“All of your works will thank you, Lord, and your faithful followers will praise you. They will speak of the glory of your kingdom; they will give examples of your power. They will tell about your mighty deeds and about the majesty and glory of your reign. For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. You rule throughout all generations.”
These verses illuminate the only appropriate response to the works of God: thankfulness. When we encounter the work of God in our lives, we don’t have to force ourselves to be thankful. We are overwhelmed with God’s goodness. Have you ever received an amazing blessing that could only be from God? No one had to tell you to be thankful on that day.
When my husband and I bought our home several years ago, we took on a huge project with our urban “fixer upper.” When we put in our bid, we said to each other, “Well, we’ll just work on one little thing at a time…” But God had better plans for us, and he went ahead of us to work out a situation that led to us receiving a large amount of grant money to rehab our home. I remember when I got the call to tell us the news of how much they were able to give to us. Only God could have provided so much blessing for us.
Here’s your freedom for today: the works of God bring blessing in your life. God will also be with you in trials, but he does not bring bad things into your life. In God’s kingdom there is no pain, no death, no tears, no trials. He will be present with us in our earthly suffering, but his goal is to remove all that for good. When you watch God work in your life, you will be set free from the burden of discontentment. When your life seems to good to be true, you are encountering the reality of God’s eternal kingdom.
The greatest experiences of my life are those times when I think it is too good to be true. What is truly un comprehensible is that those times do not even hold a candle to what God has for us in His presence.