How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. Psalm 31: 19-20
A good friend recently asked me to join his men’s USTA Tennis team. As much as I enjoy playing competitive tennis and would have loved to have been a part of a USTA team in Knoxville, I had to decline due to my schedule being so full. The more I think about it, I am always ‘busy’, but busy doing what? If you were raised like I was, I was always taught that if you want something, you can achieve or earn it through hard work. While this may hold true in our professional careers, this could not be further away from how God intends us to live out our Christian faith.
Take for instance the above passage from Psalms…”how great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you?” There is not one singular mention of all that we as Believers need to do to earn more of God’s goodness. The passage simply continues with “You lavish it(goodness) on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.”
I may be way off here, but I honestly believe that God wants us to love and focus our hearts and minds on Him. Regardless, we continue to fill our schedules with all kinds of activities, meetings, appointments and items with the hopes of being more successful and getting our slice of the pie. Keep in mind that all good things and blessings flow from our loving Father and there is nothing we can possibly do or work harder to achieve any more or any less from Him. He loves us all the same, no matter where we are in our walk of faith.
Thanks be to God!!!
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