LEARNING DAILY

Psalm 92:1-2, It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,

Matthew Henry wrote in his commentaries, “It is a privilege that we are admitted to praise the Lord, and hope to be accepted in the morning, and every night; not only on sabbath days, but every day, not only in public, but in private, and in our families. Let us give thanks every morning for the mercies of the night, and every night for the mercies of the day, going out, and coming in, let us bless God”. I do like the thought that we bless God for the “mercies of the night”. I do not do that but it makes sense that we are thankful for waking up to a new day.

Can we ever be thankful enough for what the Lord has done for us. He has saved us from eternal life in hell and He is in the process of changing us to enter eternity in His kingdom. Consider, again, what He has done for you. How can we not consider given worship to Him? Okay, that is from a song and I have been wanting to work it into a blog!

I wonder if our day would change any – at least our attitude – if we woke up with a thankful heart, declaring God’s lovingkindness to us. Just acknowledging Him and His presence in our life would create an attitude of thanksgiving! The Bible tells us in Philippians 4:6-7, that when we make our requests known to Him with thanksgiving “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”. That acknowledgement of God’s involvement should be accompanied with our prayer time first thing in the morning. Read again what happens when we know we are walking with God during the day – His peace guards our hearts and minds, giving us comfort and encouragement. Is there anyone of us that does not need that?

There is something else promised to us in the verses from Philippian. We are not to worry which is the opposite of being peaceful. When we are “anxious and think on destructive thoughts, those thoughts choke out the word of God and abandon trust” (David Jeremiah). We need to begin our day singing praises to the Lord and declare He is the Lord of our life and thank Him for His presence to help us walk the narrow way.

Do not forget to declare how faithful he has been to you during the day each night. We can remember His great mercies extended to us during the day and declare that His grace has been sufficient to meet our needs during the day. The longer we walk with Him on the narrow way to His kingdom, we must not take this for granted. It can be easy to do so; I speak from experience. In the days we live in, we must seek the peace only Jesus Christ can give. We must recognize that He is always with us and that His love is active in our lives. We can do this by giving thanks and singing praises to His name both in the morning and in the evening! I am going to do better!

In the coming pages of the blog, I want to encourage you with who God says you are.