Just “receive it” today – a great blessing! … “Peace to you, and love with faith, from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! Grace be with ALL who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible!” (From Ephesians 6:23-24)
Meditating this morning during my time of “Coffee with the Lord” on THE SHORTEST PSALM… THE SHORTEST CHAPTER… IN THE BIBLE – PSALM 117. But boy, does it pack a wallop!! I mean, just think about comprehensiveness of these concepts!! …
So this is what the Psalm says…
“Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Extol Him, all you peoples!
For great is His love toward us!
The faithfulness of the Lord endures forever!
Praise the Lord!”
So here I am with my cup of coffee this morning blown away by His great love and enduring faithfulness trying, in my feeble way, to adequately to comprehend and praise Him!! Perhaps, just perhaps, the Holy Spirit can assist me today (cp. Romans 8:26-27; Ephesians 3:14-21; 1 Corinthians 14:2, 4, 14-18)… Ya think?
ANSWERED PRAYER! How absolutely delightful when we observe that God has done it! The crisis may be critical – the need desperate – the situation seem hopeless… We cry out to the Lord and He heeds our cry, answers our prayer, and rescues us! Don’t you love Him for that?! Oh how many times He’s done it … and just in the nick of time.
Other times we faced what seemed to be impossible situations and were convinced we did not have the strength to sustain us or could not hold out through the crisis. Again we cried out to Him for help and months later we looked back and to our surprise we had traversed the stormy waters successfully with the strength, guidance and wisdom He provided. Again… Don’t you just love Him for that?!
THERE’S A PSALM FOR THAT – PSALM 116!
“I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. THEN I CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD: ‘O LORD, I PRAY, DELIVER MY SOUL!
“Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful! The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me…
“What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people! … I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord! I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people! … PRAISE THE LORD!!”
Coffee With The Lord 