Isaiah 25:1 (Nkjv)
O Lord, You are my God, I will exalt You,
I will praise Your name,
For You have done wonderful things;
Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
It's good to remember just how wonderful our God is. At Christmas we're reminded that 'His name shall be called Wonderful' and then can lose sight of that truth as we fall back into routines and the things that distract us.
Our God is the One who gives us the very breath we breathe, and every morning He gives us new mercies to bless our day. How wonderful.
Our Lord Jesus is such a wonderful Saviour to us too. He took all the punishment for our sin, took all our guilt and shame into Himself at the cross and exchanged it for His own righteousness. He has given us right standing with His Father, and now His Father has become our Father. He has made us acceptable in His sight - how wonderful!
He took all our sicknesses and diseases into His own body and exchanged them for His healing, His peace, His wholeness and by His stripes we are healed. How wonderful that is. (Isaiah 53, 1 Peter 2:24))
He has given us the gift of eternal life so that when we die we pass over into His presence for ever and we will be enveloped in His loving, outstretched arms. How wonderful is that?
He has given us the gift of His Holy Spirit so we're not alone in our here and now. We have His help, His strength, His wisdom available to us and His great comfort when we're distressed. Isn't that wonderful?
I'm sure you can think of loads more wonderful things to praise and exalt His name for, so let's look beyond the things that bother us and look up to our Wonderful God and Saviour and praise Him with a grateful heart for all the wonderful things He has done. Amen. 😊
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