Psalm 117:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His faithful love endures forever.
Psalm 117:29
Give thanks to the Lord,for He is good. His faithful love endures forever.
Kind of drew a blank this morning on what to share here at the Greene Street Letters.
Nothing was coming to mind....
Sat here for a while staring at the monitor....
As if something would simply pop into my tired brain.
Nothing.
Opened up my Bible, in a random way...
Found myself staring at Psalm 117.
Opening verse speaks of God's love....
"Yeah...I know...God loves me."
"BAM!"
I had just taken the love of God for granted....
I've heard that phrase more times than I could count..."God loves you."
I even get a text every Friday morning shortly after 4 a.m. from a former Rapha client that says..."God loves you."
Had I fallen into a place where I took the love God has for me for granted?
I think maybe I had.
Then as I read Psalm 117, I noticed that it ended with the same verse it had started with.
God's love.....
His faithful love...
Endures forever.
Kingdom's rise, kingdom's fall. Governments come and go. Rulers step onto the stage of history but for a moment in time. But God.....
He's different.
His manner...
His nature....
The very essence of who He is never changes. He is not driven by public opinion to change who He is. He isn't checking the newspaper to see if He made the headlines this morning so as to increase public awareness. He is who He is.
Who is God?
I John 4:7 - But anyone who does not love does not know God.....For God IS love?
He created this wonderful thing we call love....
He took from His own nature...
His own character and gave to humanity.
Now don't confuse God's love with shallow, copied shadow that the world offers up instead.
After all, as Larry Norman sang, "Beatles said all you need is love, then they broke up." Such is the love the world offers.
But not God....
God's love is pure.
Because of this, Psalm 117 says we are to give thanks.
That His loves exists....
And that it endures forever.....
I think maybe I will just do that this morning...
Give thanks, that is.
God on you.....
Michael b.
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