatever can we do on our own without Him???
Beginning
with waking up in the morning to face each new day, we are so blessed by God. Gratitude
to God comes when we recognize and embrace the fact that through Jesus Christ,
our Savior and friend, and the power of the Holy Spirit, God showers us with so
many blessings each day that we can hardly count them. There is no one else
that is so intimately involved in our daily lives; no one else who has the power
to save us from ourselves and the world around us.
For most of us, to be
able to breath, walk, see, speak and hear upon rising is this just the start of
things…All abundant blessings come from God. Sure, we all have free will, but when
you place your life in God’s hands each day, He is able to do far more with our
lives than we ever could on our own with all the limitations our humanity we
have. For the asking, He will help you become a bolder soul, more compassionate,
more loving, steady and focused, clean and sober, financially sound, and even
go before you to pave the way for you at every turn. He will do it!
Jesus
stands in wait for you to call upon His holy name in times of need. If
you know Him, you are blessed. If you don’t know Him, you have equal access as
those who do. If you seek Him with all your heart, you will find Him and he
will change your lot through the power of His blessed grace, also known as
undeserved favor. None of us deserves to have Jesus at our side. But it is His sublime compassion and great
unconditional love for humanity that brings Him to us again and again for the asking.
Seek God with all your heart then wait with confidence for Him to answer your pleas. Rather
than answering every prayer exactly as we desire, He will always come through
for you according to His Divine Will for you in your life -- for the most
benefit to help you grow and flourish.
Even a
simple prayer like “Jesus help me” can be enough to get His attention. He already knows
each of us personally – our hearts and minds -- in the most intimate ways, and stands in
wait for us to simply reach out when we are ready. He love us and loved us profoundly first,
though we sometimes are unaware of it, hence the delay in the connection with
Him. What feels like reaching out to Jesus for the first time may really be answering
His call while reaching for His mighty outstretched hand to us.
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Adele M. Gill
| Copyright 2016
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