This morning as I prayed for what to share – I really had nothing. But as usual, I picked up my bible and determined that I was going to exercise faith as to what I needed to share. Quite a few times I even thought of giving up, and that likely God didn’t have a message for me yet. But I kept praying that I would truly exercise faith. You see, it’s a Saturday morning around 4:30 and this would be a perfect time to be in bed sleeping, but I’m awake, so I know that there must be a reason. I’ve learned that when I’m awake at these times of the morning, it’s for a reason.
Instead of having a topic right away, I was sent to my bible starting in Psalms 144. What jumped out at me, was how many times it had the phrase ‘Praise the Lord’ on the page. David is praising God for all that He is and has done. He says in Psalms 146:1-3 NIV ‘Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.’ Wow, even King David knew that he could not put his trust in men – but He had to put his trust in the most High God. The only one who can save.
But even after that, I still had nothing to share, so I kept searching. I was sent to a devotion I follow daily. It had a video. I prefer to read instead of watching videos, especially when it came risking a toddler walking out and invading my quiet time. I clicked on it anyway, and turned the volume down. I had tears in my eyes as I watched the video, knowing that almost every word she was saying, were words that I needed to hear, at this very moment. My spirit was fed by this ten minute video, but I still had nothing to share, until she suggested we closed our eyes for prayer. She began with, ‘Lord, thank you’. Those particular words jumped out at me.
Just yesterday, I had a conversation about being thankful. A few days before that, for our bed time prayer, I determined that I wasn’t going to ask God for anything, all I was going to do was to thank Him – for all that I could think of. I think sometimes we get so busy going to God with all our requests, which He tells us to do, but sometimes we forget to simply stop, take account of all He has blessed us with, and say ‘thank you’. I’m finding that the more grateful my heart is, the more it seems the blessings overflow. I’ve learned that I don’t need to have everything, but I can be thankful for what I have. If I always have an attitude of ‘I need’ and ‘may I please have’ no matter how much I have, it will never be enough.
Lord, help me to realize that I have everything I need in you. I just want to take this time to thank you, to thank you for all you are and all that you do.