I hope you woke up this morning looking for things to be thankful for. If I have started you on a search of gratitude I am very happy.
Sunday morning during praise and worship we sang a song which was written by Phil Wickham a few years ago, “Great Things”. This morning when I woke those lyrics and music were filling my heart and my head.
“Great Things”
Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things
See what our Savior has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things
Oh hero of Heaven, You conquered the grave
You free every captive and break every chain
Oh God, You have done great things
We dance in Your freedom, awake and alive
Oh Jesus, our Savior, Your name lifted high
Oh God, You have done great things
Great Things!
Our God and Father is the God, who does great things. From the beginning of time He has shown His greatness on behalf of His people. First, He created everything we see; He protected Noah and his family in the ark; He promoted Joseph to a high place in pharaoh’s court to save His people from famine.
Our God used Moses to deliver His people from Egypt; He used David to defeat Goliath and Esther to save His people from destruction. The Father sent Jesus to save us all from our sins and to give us an abundant life where we are forgiven and blessed.
Just yesterday He gave Dave and I safe travels as we ventured from our home to the Phoenix area. We are blessed with good health and plenty to eat. We’ve been blessed with peace, joy and strength.
Our God does great things!
“It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, Lord Most High! 2 It is wonderful each morning to tell about your love and at night to announce how faithful you are. 3 I enjoy praising your name to the music of harps, 4 because everything you do makes me happy,
and I sing joyful songs. 5 You do great things, Lord. Your thoughts are too deep 6 for an ignorant fool to know or understand.” Psalm 92 CEV
This morning is a time to announce how faithful our Father is.
You may be going through a particularly trying time, feeling all alone and you could even be wondering why you don’t see the Lord doing great things for you. There in, is the great thing! He is with you – He has promised to never leave you alone and if you will place your fear and heartache in His hands, you will see that He replaces them with His peace. Your circumstances may not seem to change but your heart will and you will see the Father bring you through in His love, peace and strength.
David had to face Goliath head on and when he did, God did great things!
“But you will rule over all of us forever, 9 and your hateful enemies will be scattered and then destroyed…12 Good people will prosper like palm trees, and they will grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon…15 And they will say about you, ‘The Lord always does right! God is our mighty rock.'” Psalm 92:8,9,12,15 CEV
Thank you Lord for doing great things!