1 Chronicles 16:34 – Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Oh Lord my heart, my mind, all that I am bears testimony to the eternal truth that you are eternally good and that you eternally love me. Thinking not of what I don’t have, I thank you for what I do have. I trust you Lord. If I don’t have it, I don’t need it. To think otherwise is to doubt You! If the time comes that I need it, I will have it. You know Lord, I am not perfect in humility, but I strive to be so. I trust You more than me. Since You are good and You love me, then what I have is what You, oh perfect and almighty God, have determined that I should have. Will I raise the esteem of my thoughts above yours? No! Forbid the thought!
Some of what I don’t have can make life a little harder, but I refuse opportunities to complain about that. If I go through hard times, I continue to cling to You, to Your ways, to what You have ordained. You know best oh God! Perhaps, in Your continual refinement of me, I need to go through certain hard times for my own benefit. If You determine that to be so, then it is so. Here is where my knowledge of You, my faith in You, and my regard of You is determined. It is “where the rubber meets the road.” Either I will live by faith in You or I will not. What if You call me to hard times to glorify You? Will I complain? No! I am thankful that I may be used, in any measure, to bring praise to Your name! Praise Your name!
I pray that I will pass these tests because I love You who first loved me. You, Almighty God, daily reveal Yourself to me. You expand my knowledge and lead me. I hear you calling to me! Oh praise You Lord! Lord God, I strive to throw away all that I want for myself to gain what You want for me. It is better to trust in You than in anything else, and most certainly better than what I could think. Dying to self and living for You, and through You, is better than living for and of myself. To do that is better for me and for all that I love. The more You are revealed through me the better off are all who know me.
Lord God, thank You! Thank You for all the blessings I know of, and for all the ones I don’t know of. Thank you for the bad that never happens. Thank You for loving me, even cherishing me. A miracle in itself! Thank You Lord! Thank You! Thank you! Thank You! I praise You God! Thank You!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.