Daily Devotion May 6

May 6: Psalm 145:17-21

KJV Key Verse: Psalm 145:19
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Devotion:
I think these words were not written down to try to get us to do more so we can get more back, nor to praise God more so we could get more blessings back; I believe they were written down as a matter of fact by the author telling us this is how he found out life with God was like. The more he was able to lift up his praise to God, the more God seemed to bless him. The more the author was able to trust God and believe God in his own heart, the more God was able to bless him and support him.

When we find out how God does something for us or how much He blesses us, we should be telling other people about it so they are encouraged to trust in God as well. We are all prone to a bit of exaggeration and we like to stretch the truth sometimes – this is not what God is after because people will find out the truth in the end and they will be put off trusting God. But if we are able to tell people the truth about how God is working in our own lives, then they will be encouraged to trust in Him more.

God has demonstrated His love toward us already but many people will not be able to see just how much He loves them because they get trapped up in all the gory details or in the bad things that surround the good points. The news is full of bad news and bad things that are happening with a snippet of what there may be that is good news. That is the way we have been brought up and it is not God’s way unfortunately. God wants us to hear the good points so we can be encouraged!

If all we ever did was to tell the people we love the things they do wrong and not the things they do right, they would not be very happy with us. God does not make a point of telling us of all the things we do wrong all the time so why should we do that? God gives us encouragement through example, and sometimes the example is not good news but it has to be said for us to move on to the next good thing. Trust God in all His ways and in all His words.

Points to Ponder:
Do you tell people good news?

Have you read God’s Good News?