O LORD, You Are My God

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of aliens is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt. Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you. For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm, the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place, you subdued the heat with the shade of clouds; the song of the ruthless was stilled.

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is east over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Isaiah 25:1-9

This scripture says it all, “This is the LORD for whom we have waited.”

Our Lord gets blamed when something goes wrong, even though it was us who did not listen. Everyday we get up, get dressed and go to work. We take a lot for granted. No one knows how many times God has protected us from harm. However, when there is a tragedy, we ask where our God is. God has a purpose for our lives. We just need to give ourselves completely to Him to see that purpose.

When we consider all the wonderful things that God does silently on our behalf each day, we should realize that our list of praises should be much longer than our list of petitions.

God keeps giving us reasons to praise Him.

Our Daily Bread – July 15, 2008