O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. – Psalm 8:1
Take a moment and consider how great God really is. He spoke everything into existence, and it was good. I’m so glad that God created sunsets. It is amazing, the way light and color are painted upon the sky. The Lord creates beautiful things to remind us that He created the heavens very well. At the same time, He knows each of us by name, and visits us.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? – Psalm 8:3-4
Compared to God, we are small, weak, insignificant, and quite limited. He knows that, and loves us anyway. He is mindful of us! And He loves us enough to visit us, regardless of what we’re facing. In fact, Jesus actually walks through our afflictions with us and carries us through them.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. – Isaiah 63:9
We do not often get delivered from our troubles instantly. God loves us enough to help us through them, though. He doesn’t waste the strengthening and faith-building that our afflictions provide to us, and He doesn’t leave us in our afflictions forever. He carries us through, in His tremendous love and pity. His name has power, and His excellent name is Jesus.
God created beautiful sunsets, and set His glory above the heavens. We can look to Him for everything. We can call on the excellent name of Jesus. He will carry us through.
Prayer for today: Lord God, you created everything. Help me to remember how great you are, and how much you love me. I’m so limited, but you are not. Visit me in the ways that I will understand that you are with me, carrying me through what I’m facing. I ask this in your excellent name, Jesus.
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