The other day I bought one or two treats for Christmas time which I’m storing up in advance to save us buying it all at once and maybe you’ve started putting some things away in readiness too?
God likes to store good things up as well!😊 The words the Psalmist uses to describe what God has stored up are quite extravagant, words like lavish, great goodness, and blessing before the watching world. What an amazing and generous God we serve. There is nothing stingy or mean about Him because His heart is to bless His children, His family. God wants you and me to be blessed in every way.
He wants us to know we can run to Him for protection, to hide in His presence and know He will shelter us even from accusing tongues. God wants us to know His nature, to know how He thinks and acts, just like when we know how someone we’re close to will think and act.
The more we come to know and understand the nature of God the more we find He is compassionate, long suffering towards our shortcomings, and so ready to forgive because He loves us.
He no longer wants us to see ourselves as sinners because He calls us the redeemed and forgiven because of Jesus’ shed blood. When we truly repent and ask for His forgiveness He doesn’t even remember our sins anymore! He calls us the righteous, faith filled over-comers Jesus has made us to be, holy and blameless in our spirits in His sight. He even loves us like He loves Jesus! That’s how God thinks, and sees you and me!😊
Lord help us to really know You, not just know about You. We praise You and give You our heartfelt thanks for all your love and great goodness to us and for how Your heart is to bless us before a watching world. We love You Lord. Amen.
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